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Education
2012 Ph.D. Economics, Rice University
2011 M.A. Economics, Rice University
2005 M.S. Statistics, Tulane University
2004 B.S. Economics, Math and Physics, Tulane University
2000 Graduated St. John’s School High School in Houston, Texas
Current Research Interests
Applied Econometrics
Recommendation Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Productivity and Efficiency Analysis
Dynamic Labor Supply
Academic Experience
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Microeconomics
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Macroeconomics
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Econometrics
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Econometrics
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Statistics
Professional Experience
2012 “Buckets-Of-Money”: A Huffington Post web-forum on fiscal stimulus
2009 Created a Recommendation System for the Huntsmann Corporation
2007-2008 Competed in the Netflix Competition
Working Papers
On the Microdynamics of Labor Supply with Home Production
An Application of Case Based Decision Theory to the Netflix Competition
Grants and Awards
2007 Summer Statistics Fellow
2005-2012 Graduate Fellowship, Rice University
2004 Graduate Fellowship, Tulane University
Personal
2000 broke Tulane football team’s power clean record as a walk-on
2000 Transferred from Rice University to Tulane University
1999 Bayou Bowl, all-star football game for high school football players
1999 Captain and MVP of the SJS football team
1998-1999 All-SPC (Southwestern Preparatory Conference)
1997 Most improved varsity football player award
1982 Born in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
References
Robin Sickles
Department of Economics MS-22
Rice University
6100 South Main Street Houston, Texas 77005-1892
rsickles@rice.edu
(713) 348-3322
Richard Boylan
Department of Economics MS-22
Rice University
6100 South Main Street Houston, Texas 77005-1892
rboylan@rice.edu
(713) 348-2386
Bill Brown
Department of Economics MS-22
Rice University
6100 South Main Street Houston, Texas 77005-1892
bwbwn@rice.edu
(713) 348-2345