Presentations

2023

“Technology, Adoption, Agricultural Productivity, and Deforestation,” Presented at: Collaborative for Econometrics and Integrated Development Studies (CEIDS), February 17, 2023.

2022

“Herder-Related Violence, Agricultural Work, and the Informal Sector as a Safety Net,” Presented at: IFPRI Annual Meetings (RISE), November 2, 2022.

“Private Sector Promotion of Climate-Smart Technologies: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria,” Presented at: Applied and Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, July 31 – August 2, 2022.

“Social Protection Amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant Program,” Presented at: Collaborative for Econometrics and Integrated Development Studies (CEIDS), March 25, 2022.

“The Paper of How: Estimating Treatment Effects with the Front-Door Criterion,” Presented at : Econometrics Frontier Group (E-FroG), March 7, 2022.

“The Psychological Toll of Food Insecurity,” Presented at: Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev), March 5, 2022.

2021

“Private Sector Led Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria,” Presented at: Conference of the Private Sector Development Research Network, Virtual, December 9, 2021.

“The Psychological Toll of Food Insecurity;” Presented at: New England Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, Boston University, Virtual, November 5 and 6, 2021.

“COVID-19 and Conflict: An Update;” Presented at: UN University World Institute for Development Economics Research Conference, Virtual, September 6, 2021.

“Private Sector Led Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria;” Presented at: International Conference for Agricultural Economists, Virtual, August 19, 2021.

“The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security: Evidence from Mali;” Presented at: Annual Applied and Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meetings, Austin, TX, August 3, 2021.

“Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-Being;” Presented at: Kansas Health Economics Conference, University of Kansas, April 29 – 30, 2021.

“Producers, Consumers, and Value Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries;” Presented at: AAEA Handbook of Agricultural Economics, vol. 6, Workshop, March 2, 2021.

“Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-Being;” Presented at: Economics Seminar Series, University of San Francisco, February 25, 2021.

2020

“International Aid and Policy Implications;” Presented at: AGB 414, Food and Agribusiness Policy Issues, Arizona State University (guest lecture), November 19, 2020. [slides]

“COVID-19 and Conflict;” Presented at: Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) Annual Workshop on social unrest and violent conflict in times of pandemics, November 10-11, 2020.

“Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-Being;” Presented at: Annual Applied and Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meetings, Kansas City, MO (virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic), August 10, 2020. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: the Online Agricultural and Resource Economics Seminar (OARES), June 24, 2020.

“All That Really Matters I Learned in Kindergarten? Evidence from the Philipines;” Presented at: Presented at: Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference, University of Oxford, UK (virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic), March 22-24, 2020. [video] [slides]

“The Paper of How: Estimating Treatment Effects Using the Front-Door Criterion;” Presented at: Applied Micro Workshop, Economics Department, University of Minnesota, March 13, 2020.

“Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-Being;” Presented at: Economics Department Seminar, Calvin University, February 10, 2020.

“All That Really Matters I Learned in Kindergarten? Evidence from the Philipines;” Presented at: The Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 3-5, 2020.

2019

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: Towson University, Baltimore, MD, October 22, 2019.

“Aspirations and Real Estate Investment in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 11-14, 2019.

“Dream Homes: Aspirations and Real Estate Investment in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 21-23, 2019. [slides]

“All That Really Matters I Learned in Kindergarten? Evidence from the Philippines;” Presented at: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 21-23, 2019. [slides]

“Dream Homes: Aspirations and Real Estate Investment in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MidDev), University of Wisconsin, April 26, 2019.

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: Economics Department Seminar, Calvin College, April 3, 2019. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference, University of Oxford, UK, March 17, 2019. [slides]

“All That Really Matters I Learned in Kindergarten? Evidence from the Philippines;” Presented at: Applied Economics Graduate Student Seminar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, March 7, 2019.

“Dream Homes: Aspirations and Real Estate Investment in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Marc Bellemare’s Research Lab, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, January 23, 2019.

2018

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, November 5, 2018. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: New England Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, Cornell University, October 27, 2018. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: ECON 426 International Economic Development, Department of Economics, Macalester College, October 23, 2018. [slides]

“Dream Homes: Aspirations and Real Estate Investment in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Applied Economics Graduate Student Seminar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, October 4, 2018. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region;” Presented at: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, Washington, DC, August 7, 2018. [slides]

“How Much Does the Cardinal Treatment of Ordinal Variables Matter? An Empirical Investigation;” Presented at: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, Washington, DC, August 7, 2018. [poster]

“How Much Does the Cardinal Treatment of Ordinal Variables Matter? An Empirical Investigation;” Presented at: Trade & Development Seminar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, March 23, 2018. [slides]

2017

“Good Intentions Gone Bad: Dodd-Frank 1502 and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region‘;’ Presented at: Midwest Group in African Political Economy (MGAPE), Northwestern University, December 15, 2017. [info]

“A Discussion on ‘Labor Supply Response to the Earned Income Tax Credit‘ by Eissa and Liebman (1996)” Presented at: APEC 8501 – Labor Economics, University of Minnesota, October 25, 2017. [slides]

“Good Intentions Gone Bad: Dodd-Frank 1502 and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region‘;’ Presented at: APEC 8701 – International Economics and Trade Policy, University of Minnesota, October 16, 2017. [slides]

“China’s One-Child Policy: Identifying Economic, Social, and Demographic Consequences;” Presented at: Public Affairs 8331 – Economic Demography, University of Minnesota, April 3, 2017. [slides]

“A Discussion on ‘Creative Destruction and Subjective Well-Being’ by Aghion et al. (2016)’” Presented at: Applied Economics Ph.D. Seminar, University of Minnesota, February 22, 2017. [slides]

2016

“Measuring Hope: A Quantitative Approach with Validation in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Agricultural and Applied Economists Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016. [slides]

“Measuring Hope: An Empirical Approach with Validation from Rural Myanmar;” MS Thesis Defense Presentation. Presented at: Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, June 3, 2016. [Slides]

“Measuring Hope: An Empirical Approach in Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Calvin College, April 21, 2016. [PPT Slides]

“Measuring Hope: An Empirical Approach with Validation from Rural Myanmar;” Presented at: Graduate Research Symposium, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, March 17, 2016. [PPT Slides] – Best Presentation Prize Winner for “In Progress” research

“The Economics That Really REALLY Matters: Agriculture, Poverty, and the Power of Hope;” AgriEd Talk. Presented at: Global Agriculture Summit 2016, Sioux Center, IA, March 4, 2016. [PPT Slides]

“Blogging for (Applied) Economists: Dissemination and Popularization of Modern Academic Research;” Presented at: Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, January 23, 2016. [PPT Slides]

2015

“The Economics of Hope in Rural Myanmar: Research Methodology and Identification Strategy;” Masters Thesis Project Proposal. Presented at: Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, September 29, 2015. [PPT Slides]

2014

“Doing by Learning”; (with Roxanne de Graaf and Tim van Vugt); A Partners Worldwide Program Evaluation Toolkit. Presented at Partners Worldwide Annual Global Team Meetings; November 3, 2014.

2013

“Good for Business, Good for Ghana: A Study of What Makes Good Business and What Makes Business Good” (with Nick Meekof); Ethnographic case study of Hopeline Institute loan clients in Accra, Ghana. Presented at: Partners Worldwide; December 14, 2012 and at Calvin College; April 25, 2013.