Prior: MA in Economics, Policy Track, 2020 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Advisor: Michael Price, PhD (Economics) Thesis: "Towards an understanding of the economics of compliance: Restaurant response to the Affordable Care Act Calorie Mandate." Leveraged passage of the ACA calorie mandate as a natural experiment to study trends in corporate compliance with calorie posting in chain restaurants. Worked as Graduate Research Assistant for duration of thesis (NIH/NIDDK R01DK107686) and provided research assistance to National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER) working paper #26869 (Courtemanche CJ, Frisvold DE, Jimenez-Gomez D, Ouayogodé M, & Price M. Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare. March 2020).
Department Chair's Award, University of Alabama, 2020
BA in Economics, Spanish, and International Studies (triple-major), 2020, summa cum laude Minors: Biology, Population Health Policy, Social Innovation & Leadership (triple-minor) Thesis: "Morbidity and mortality in the United States: How inequality produces health disparities, Or, Dying of race and rurality" Advisor: Jason DeCaro, PhD (Anthropology)
Buford Boone Memorial Scholarship, University of Alabama, 2020
Economics Faculty Award, University of Alabama, 2019, 2018
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Alabama, 2018
President's List & Dean's List (GPA 4.0+), University of Alabama, all semesters 2015-2020
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, University of Alabama. Lectured on microeconomics for undergraduate and MBA program in Culverhouse College of Business. 2017-2020.
Legal Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Summer research fellow of Professor Jane Cohen, Edward Clark Centennial Professor of Law. Summer 2017.