Teaching

as a Professor

Recipient of the 2026 Teaching Prize in memory of James Weaver

Baseball Economics (ECON-396)

Winner of the 2025 Student Developed Course Competition

Spring 2026

Course Description: This course is a fun way for undergraduate baseball fans to use the special case of baseball to begin thinking critically about important economic concepts with broader real-world implications. In the first part of the course, we examine MLB’s legal monopoly, their ownership cartel, and compare American sports’ competitive balance (‘Socialist’) model to European Soccer’s promotion/relegation (‘Capitalist’) model. The next section covers baseball’s labor market, where we learn how the combination of wage suppression and the quantifiability of performance in the post-Moneyball era has allowed for superstar markets to emerge. We’ll conclude by questioning whether baseball’s quest for efficiency has harmed the sport, drawing parallels to capitalism and well-being more broadly. Ultimately, students are encouraged to think open-mindedly and critically about our beloved game through the eyes of an economist.

as a Teaching Assistant

Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON-300 and ECON-400)

Spring 26

Comparative Economic Systems (ECON-351)

Fall 25

History of Economic Ideas (ECON-320)

Fall 25

PhD Macroeconomics I (ECON-802)

Spring 25

Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON-301 and ECON-401)

Spring 25

Swiftonomics (ECON-396)

Fall 24

Communicating Economics (ECON-440 and ECON-640)

Fall 24

Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON-100)

Fall 23 - Spring 24