My teaching experience spans Ph.D. mathematical economics and undergraduate econometrics. I emphasize rigorous problem solving, clear mathematical exposition, and applied statistical intuition.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
ECON 703 — Mathematical Economics I (Ph.D. Math Camp)
Instructor:
Prof. John Kennan
Recognition: Winner of the Juli Plant Grainger Teaching Excellence Scholarship
Overview & materials
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.
Discussion handouts: Selected discussion handouts are available below; PDFs open in a new tab.
- 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
- Handout 11 — Midterm, Cost Functions & IFT
- Extra — “Lamp Game” Proof
ECON 410 — Introductory Econometrics
Instructor:
Prof. Christopher McKelvey
Overview
I held weekly discussion sections and office hours, reinforcing estimation concepts, empirical applications, hands-on problem solving, and Stata workflows.