SPEA V-202 CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Associate Instructor, 2021 - Present

This course reinforces and deepens economic skills by applying basic microeconomic concepts and models to a variety of policy areas. Using economic models, the course will examine the motivation for intervention in the economy, the types of intervention, and the predicted effects of policies. Policy areas covered will include tax, labor, social insurance and poverty, health, education, environment, and immigration, among others. To better understand these issues, the course will first briefly discuss some of the institutional details of the policy area, and then use economic models to examine impact of policy on behavior and market outcomes. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: explain the economic rationales for government intervention (and non-intervention) in the economy; explain the economic rationales for how regulation may be used to correct market failures; identify features of various government policies and programs; use economic models to predict the impact of these policies and programs on welfare and behavior; compare U.S. and international approaches in policy areas.

SPEA V-379 PERFORMANCE MEASURMENT & PROGRAM EVALUATION - Teaching Assistant, 2017-2018

This course provides an overview of program evaluation as it relates to public affairs, criminal justice, health policy, and environmental science with particular emphasis on measuring program outcomes. The course is designed for students who envision themselves working in management, policy-making, or research roles. By the end of the course, students should be able to: explain and critically analyze alternative measures of outcomes and performance; use data and appropriate software to create simple tables and figures; communicate the results of simple data analysis in written documents, conversations, and other media; read, interpret, critique, and explain results from published articles and reports concerned with the evaluation of public programs; explain the logic and key assumptions of several research designs.