Courses

Spring Semester (2017 –present ) The focus of this seminar is applied econometric methods for answering causal questions. The course is organized around several common strategies in applied causal inference: experiments, difference-in-differences, event studies, regression...

Fall Semester (2022 –present) This course is an introduction to public policy, with an applied focus on education policy and policy analysis. The course is organized around core tasks in the work of policymaking: defining the problem, proposing alternative options to address...

Co-taught with Heather Hill Offered periodically (Spring 2022, Fall 2024) This seminar is for doctoral students who (aspire to) study teachers and teaching in their own research. The primary goal of the course is to develop skills and knowledge relevant to producing research...

Spring Semester (2017 –2023, not currently offered) This course is about the challenges of managing human resources, with a focus on teachers and the education sector. The course is motivated by practical questions: whom to hire, fire, or promote, when to provide on-the-job...