CV
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Employment
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Central Washington University, Sep. 2020 - Current.
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Washington - Seattle, 2020
- M.A. in Economics, University of Washington - Seattle, 2015
- M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, 2013
- B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University, 2011
Research and Teaching Fields
Macroeconomics, international macroeconomics, labor market, structural reforms, entrepreneurship
Journal Publications
Drafts are available under the Research tab.
- “Reducing the United States’ Risks of Dependency on China in the Rare Earth Market,” with Tennecia Dacass, accepted at Resources Policy (2022).
- “Reflections on the Volcker Rule: Innovations in the Financial Services Industry and Fixing Too Big to Succeed,” with Koushik Ghosh, Challenge (2022): 1-10.
- “Financial Market Integration, Exchange Rate Policy, and the Dynamics of Business and Employment in Korea,” with Matteo Cacciatore and Fabio Ghironi, NBER Chapter in: International Finance in the Global Markets, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 42 (December 2016, lead article): 79-99.
Working Papers
- “Excessive Firm Turnover in the Shadow of Unemployment.”
- “Trade Liberalization and Structural Reforms Under Self-Employment.”
- “Growth, Unemployment, and the Public Sector.”
Other Publications
- Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook, Kendall Hunt, 2022. (Link)
Teaching Experience
- Central Washington University
- ECON 130 Foundations for Business Analytics
- ECON 202 Principles of Economics Macro
- ECON 330 Money and Banking
- ECON 402 Intermediate Macroeconomics Analysis
- University of Washington - Seattle
- Instructor, ECON 201 Introduction to Macro
- Instructor, ECON 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Internship Instructor, ECON 399 Internship
- Teaching Assistant, B ECON 500 Introduction to Business Economics (MBA course)
- Teaching Assistant, FIN 423 Banking and the Financial System
- Seattle University
- Adjunct Faculty, ECON 2100 Business Statistics
- Shoreline Community College
- Adjunct Faculty, ECON&202 Macroeconomics
- Seoul National University
- Teaching Assistant, ECON 212.202 Macroeconomics
Research Experience
- Research Assistant for Dr. Hongsoo Kim, 02/2013 – 05/2013
- Health Services Research and Gerontology Lab, Department of Public Health Science, Seoul National University, Korea
- Research Assistant for Professor Soyoung Kim, 03/2011 - 02/2013
- Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Korea
- Research Assistant (Intern), POSCO Research Institute (POSRI), Korea, 01/2010 - 02/2010
Professional and Service Activities
- Conferences and Presentations
- 2024: 50th Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Annual Conference (scheduled), Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference 2024 (scheduled), University of Jordan (scheduled)
- 2023: Korean Economic Review International Conference (KERIC), Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference 2023
- 2022: WEAI 97th Annual Conference
- 2021: ASSA 2021 Poster Session
- 2020: Korean Economic Review International Conference (KERIC), Southern Economic Association (SEA) 90th Annual Meeting (Invited)
- 2018: T. S. Kim Seminar, Seoul National University, Korea
- Refereeing for peer-reviewed journals: Macroeconomic Dynamics; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research