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Academic Appointments
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Assistant Professor, Department of Business & Economics2025 – Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Business & Economics2025 – Present
New York University, New York, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics2023 – 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics2023 – 2025
Education
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Ph.D., Economics, 2023
M.A., Economics, 20202018 – 2023
Ph.D., Economics, 2023
M.A., Economics, 20202018 – 2023
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, 2018 | Minor: Philosophy2014 – 2018
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, 2018 | Minor: Philosophy2014 – 2018
Publications
- “Seeing Like a Colony: The Virginia Land Surveyor” (2026) with Patrick Fitzsimmons. European Economic Review, 185, 105274.
- “Can Markets Improve Recycling Performance? A Cross-Country Regression Analysis and Case Studies” (2023) with Elena C. Prenovitz & Chandler S. Reilly. Sustainability, 15(6), 4785.
- “The Redistributive Politics of Monetary Policy” (2023) with Louis Rouanet. Public Choice, 194(1–2), 1–26.
- “Bureaucratic Rent Creation: The Case of Price Discrimination in the Market for Postsecondary Education” (2023) with Chandler S. Reilly. Constitutional Political Economy, 34(2), 226–256.
- “Is Bitcoin Money? (And What That Means)” (2020) with William J. Luther. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 77, 144–149.
Teaching
Assistant Professor, Salve Regina University
ECN-102: Introductory MicroeconomicsFall 2025 (×2), Spring 2026 (×3)
ECN-305: Money and BankingFall 2025
ECN-317: Economic Ideas in Historical PerspectiveSpring 2026
Graduate Lecturer, George Mason University
ECON 103: Contemporary Microeconomic PrinciplesSpring 2021
ECON 306: Intermediate MicroeconomicsFall 2020
ECON 309: Economic Problems and Public PoliciesFall 2020
ECON 412: Game Theory and Economics of InstitutionsSpring 2021
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
Educational Entrepreneurs Grant (IHS019744) | Institute for Humane Studies2025
SDAE Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics (“The Redistributive Politics of Monetary Policy”) | Society for the Development of Austrian Economics2023
William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics | Department of Economics, George Mason University2023
Ph.D. Fellowship | Mercatus Center2018 – 2023
Graduate Fellow, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | Mercatus Center2018 – 2023
JIN Fellow | Mercatus Center2022 – 2023
Bradley Fellowship | Department of Economics, George Mason University2023
Graduate Student Fellowship | Public Choice Society2020, 2021, 2023
Graduate Student Award | Southern Economic Association2022
Young Scholar Award | Association of Private Enterprise Education2020, 2021, 2022
Humane Studies Fellowship | Institute for Humane Studies2019 – 2021
Distinction on Microeconomics Qualifying Exam | Department of Economics, George Mason University2019
Research Competition First Place | Association of Private Enterprise Education2018
Referee Experience
European Economic Review; Public Choice [8]; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance [3]; Journal of Institutional Economics [3]; Review of Behavioral Economics; Review of Austrian Economics; The Independent Review [2]; Cosmos + Taxis: Studies in Emergent Order and Organization.
Skills
Software: Python, R, Stata, LaTeX, Claude Code