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Education
Ph.D. Economics (Expected 2027) University of Tennessee - Knoxville
M.A. Economics (2024) University of Tennessee - Knoxville
B.S. Economics, B.A. Mathematics (2022) University of Mississippi
Honors: summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi
Research Fields
Primary: Public Economics, Health Economics
Secondary: Labor Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- ECON 311: Intermediate Microeconomics, Summer 2026
- ECON 311: Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2026
Teaching Assistant (Graduate) University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- ECON 211: Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
- ECON 311: Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2023
- ECON 581: Mathematical Methods in Economics, Fall 2023
Research Work Experience
Research Assistant (Graduate) University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 2023–Current
- Created and cleaned a novel dataset of every physician and hospital in the U.S.: approximately 4.3M records per month across 19 years
Experimental Lab Manager University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 2023–Current
- Designed and executed 27 experimental sessions with 1,100+ participants
Fellowships & Awards
- Best Second-Year Thesis, 2024
- Best First-Year Graduate Student, 2023
- Walter Melville Bonham PhD Fellowship, 2024
- J. Fred & Wilma Holly PhD Fellowship, 2024
- Joseph & Barbara O’Donnell PhD Fellowship, 2023
- Haslam Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, 2022-2024
Service
- Student Representative, Campus Advisory Board, 2025-2026
- Chairperson, Doctoral Student Association, 2023-2024
- Organizer, Graduate Student Research Seminar, 2023-2025