Teaching

During my time at the University of Illinois, I’ve had the pleasure to teach the following 3 courses:

  • Econ 456: Economic Development and Migration (Undergraduate)
  • Econ 519/590: Development and Growth Policy (Master’s)
  • Econ 550: Microeconomic Issues in Development Economics (Ph.D.)

Here you can find the Teaching Statement  from my Third Year Review from April 2023.

All course material can be found on Canvas.illinois.edu.  Please send me an email if you have questions regarding the course, or sign up for office hours by going to the ‘Contact’ tab.

This video gives a brief introduction of Econ 456, the upper level elective for undergraduate students.  And this video was included in a lecture on Migration and Risk by Prof. Mushfiq Mobarak that was part of a Ph.D. course organized by the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development and the International Growth Centre. 

Mentorship

In addition to working with a large number of undergraduate and Master’s students, I’ve had the privilege to advise and mentor many bright Ph.D. students at the University of Illinois. Here is a list of graduates with their initial placements:

David Buller, 2026: Visiting Assistant Professor at Haverford College

Youngjoo Jung, 2026: Postdoc at Stanford University

Mukun Niu, 2026: Postdoc at Tsinghua University

Emilia Ozan, 2026 (University of Illinois Chicago): Boston Consulting Group

Christian Valencia, 2026: Postdoc at National Bureau of Economic Research

Wilfried Adohinzin, 2025: Senior Associate at Charles River Associates

Francesco Cenerini, 2025: Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University

Vinicius Okada Da Silva, 2025: Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa

Yoko Yamasaki, 2025: Assistant Professor at Osaka University

Irina Valenzuela, 2024: Consultant at the International Fund for Agricultural Development

Hesong Yang, 2024: Postdoc at Illinois Climate Jobs Institute

Mateo Arbelaez, 2023: Economist at Wayfair

Melany Gualavisi, 2023: Economist at Amazon

Yuhao Yang, 2022: Assistant Professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Monica Gillis, 2021: Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Commerce

Natalia Cantet, 2020: Assistant Professor at Universidad EAFIT

Brian Feld, 2020: Assistant Professor at Universidad EAFIT

Diogo Baerlocher, 2019: Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida

Daniel Halim, 2019: Economist at the World Bank

Henrique Veras, 2019: Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College

Yue Wu, 2019: Assistant Professor at International Business School, Beijing Foreign Studies University