Teaching Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor at Vassar College, New York.

Econ 100a: Introduction to Macroeconomics (groups 3 & 4) focuses upon basic economic concepts, emphasizing the broad outlines of national and international economic problems. The causes and consequences of variations in gross national product, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, the budget deficit, and the trade deficit are examined at length. Conduct lectures, prepare midterm and final examinations and assign academic grades to 65 students. 08/2007-12/2007

Econ 346: International Monetary Theory and Policy focuses upon the problems of balance of payments and adjustment mechanisms. Topics include: the balance of payments and the foreign ex-change market; causes of disturbances and processes of adjustment in the balance of payments and the foreign exchange market under fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes. Conduct lectures, prepare midterm and final examinations and assign academic grades to 10 students. 08/2007-12/2007

Lecturer at San Francisco State University, San Francisco

International Finance 01/2007-5/2007-

International Trade Conducted Lectures prepare midterm and final examinations, assign academic grades to 48 students01/2007-5/2007-

Teaching Fellow, University of California Santa Cruz.

Econ 138: “Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation: the analytics of issues in technology and innovation, including cooperation in research and development (R&D), standardization and compatibility, patents and intellectual property rights, and strategic management, using economic models and firm case studies.” Conducted Lectures, prepared assignments and final examinations and assigned academic grades to 40 students. 09/2006-12/2006

Econ 130: “Money and Banking: The institutional structure of central banking and of bank and nonbank financial intermediation in the U.S.; theoretical and empirical investigations of the role of monetary policy in macroeconomic stabilization and economic growth”. Conducted Lectures, prepared midterm and final examinations and assigned academic grades to aprox. 50 students. 03/2006-06/2006 01/2005-03/2005

Econ 100b: “Intermediate Macroeconomics: Study of the concepts and techniques of contemporary macroeconomics and how they can be used to understand the economy and its response to policy. The course gives emphasis to the development of a framework for understanding how unemployment, inflation, output, interest rates, trade deficits, exchange rates and other interesting measures of the economy are determined.” Conducted Lectures, prepared midterm and final examinations and assigned academic grades to 101 students. 01/2006-03/2006

Econ 100a: “Intermediate Microeconomics: Study of resource allocation, the function of markets, consumer behavior, and the determination of price, output, and profits in competitive, monopolistic, and oligopolistic market structures. Also considered issues of welfare and public policy”. Conducted Lectures, prepared midterm and final examinations and assigned academic grades to 59 students. 07/2005-09/2005

Teaching Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz.

Courses: Introductory Microeconomics, Introductory Macroeconomics, Mathematical Methods for Economists, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics. Conducted two sections each quarter for several lower and upper division courses in the Economics Department. Graded assignments, homework, quizzes and exams. Advised and tutored undergraduate students during office hours. 09/2000-09/2004