Employment

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi, 2024-Present

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi, 2022-2024

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, North Carolina State University, 2022

• Dissertation Title: Essays on Econometric Policy Evaluation of U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy

• Dissertation Committee: James Nason (Chair), Douglas Pearce, Ayse Kabukcuoglu-Dur

• Areas of Study: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Time Series Econometrics

M.A. in Economics, North Carolina State University, 2017

B.S. in Business Administration, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2014

• Magna cum Laude with University Honors in Economics

• Dual Concentration in Economics and Finance

• Minor in Mathematics

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Applied Time Series (Macroeconometrics), Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis

Teaching Fields

Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Time Series/Econometrics, Business Statistics, International Economics

Refereed Publications

• “Interest Rates, Money, and Fed Monetary Policy in a Markov-Switching Bayesian VAR”
  The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2023, pp. 959-997

Working Papers

• “Measuring the Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks on U.S. Output in a Markov-Switching Bayesian VAR”

• “Understanding the Effects of Government Spending Shocks: It’s in the Size as Well” (with Xiaoxiao Bai and Sebastian Laumer)

Work in Progress

• “When Money Matters Differently: Asymmetric Effects of Inside and Outside Money Shocks” (with Joshua Hendrickson)

• “Same Policy, Different Stories: The Heterogeneous Impact of Monetary Policy Across U.S. Industries” (with Ryan Rholes)

• “Money, Liquidity, and U.S. Monetary-Fiscal Policy Interactions”

Teaching Experience

University of Mississippi

• ECON 203: Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECON 399: Intermediate Macroeconomics

• ECON 603: Time Series Analysis (Ph.D.)

• ECON 628: Macroeconomics II (Ph.D.)

• ECON 645: Macroeconomics Research Seminar (Ph.D.)

North Carolina State University

• Instructor of Record

  • EC 202: Principles of Macroeconomics

• Lab Instructor

  • EC 201: Principles of Microeconomics

  • EC 202: Principles of Macroeconomics

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • ST 350: Economic and Business Statistics

  • EC 410: Public Finance

University of North Carolina Wilmington

• University Learning Center Certified Tutor

  • EC 221: Principles of Economics - Micro

  • EC 222: Principles of Economics - Macro

  • QMM 280: Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics

• University Learning Center Math Lab Tutor

  • MAT 161: Calculus with Analytical Geometry I

  • MAT 162: Calculus with Analytical Geometry II

  • MAT 261: Multivariate Calculus

  • MAT 335: Linear Algebra and Matrices

Conference Presentations and Seminars

2025

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL) (Scheduled)

  • Chair of Session b30: Monetary policy ii

• The Society of Economic Measurement (SEM) Annual Conference (Athens, Greece)

2024

• University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX)

• International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) Annual Conference (Thessaloniki, Greece)

• University of Mississippi (University, MS)

• James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)

2023

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA)

  • Chair of Session C37: Fiscal Policy

• Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings (Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX)

• University of North Carolina Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)

• Midwest Econometrics Group Meetings (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Cleveland, OH)

• Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings (Clemson University; Clemson, SC)

• University of Mississippi (University, MS)

• Towson University (Towson, MD)

2022

• North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

• University of Mississippi (University, MS)

• West Chester University (West Chester, PA)

2017

• North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

2016

• North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

• University of North Carolina Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)

Departmental and Community Service

University of Mississippi

• Macroeconomics Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee

• Department Macroeconomics Seminar Committee

• Undergraduate Curriculum, Assessment, and Events Committee

North Carolina State University

• Vice President of the Economics Graduate Student Association

University of North Carolina Wilmington

• Secretary of Omicron Delta Epsilon

• Secretary of the National Association for Business Economics

Awards and Honors

University of Mississippi

• ORSP Travel Grant Award (2024, 2025)

North Carolina State University

• GSSP Economics Graduate Fellowship

University of North Carolina Wilmington

• Frank Dunne, Jr. Memorial Endowment Scholarship

• First Citizens Bank, SSB Scholarship

• Omicron Delta Epsilon

• Beta Gamma Sigma

Advising

University of Mississippi

• Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member (Graduation Year and Initial Placement)

  • David Agyeman-Duodu (2024, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)

  • Liandong Yang (2024, Delta State University)

  • Adedayo Ogunniran (2024, Mississippi Valley State University)

• Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee Member (Graduation Year)

  • Elsa Allmendinger (2025)

  • Maren Egging (2024)

Computing Skills

Languages

• MATLAB, Python, R, Stata, SAS, EViews, Gretl, LaTeX

Technologies/Frameworks

• Maple HPC Linux Cluster at the University of Mississippi, Henry2 HPC Linux Cluster at North Carolina State University