EDUCATION
George Mason University, VA
PhD in Economics 2006 - 2011
Winthrop University, SC
BA in Economics (with minors in Math, Political Science, and Music) 2001 - 2005
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 - Present Johnson & Wales University • Charlotte, NC
Instructor
Teaching expectations include various sections of Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, which incorporate a prominent experimental component in both courses.
2006 – 2010 Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science • GMU, VA
Graduate Research Assistant (2008-2009)
Worked for Dr. Richard Wagner, in addition to assistant services, co-authored a working paper on the financial crisis and its ramifications for the political landscape
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2007-2008)
Taught three courses unattended, two sections of Intermediate Microeconomics and one section of Industrial Organization
Graduate Research Assistant (2006-2007)
Worked for Dr. Daniel Houser, responsible for various activities including assisting Dr. Houser with his experimental projects, compiling literature reviews and assisting with paper revision.
2004 – 2006 Winthrop University Social & Behavioral Research Lab • Rock Hill, SC
Operations Supervisor
Responsibilities included (but were not exclusive to) programming all surveys that were administered, managing the organization’s payroll, managing all callers and lab supervisors, and assisting with data analysis.
Summer 2003 York County Economic Development Board • Fort Mill, SC
Internship
Responsibilities included an inventory of local office space available, a study on international firms located in the area, and an analysis of population movements to and from the area.
PUBLICATIONS
“Anarchy, Groups, and Conflict: An Experiment on the Emergence of Protective Associations” with David Skarbek and Bart Wilson, Social Choice and Welfare, forthcoming
“Entanglement through the TARP and NRA” with Richard Wagner and Bruce Yandle, Public Choice, forthcoming
“Too Big to Fail, Read, Count, or Stop” with Bruce Yandle, Regulation, Summer 2009. pp. 3-4.
“A Case Study of Public Attitudes toward Taxation in Anderson County, South Carolina” with Scott Huffmon and Jeremy Winkler, Public Policy & Practice, May 2006, Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 1-16.
WORKING PAPERS
“An Experimental Examination of the Cost of Conflict” with Daniel Houser, Peter Leeson and Ramin Ostedhossein
“Too Big to Use: TARP and the Cost of Rent-Seeking”
“Competition or Collusion? An Experimental Investigation of the Market for Private Protection” with Douglas Rogers and Bart Wilson
“An Experimental Inquiry into the Cooperative Potential of Unions” with Daniel Houser and Ramin Ostedhossein
“Buchanan, Conflict, and Nietzsche”
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
• Associate of Private Enterprise Education (Presenter), April 2010
• Southern Economic Association (Presenter, Discussant), November 2009
• Public Choice Society (Presenter, Discussant), March 2009
• Southern Economic Association (Discussant), November 2008
• Liberty Fund/PERC Markets, Freedom, and the Environment, January 2008
• Liberty Fund/IHS The State as Protector or Enemy of Liberty, November 2007
• IHS Social Change Workshop, Summer 2007
• IHS Workshop in Experimental Economics, Summer 2006
• Liberty Fund/IHS Advanced topics in Markets & Morality, February 2006
• IHS Liberty & Current Issues, July 2005
• IHS Liberty & Society, July 2004
• PERC Student Seminar, July 2003