Mira Kondor

Develop a self-led economics research project, resulting in new insights to be covered in an academic paper or a conference presentation; engage in a series of workshops in econometric techniques, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency trading, and more to gain valuable skills applicable to both academia and the private sector; work with Stata to conduct analysis on small to medium size data sets

Assist 200 students a semester learning basic macroeconomic concepts, providing them with important real-world knowledge; guide students through Excel-based activities to facilitate learning; collaborate with a professor and teaching assistant to ensure exam security; grade exams in a timely manner

Designed lesson plans for up to 20 people, usually youth, without knowing the exact number; executed those lesson plans; dealt with unexpected situations, including broken equipment, unexpected injuries, and unexpected class sizes; built relationships with students ranging from preschool age to high school age, as well as build relationships with their parents; provided announcements at the end of each class; communicated with parents about behavioral or physical issues

I coded a fully functional database system in Python, meant to be a hypothetical police database on drivers.

Government spending multipliers have important implications for macroeconomic stabilization and fiscal policy. The two prominent papers on this topic are by Blanchard and Perotti (2002) and Ramey (2011). However, since economic data is revised all the time, there is the question of how their models hold up. Along with Dr. Givens in the Culverhouse College of Business, we answer this question