Curriculum Vitae

Education

• ​Ph.D. Economics, Kansas State University, 2013
  • ​​​​Dissertation Title: Essays in Optimal Monetary Policy and State-Space Econometrics 
  • ​Dissertation Committee: Dr. Steven P. Cassou (chair), Dr. William F. Blankenau, Dr. Lance Bachmeier, & Dr. Allen Featherstone
• B.S. Economics (cum laude), University of South Alabama, 2008

​Professional Experience 

• Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Louisiana Tech University, Fall 2016 to present
• Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Missouri State University, Fall 2013 to Spring 2016
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Kansas State University, Fall 2008 to Spring 2013

Research Interests

• Monetary Economics
• Macroeconomics
• ​Time Series Econometrics
• Bayesian Methods

​Published Papers

• "Optimal monetary policy revisited: Does considering real-time data change things?​," with Steven P. Cassou and Jesús Vázquez, 2018, Applied Economics.
• "Monetary policy deviations: A Bayesian state-space analysis," with Mahua Barari, 2017, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.
• "Asymmetric preferences and monetary policy deviations," 2016,  Journal of Macroeconomics.
• "Are central bank preferences asymmetric when policy targets vary over time?," 2016, Empirical Economics.
• "Optimal monetary policy with asymmetric preferences for output," with Steven P. Cassou and Jesús Vázquez, 2012, Economics Letters.​

​Working papers

• "How much output gap targeting is too much? An inflation bias perspective," 2018, under review.
• "How much better is commitment policy than discretionary policy? Evidence from five developed economies," 2018, under review.

Conference Presentations

• "Asymmetric Preferences and Monetary Policy Deviations," Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2016
• "Asymmetric Preferences and Monetary Policy Deviations," Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2015
• "Monetary Policy Deviations: A Bayesian State-Space Analysis," Missouri Valley Economics Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2014 
• "Are Central Bank Preferences Asymmetric When Policy Targets Vary Over Time?," Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL, March 2014
• "Are Central Bank Preferences Asymmetric When Policy Targets Vary Over Time?," Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2012

Professional Affiliations

• American Economic Association
• Econometric Society
• Southern Economic Association 
• Western Economic Association International

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