EDUCATION   M.A., Economics Specialization: Applied Micro, Money & Banking, Finance

Thesis Topic: “Econometric Tests of Constituent Interests and Ideology in Passage of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956”

                           M.A., Economics with highest departmental honors, Hunter College, CUNY

                           B.A., Economics Summa cum Laude, Hunter College, CUNY

                           Leon M. Horniker Memorial Award, 2001 – innovative economic research

                           NEH Teaching Fellows, Pace University, 2003

Honors:              Golden Key Honor Society

                           Omicron Delta Epsilon

                           Departmental Award for Excellence – Hunter College

                           Departmental Award for Service – Hunter College

                           Economic Society of City College Award for Teaching Excellence

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2000-present       Pace University, The Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lecturer of Economics, Department of Economics

                           Courses taught:

• ECO 105: Principles of Macroeconomics        • ECO 106: Principles of Microeconomics

• ECO124: Techniques of Econometrics               • ECO 238: Money and Banking

• ECO 360: International Economics               • ECO 381: Applied Game Theory

1999-present       University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Joint Shanghai-New York Language Institute, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Visiting Professor of Economics

                           Courses taught:

• Money and Banking   • Investment Analysis

• Econometrics

1996-present       Hunter College, The City University of New York, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Economics

                           Courses taught:

• ECO 100: Introduction to Economics               • ECO 200: Principles of Microeconomics

• ECO103: Economic Principles and Policies    • ECO 272: Investments

• ECO 1752: Investments (Graduate Course)  • ECO 271: Corporate Finance

• ECO 358: Executive Decision Making    • ECO 365: Corporate Finance

• ECO 366: Investment Analysis   • ECO 710: Banking

• ECO 795: Game Theory

1997-2001         City College, The City University of New York, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Economics

                           Courses taught:

• ECO 100: Introduction to Economics               • ECO 104: Engineering Economics

• ECO103: Economic Principles and Policies    • ECO 272: Investments

• ECO 1752: Investments (Gradate Course)  • ECO 271: Corporate Finance

• ECO 358: Executive Decision Making

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Curriculum Development:

·  Developed LC active leaning courses

·  Assist in developing new introductory course materials to help create a stimulating and dynamic educational environment.

·  Initiated the development and instruction of recitation sessions using unique and creative approach to undergraduate economics education.

Undergraduate Advisor:

·  Advise students as to course selections, evaluate transfer credits, provide career guidance.

·  Conduct workshops in course selection and career planning.

Faculty Advisor – the Pace Economics Society

Consulting Activities:

·  The Sloane Group/ongoing research in consolidation of death-care industry, including studies on profit and pricing and regulatory impact on same.