Education Background
1994 Ph.D. in Economics, Auburn University
1990 B.A. in Economics, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, Saint Mary's College, Winona, MN
Teaching Background
July 2016 – Present Professor of Practice, Tulane University
August 2014 – June 2016 Visiting Professor of Economics, Tulane University
August 2013 – May 2014 Visiting Professor of Economics, California State University, Sacramento
August 2012 – May 2013 Visiting Professor of Economics, Humboldt State University
September 2011 – June 2012 Visiting Professor of Economics, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
April 2008 – August 2011 Professor of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Research Field
Crowding Out Private Investment in Bolivia: Evidence for the 1988-2010 Period, Latin American Research Review, 50:3, pp. 225-244, October 2015.
An Analysis of Abortion Patterns for White and Non-White Women in the United States, 1973 to 2008, Journal of Policy Practice, 14:1, pp. 58-75, January 2015.
The Effect of Coca and FDI on the Level of Corruption in Bolivia, Latin American Economic Review, 23:11. DOI 10.1007/s40503-014-0011-5. May 2014