My teaching aims to make rigorous economic and statistical reasoning accessible without sacrificing precision. I emphasize clear mathematical exposition, structured problem solving, and the connection between formal results and empirical practice, with the goal of helping students build both technical confidence and applied intuition.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
ECON 101 — Principles of Microeconomics
Overview: ECON 101 — Principles of Microeconomics
I hold discussion sections and office hours for introductory microeconomics, helping students connect economic reasoning with mathematical and graphical analysis. The course covers consumer and firm behavior, supply and demand, elasticity, efficiency, trade, externalities and public goods, inequality, labor markets, market structure, and game theory.
Materials: ECON 101 — Principles of Microeconomics
Discussion handouts on economic reasoning and the mathematical tools used in introductory microeconomics, with examples on demand, consumer choice, and supply. These handouts are unofficial supplementary notes provided by me and are not official course materials.
ECON 410 — Introductory Econometrics
Overview: ECON 410 — Introductory Econometrics
I held weekly discussion sections and office hours, reinforcing estimation concepts, empirical applications, hands-on problem solving, and Stata workflows.
Evaluation summary: ECON 410 — Introductory Econometrics
In ECON 410, across two discussion sections, students rated my overall TA performance at approximately 4.63/5. Section-level averages for knowledge of the course material were 4.85/5 and 4.82/5. Written feedback emphasized organized discussion handouts, clear explanations of econometric concepts, step-by-step Stata walkthroughs, proof explanations, and helpful office hours.
ECON 703 — Mathematical Economics I (Ph.D. Math Camp)
Recognition: Juli Plant Grainger Teaching Excellence Scholarship.
Overview: ECON 703 — Mathematical Economics I (Ph.D. Math Camp)
I held discussion sections and office hours for the Ph.D. math camp, preparing handouts on proofs, metric spaces, optimization, linear algebra, and related tools used in graduate economic theory.
Evaluation summary: ECON 703 — Mathematical Economics I (Ph.D. Math Camp)
In ECON 703, students rated my discussion leadership/presentation at 4.95/5, knowledge of the course material at 5.00/5, office-hour helpfulness at 4.89/5, and overall TA performance at 4.95/5. Written feedback emphasized the organization and clarity of the discussion sections, the usefulness of the handouts for formal definitions and theorems, and the connection between mathematical arguments and economic intuition.
Materials: ECON 703 — Mathematical Economics I (Ph.D. Math Camp)
Short discussion-section notes for incoming economics Ph.D. students, covering proof techniques, metric spaces, fixed point tools, convexity, comparative statics, KKT optimization, linear algebra, and the implicit function theorem.
- Handout 01 — General Information & Proofs
- Handout 02 — Suprema, Metric Spaces & Sequences
- Handout 03 — Bolzano–Weierstrass, Completeness & Contractions
- Handout 04 — Squeeze Theorem, Lipschitz & Continuity
- Handout 05 — Vector Spaces, Norms & Inner Products
- Handout 06 — Lattices, Convex Sets & (Quasi-)Convexity
- Handout 07 — Graphs, Contours, Differentiability & Homogeneity
- Handout 08 — Monotone Comparative Statics & Differentiation Rules
- Handout 09 — Extrema & Kuhn–Tucker Optimization
- Handout 10 — Linear Algebra, Integration & Taylor Expansions
- Handout 11 — Midterm, Cost Functions & IFT
- Extra — “Lamp Game” Proof