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Updated November 2026. The full CV also lists presentations, service, grants and student research supervision.

Academic positions

  1. 2020–presentAssociate Professor of EconomicsCreighton University, Heider College of Business
  2. 2017–2020Assistant Professor of EconomicsCreighton University, Heider College of Business
  3. 2014–2017Assistant Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin–Stout
  4. 2010–2014Instructor, Economics DepartmentSuffolk University

Other professional positions

  1. 2025–presentEditor-in-ChiefJournal of Regulatory Economics
  2. 2024–presentDirectorMenard Family Center for Economic Inquiry, Creighton University
  3. 2017–presentScholarMenard Family Center for Economic Inquiry, Creighton University
  4. 2022–2026Executive CommitteeAssociation of Private Enterprise Education

Education

  1. 2014PhD, Economics, Suffolk UniversityDissertation: An Economic Analysis of Recovery from Civil Conflict
  2. 2012MS, Economics, Suffolk University
  3. 2009BA, Economics, Roger Williams UniversityMagna cum laude; minors in finance and political science

Fields

  1. ResearchInstitutions and economic development, violent conflict, regulation, income inequality
  2. TeachingMacroeconomics, economic development, money, banking and financial markets