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Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Macroeconomics | Housing | Urban & Regional Economics
Welcome and thank you for stopping by. I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Illinois Wesleyan University and received my Ph.D. in Economics from West Virginia University in 2026. My primary research interests are in macroeconomics, housing, and urban and regional economics, with a focus on how demographic change, monetary policy, and local institutions shape housing markets and regional economic outcomes. I am currently on the 2026–27 economics job market and am particularly interested in research-active academic and public-sector opportunities.
My research combines structural macroeconomic modeling with applied econometric methods. My job market paper studies how population volatility affects regional housing markets, prices, rents, and construction. Other projects examine the effects of rental registration policies on housing affordability and the transmission of monetary policy through housing markets. My coauthors and I recently submitted our work on monetary policy and housing to the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. I am also developing new research examining the relationship between gift card liabilities, short-term corporate funding, and monetary policy transmission.
Teaching is also an important part of my work as an economist. At Illinois Wesleyan, I teach a 4:4 course load across economics and business statistics, with courses including Introduction to Economics, Business Statistics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and International Finance. I enjoy designing interactive lessons, incorporating real-world data and economic applications into the classroom, and getting to know students individually. My goal is to help students develop the economic intuition, quantitative skills, and confidence to apply what they learn beyond the classroom.
Prior to completing my Ph.D. at West Virginia University, I earned a master's degree in Economics from Penn State. I received my bachelor's degree in Psychology from Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.
If you have questions about my research, teaching, or opportunities to collaborate, please feel free to contact me by email or through the links below.
How do housing markets adjust when population changes unexpectedly? I develop a regional DSGE model in which population shocks interact with slow-moving housing supply, construction frictions, and vacancies. I complement the structural model with a panel VECM using U.S. state-level data from 1986–2023.
A one-percent population growth shock raises home values and rents by approximately five percent within five years in the structural model as housing construction adjusts gradually to higher demand. The magnitude and persistence of these effects vary with local housing supply conditions and underlying population trends. The empirical results similarly show that housing supply responds slowly to demographic shocks, generating persistent pressure on house prices.
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Current academic appointment, research pipeline, teaching experience, presentations, and professional service.
My research agenda examines how demographic, monetary, and institutional shocks propagate through housing and regional economies using structural macroeconomic models and applied econometric methods. My current and developing projects study population volatility, housing regulation, monetary transmission, and new forms of short-term corporate finance.
I approach teaching with high expectations, compassion, and an emphasis on economic intuition, quantitative reasoning, and real-world application. Across courses from introductory economics and statistics to intermediate macroeconomics and finance, I aim to know my students individually and help them build the confidence to apply economic reasoning beyond the classroom.
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