I am an applied microeconomics and behavioral economist who utilizes experimental techniques in my research.
Research Interests
Primary: Applied Microeconomics and Experimental Economics
Secondary: Development, Identity and Labor
Education
PhD Economics (Expected August 2024)
(2019 – 2024)
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Master of Arts – Economics
(2019 – 2021)
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Master of Science – Applied Statistics and Decision Analytics
(2017 – 2018)
Western Illinois University – Macomb, Illinois.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate – Business Analytics
(2017 – 2018)
Western Illinois University – Macomb, Illinois.
Bachelor of Arts – Economics
(2012 – 2016)
St Petersburg State Economic University – St Petersburg, Russia.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
- Principles of Macroeconomics (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
- Basic Economics: Theory and Practice (Fall 2020 and Spring 2021)
- Introduction to Experimental Economics Software Programming (2021 – Present )
Teaching Assistant
- Experimental Economics (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
- Forecasting (Spring 2020)
- Introduction to Econometrics (Fall 2019)
- Statistics and Decision Analytics (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
Relevant Experience
Frederic Bastiat Fellow at The Mercatus Center
(2021 – Present)
Don Lavoie Fellow at The Mercatus Center
(2020 – 2021)
Senior Graduate Assistant at The University of Arkansas
(2019 – Present)
Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University
(2017 – 2019)
Fellowships, Honors and Awards
Key Research Awards
2022 – 2023
- iFree Research Grant through Rice University, $2,000
- PEDL Research and Travel Grant through CEPR with Nofiu Adebisi and Daniel Sonnenstuhl, $7,500
- National Science Foundation Dissertation Award with Sherry Li (Award Number: 2215203), $20,549
2022
- Dr. Barbara A. Lofton Office of Diversity & Inclusion Summer Research Grant Award 2022, $3,500
- The University of Arkansas, Department of Economics Zigler Research Award, $3,500
2021
- Walton College of Business Behavioral Research Laboratory Grant, $1,500
2018
- Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Fund Award, $1,000
Key Fellowships and Awards
2022
- Walton College of Business Outstanding Graduate of Master of Arts in Economics
- Frederic Bastiat Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center of the George Mason University
2021
- Frederic Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center of the George Mason University
2020
- Don Lavoie Fellow at the Mercatus Center of the George Mason University
2019 – 2023
- Distinguished Doctoral Fellow at University of Arkansas
2018
- Best Graduate Student of Economics Department at Western Illinois University
- First Place Finish for Graduate Student Research Conference (Poster Division)
2016
- Ghana Embassy/NUGS Russia Presidential Award for Student Leadership
2011 – 2016
- Ghana Government Outstanding Student Scholarship Award
- Russian Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship Award
Invited Seminars, Conferences and Presentations
2023
- Federal Reserve Board Conference 2023 (invited), NBER Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Conference (invited), PEDL/Oxford Young Scholars Conference, iFree 2023, Western Illinois University(invited), Confirmed for Southern Economic Association (American Economic Association Mentoring Program Session), Confirmed for WEAI 2023, Confirmed for SEA 2023
Others
- 2022 Behavioral Operations Conference, 2022 Mercatus Research Colloquium (October 2022), 2021 Mercatus Frederic Bastiat Colloquia (January, February, April and July Presentations), 2020 Don Lavoie Colloquium (February 2020), American Statistical Association Presentation (2018)
Research in progress
- “Gender Diversity, Newcomers and Team Performance in a Dynamic Setting” with Sherry Li
- “When the Modes of Interactions Matter: Virtual and in-person Integration of Newcomers in a Dynamic Setting”
References
References will be provided upon request
Others
Software Skills
- Certified SAS Programmer (Data Management, Data Analysis and Predictive Modeling)
- Microsoft Office (VBA and Macros Processing with Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint)
- Python (Pandas, oTree, Numpy and other key packages)
- R (Statistical Analysis, Data mining and Visualization)
- SQL (Data Query, Joining Tables, Data Management)
- Tableau (Data Visualization and Analytics)
- SAS JMP (Data Visualization and Analytics)
- MATLAB (Data Analysis and Visualization)
- HTML (Intermediate level Proficiency)
- JavaScript (Intermediate level Proficiency).
Language Skills
- English
- Russian
- French
- Twi
- Frafra
- Bono
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