Teaching & Advising

• Causal Inference and Machine Learning (Summer 2021): I co-taught a course at PRGS which explored the use of machine learning in making inferences around causality, including modern methods.

• Policy to Improve Labor Markets for Disadvantaged Populations (Summer 2019): I taught a course at PRGS surrounding what research has taught us about labor market policy for low-income and vulnerable populations. 

• Econometric Theory and Methods II (Fall 2016): I taught a course at Carnegie Mellon University around applied microeconometric methodology, including causal inference, quasiexperimental design, and nonparametrics.

• Labor Market Analysis I (Spring 2014, Fall 2015): I taught a course twice at the University of Pittsburgh on microeconometric methodology, including reduced form quasiexperimental design and structural econometrics including dynamic programming. 

• Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall 2012): I taught a course at the University of California, Los Angeles on macroeconomic theory.

• Statistics for Economists (Summer 2010): I taught a course at Brigham Young University on statistics and probability. 

I have presented my research in many different settings, including academic conferences, practitioner events, community roundtables, and universities. 

2023 

• Hire Aspirations Institute

• Non-Degree Credentials Research Network Conference

• Consumer Technology Association Focus Friday

• LinkedIn | carahsoft webinar 

2022

• Society of Labor Economists Annual Meetings

• Non-Degree Credentials Research Network Conference

• LinkedIn TechTalk

• LinkedIn Economics Seminar Series  

2021

• Who Gets Counted As Part of America’s STEM Labor Force? the Implications of Different Classification Approaches for Understanding the Gender Gap in STEM || Midwest Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Investment in women's health research || National Institutes of Health Coordinating Committee on Research on Women’s Health Monthly Meeting

• Beyond Traditional Academic Degrees: The Labor Market Returns to Occupational Credentials in the United States || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Do Schools' Improvements of Student Duration on Test Items Impact Student Achievement? || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

2020

• Sector-Specific Adult Education for Screened Disadvantaged Workers: RCT Evidence on Employment, Earnings and Industry || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Does Job Training Reduce Arrests? Evidence from a Disadvantaged Worker RCT || Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

• Sector-Specific Adult Education for Screened Disadvantaged Workers: RCT Evidence on Employment, Earnings and Industry || Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

• Sector-Specific Adult Education for Screened Disadvantaged Workers: RCT Evidence on Employment, Earnings and Industry || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Identifying peer effects using similarity matrices, applied to diet and neighborhood satisfaction || Center for Causal Inference Brownbag

2019

• Effectiveness of Pre-Screened, Demand-Driven Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers: An Evaluation of the New Orleans Career Pathway Training || How to Build Successful Workforce Development Programs

• Preparing School Leaders for Success: Evaluation of New Leaders’ Aspiring Principals Program 2012–2017 || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Successful Characteristics of Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Several Contemporaneous Training Programs in New Orleans || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Effectiveness of Pre-Screened, Demand-Driven Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers: An Evaluation of the New Orleans Career Pathway Training || All-California Labor Economics Conference

2018

• Beyond Traditional Educational Credentials: The Labor Market Returns to Licenses and Certifications || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Who Gets Counted As Part of America’s STEM Labor Force? the Implications of Different Classification Approaches for Understanding the Gender Gap in STEM || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Evaluation of Postsecondary Market-Driven Training RCT for Prescreened Unemployed and Underemployed Populations || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Beyond Traditional Educational Credentials: The Labor Market Returns to Licenses and Certifications || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Who Gets Counted As Part of America’s STEM Labor Force? the Implications of Different Classification Approaches for Understanding the Gender Gap in STEM || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Labor market returns to licenses and certificates and the intersection with formal education || Western Economic Association

• For-Profit Higher Education Responsiveness to Price Shocks: An Investigation of Changes in Post 9-11 GI Bill Allowed Maximum Tuitions  || Western Economic Association

• Principal Pipeline Initiative Evaluation Plan and Initial Results || RAND Education Brownbag

• STEM jobs in non-STEM occupations: implications for gender gaps in STEM employment and earnings || RAND Labor and Population Brownbag

• Translating Standardized Education Program Effects into More Interpretable Metrics || Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

2017

• Decomposing the Racial Gap in STEM Major Attrition: A course-level investigation || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Trade-Offs in Selecting the Number of Years to Estimate Worker Productivity: Theoretic and Empirical Evidence || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Effect of State Opt-Out of From the Federal Supervision Requirements on the Work Environment of Anesthesiologists || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Spill-over Effects of Public Real Estate Investments on Local Property Values || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Transferring Assets to Attain Eligibility for Medicaid Reimbursement of Nursing Home Expenses || Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• The Effect of Wealth Shocks on Expected Bequests: Evidence from the Great Recession || Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium Through Inclusion of Shortage Indicators || Essen Health Conference

• Spill-over Effects of Public Real Estate Investments on Local Property Values || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Decomposing the Racial Gap in STEM Major Attrition: A course-level investigation || Western Economic Association

• Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium Through Inclusion of Shortage Indicators || Western Economic Association

• Translating Standardized Education Program Effects into More Interpretable Metrics || Western Economic Association

• Postsecondary Education and STEM Employment in the United States: An Analysis of National Trends with a Focus on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry || STEM Education and the Workforce of the Future Panel Discussion

2016

• Dealing with Variation in Test Conditions When Estimating Program Effects || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Trade-Offs in Selecting the Number of Years to Estimate Worker Productivity: Theoretic and Empirical Evidence || Center for Causal Inference Brownbag

2015

• Housing Price Expectation Formation || American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association National Conference

• Dealing with Variation in Test Conditions When Estimating Program Effects || Brigham Young University

• Medicaid Spend-down: The Importance of Strategic Asset Transfers to Reach Medicaid Eligibility  || Brigham Young University

• Dealing with Variation in Test Conditions When Estimating Program Effects || Carnegie Mellon University

• Trade-Offs in Selecting the Number of Years to Estimate Worker Productivity: Theoretic and Empirical Evidence || Pittsburgh Economics Medley

• For-Profit Higher Education Responsiveness to Price Shocks: An Investigation of Changes in Post 9-11 GI Bill Allowed Maximum Tuitions  || RAND Labor and Population Brownbag

• Housing Price Expectation Formation || RAND Labor and Population Brownbag

• Trade-Offs in Selecting the Number of Years to Estimate Worker Productivity: Theoretic and Empirical Evidence || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• Workforce Pipeline Job Training: An Evaluation of a New Orleans RCT || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

2014

• Semiparametric Analysis of Teacher Valued Added || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Trends in the Distribution of Teacher Effectiveness in the Intensive Partnership for Effective Teaching || Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

• Housing Price Expectation Formation || Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

• Medicaid Spend-down: The Importance of Strategic Asset Transfers to Reach Medicaid Eligibility  || NBER Summer Institute

• Medicaid Spend-down: The Importance of Strategic Asset Transfers to Reach Medicaid Eligibility  || Pittsburgh Economic Medley

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

• An Econometric Analysis of the Labor Market for Anesthesiologists || RAND Labor and Population Brownbag

2013

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || Census Bureau

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || Syracuse University Economics Department

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || The RAND Corporation

2012

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || UCLA Applied Microeconomics Proseminar

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || UCLA Econometrics Proseminar

2010

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || Brigham Young University 

• Occupational Transitions, Wage and Non-Wage Benefits: Estimation of the Dynamic Model || UCLA Applied Microeconomics Proseminar

• Semiparametric Analysis of Teacher Valued Added || UCLA Econometrics Proseminar

I have served on doctoral dissertation committees, where I advise students along their research

• Claudia Rodriguez, Pardee RAND Graduate School (chair, 2022)

• Ian Morrall, University of Pittsburgh (committee member, 2018)

I have overseen two students' independent studies in topic areas related to my research expertise:

• Annie Chen (2021): Economic Framework Surrounding Physician Workforce Issues 

• Claudia Rodriguez (2019): STEM Diversity and Higher Education Policy