Assistant Professor in Economics at Long Island University, LIU Post

MAJOR FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION

Health Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education and Economics Education

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA, 2010

M.A., University of Minnesota, USA, 2007

B.A., University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2001

International Baccalaureate, United World College of the Adriatic, Italy, 1998

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

1. The Price of One Sweet Calorie (with Sebastien Buttet), accepted for publication with minor revisions at International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics.
2. Toward a Quantitative Theory of Food Consumption Choices and Body Weight (with Sebastien Buttet), article in press, Economics & Human Biology.
3. Blending Better Beverage Choices: A Nutrition Education and Experiential Workshop for Youths (with Kathy Isoldi), article in press, Journal of Obesity.
4. Engines of liberation redux when the price of home appliances is endogenous (with Sebastien Buttet), article in press, Journal of Labour Market Research.
5. Food Prices, Real Income, and the Obesity Epidemics (with Sebastien Buttet), Northeast Business and Economics Association Conference Proceedings, November, 2014.
6. Design and Use of Rubrics in Undergraduate Economics Classes (with Sebastien Buttet), Perspectives on Economic Education Research, Vol. 9 (1) 2014, pp. 36-55.
7. Policy Regulation of Classroom Celebrations: Parental Perspectives (with Kathy Isoldi and Laura Hayman), Health Behavior and Policy Review, Vol. 1 (5) 2014, pp. 362-372.
8. Cooking Up Energy®: Response to a Youth-Focused Afterschool Cooking and Nutrition Education Program (with Kathy Isoldi and Orly Calderon), Topics in Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 29 (2) 2014, pp.123-131.
9. The Treatment of Minimum Wage in Undergraduate Economics Textbooks Revisited, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Vol. IV (2) 2013, pp.157-182.

PUBLICATIONS (Other)

1. Financial Structure and Economic Growth: A Non-Technical Survey (with Cesaire Meh),Financial System Review, December 2002, Bank of Canada
2. Estimated DGE Models and Forecasting Accuracy: A Preliminary Investigation with Canadian Data (with Kevin Moran), Working Paper 2002 -18, Bank of Canada

WORKING PAPERS

1. A National Survey on Teaching Minimum Wage in Undergraduate Economics Classes
2. Does Aplia’s “Grade It Now” Option Improve Students Learning?
3. Antibiotic-resistant Organisms in Skilled Nursing Home Facilities and the Five-star Quality Rating System (with Stephanie Epstein, Chao Ye, Azad L. Gucwa)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• New York University, NY, November 15, 2014.
• New York State Economics Association Meeting, NY, October 11, 2014.
• American Economic Association Annual Meeting, PA, January 4, 2014
• Davidson College, NC, February 3, 2011
• Southeastern Health Economics Study Group, GA, October 2010
• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, MN, April 2010
• Western Economic Association International, Vancouver, Canada, July 2009
• Youngstown State University, OH, April 30, 2009.
• Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, March 20, 2009
• Case Western Reserve University, OH, Lunch Economics Seminar Series, December 16, 2008
• Cleveland State University, OH, Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop, November 1, 2008
• University of Minnesota, MN, Applied Economics Seminar, October 2, 2008
• The University of Akron, OH, Economics Seminar Series, September 18, 2008
• Cleveland State University, OH, Economics Seminar Series, April 10, 2008

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant: Bank of Canada, 2001 – 2002

Research Assistant: University of Western Ontario, Centre of Research on Violence against Women and Children, 2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Department of Economics, Long Island University, LIU Post, NY, September 2010 – present 
• Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, OH, January 2010 – May 2010
• Department of Economics, Cleveland State University, OH, September 2007 – July 2010
• Department of Economics, Kent State University, OH, September 2006 – July 2007
• Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, MN, September 2002 – May 2006
• Department of Economics, South Central College Mankato, MN, Summer 2005
• Department of Economics, St. Olaf College, MN, February 2005 – May 2005

Instructor for

• Principles of Macroeconomics – Large Lectures and Honors Classes,
• Principles of Microeconomics – Large Lectures and Honors Classes,    
• Intermediate Microeconomics/Microeconomic Analysis
• Health Economics – Upper Level Elective Writing Intensive Course (New course introduced at LIU Post)
• The Economics of Obesity - Upper Level Elective Writing Intensive Course (New course introduced at Case Western Reserve University and LIU Post)
• Statistics
• Business Conditions Analysis – MBA Course
• International Economics – Upper Level Elective Writing Intensive Course
• Current Economics Issues – Independent Study
• Research Problems in Economics – Independent Study
• Honors Tutorial and Thesis – Independent Study
• Economic of Health – Graduate Level Course in Health Care and Public Administration
• The Transition Economies of Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union – Study Abroad to Slovenia (Scheduled for summer 2015).

VOLUNTEERING

Helping high school students with their research projects for Intel Science and Engineering Fair competition.

LANGUAGES

English (fully fluent), French (intermediate), Slovene (native).

PROFICIENT

Fortran, Matlab, SAS, STATA, LATEX.