Professional Summary
I am a Assistant Instructional Professor at University of Chicago - Department of Economics where I teach a broad array of economics courses, and an honorary non-visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge - Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF) where I am the co-chair of the Emergent Money Systems group. These positions accurately encapsulate my two interests:
My research focuses on cryptoasset and digital currency use and implication as a globally traded alternative to national currencies or assets. This incorporates aspects such as exchange rates, capital controls, their relationship to the existing global financial and monetary system (including Central Bank Digital Currency), especially focusing on the unique properties that follow from decentralization. Within this decentralization context, I have co-authored papers outside of economics on the taxation implications of forking chains, the evolution of governance practices in blockchain-based projects, and a framework for understanding DLT systems. I have been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Coindesk, and have given both academic and non-academic talks.
My teaching research focuses on assessment practices and critical thinking development in economics, as well as the market structure for teaching experts. In practice, I teach micro and macro core courses (principles and intermediate, calculus and non-calculus based), and topics courses in computational-focused topics in economic policy analysis, international macro-finance, international trade, and crypto-markets. My course levels ranges from large introductory macroeconomics principles to small topical MA courses. I have received many teaching awards, and several of my undergraduate students have presented the results of their supervised research at undergraduate conferences, or won awards for their undergrad thesis. I also advise Masters-level thesis papers, with several students continuing on to highly ranked PhD programs around the world.
I am also the founder of and principal economist for Digital Economy Consulting.
- examining the impact of decentralized virtual systems such as cryptocurrencies
- increasing accessibility of modern economic theory to non-PhD. economists
My research focuses on cryptoasset and digital currency use and implication as a globally traded alternative to national currencies or assets. This incorporates aspects such as exchange rates, capital controls, their relationship to the existing global financial and monetary system (including Central Bank Digital Currency), especially focusing on the unique properties that follow from decentralization. Within this decentralization context, I have co-authored papers outside of economics on the taxation implications of forking chains, the evolution of governance practices in blockchain-based projects, and a framework for understanding DLT systems. I have been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Coindesk, and have given both academic and non-academic talks.
My teaching research focuses on assessment practices and critical thinking development in economics, as well as the market structure for teaching experts. In practice, I teach micro and macro core courses (principles and intermediate, calculus and non-calculus based), and topics courses in computational-focused topics in economic policy analysis, international macro-finance, international trade, and crypto-markets. My course levels ranges from large introductory macroeconomics principles to small topical MA courses. I have received many teaching awards, and several of my undergraduate students have presented the results of their supervised research at undergraduate conferences, or won awards for their undergrad thesis. I also advise Masters-level thesis papers, with several students continuing on to highly ranked PhD programs around the world.
I am also the founder of and principal economist for Digital Economy Consulting.
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Contact Information
University of Chicago, Department of Economics 1126 E. 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Also trying out Mastodon and Bluesky.
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