**NEW***** (August 20) I have published a co-authored paper titled Distributed Ledger Technology Systems: A Conceptual Framework. The paper is an interdisciplinary, academic-industry partnership to create a unified language and analytic framework that both researchers, developers, and policy-makers can use to allow analyze, model, discuss, and regulate DLT's (and blockchains). The paper was published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. **NEW*****
I began researching cryptocurrencies/cryptoassets/cryptos (such as Bitcoin) in 2014 as an Assistant Professor at a small university in South Texas. My research focuses on their use and implication as a globally traded alternative to national currencies or assets. This incorporates topics such as exchange rates, capital controls, and the global financial and monetary system.
I believe that academics have a duty to transfer the knowledge we create, and translate the "academic high-speak" to people without our years of training --- if what we do is only relevant and understood by our "in-group", what broader impact can our work possibly have? I am very good at this. activity. I have received multiple teaching awards, and have taught specialized courses in international trade and international macroeconomics, in addition to both calculus and non-calculus based microeconomics and macroeconomics. Several of my undergraduate students have presented the results of their supervised research at undergraduate conferences. I have been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR, and have given both academic and non-academic talks. Finally, I maintain an active Twitter account where I discuss current academic research (usually economics research cryptocurrency/DLT).