Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Appointments and Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University, 2021-Present

    • IZA Research Affiliate, 2018-Present

    • CESifo Research Network Affiliate, 2017-Present

    • Global Labor Organization Fellow, 2018-Present

    • WGU Labs Research Advisory Council, 2020-Present

    • Assistant Professor of Economics, United States Military Academy at West Point, 2015-2021

    • Director of Long-Run Research, Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis, 2018-2021

Education

    • Ph.D., Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University, 2015

    • M.A., Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University, 2014

    • B.A., Economics, Brigham Young University, 2009

Fields

    • Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics

Research

Peer Reviewed Publications


Other Publications

    • The Competitive Effects of Online Education.” With David Deming and Michael Lovenheim. Productivity in Higher Education (Caroline Hoxby and Kevin Stange, Eds.). Also published as NBER Working Paper No. 22749. 2019.

    • “Innovation in Education.” With Jordan Matsudaira. In Dominic Brewer and Lawrence Picus, editors. Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance. Sage Publications. 2015.

    • “Faculty Members on Boards of Trustees.” With Ronald Ehrenberg and Andrew Key. Academe. 2013.

Ongoing Projects

    • “How do Behavioral Approaches to Increase Savings Compare? Evidence from Multiple Interventions in the U.S. Army.” With William Skimmyhorn.

    • Intergenerational Effects of Occupation Choice. Evidence from the United States Army.With Kyle Greenberg, Matthew Gudgeon, Adam Isen, and Corbin Miller.

Fellowships, Grants, & Awards

    • 2021-2022 Social Security Administration Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Grant.

    • 2014-2015 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. $25,000.

    • 2014 Russell Sage Foundation. Small Grants in Behavioral Economics. $6,000.

    • 2014 Cornell Population Center Rapid Response Grant. $800.

    • 2012 Cornell Institute for Social Science Small Grants Program. With Jordan Matsudaira. $10,000.

    • 2009 Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) student grant. $1,500.

    • 2007 Brigham Young University Introductory Economics Teaching Assistant of the Semester.

Presentations

    • 2022 APPAM, San Diego State University, RAND

    • 2021 AEA ASSA Annual Meeting; Florida State University.

    • 2020 (includes scheduled) NBER Summer Institute-Labor Studies, NBER Summer Institute-National Security (coauthor presented), University of Maryland, University of Utah, Utah State University (Cancelled) , Vassar College, E-Con of Education Virtual Seminar.

    • 2019 University of California, San Diego; University of Oregon; United States Air Force Academy; Association for Education Finance and Policy; Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management; Society of Labor Economics.

    • 2018 Brigham Young University; University of Alaska; University of Pittsburgh ; Southern Economics Association; Western Economics Association; Northeast Economics of Education Workshop.

    • 2017 APPAM; Wesleyan University; Southern Economics Association; Western Economics Association.

    • 2016 Ideas 42; Association for Education Finance and Policy; NBER Higher Education Productivity Conference (coauthor presented); Western Economic Association, Northeast Economics of Education Workshop.

    • 2015 Analysis Group; Cornell University; Mathematica; Southern Economics Association; United States Military Academy; American Education Research Association meetings (poster).

    • 2014 BYU Graduate Student Conference; Utah State University; Western Economic Association.

    • 2013 Western Economic Association.

    • 2011 AAEA-Behavioral Economics & Child Nutrition; American Marketing Association.

Teaching

    • Applied Econometrics

    • Behavioral Economics

    • Principles of Economics

Professional Service

    • Referee: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics of Education Review, Economic Inquiry, Education Economics, Education Finance and Policy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Management Science