EDUCATION

University of Chicago
Ph.D., Economics, 2011

Committee: Prof. Gary S. Becker (Chair); Prof. William M. Landes; Prof. Emily Oster
Honors: Lee Prize, Price Theory, 2007
Fellowships: Institute for Human Studies, Humane Studies Fellowship, 2010-2011; Knight Fellowship, 2009-2010; Rosen Fellowship, 2007-2009

University of Chicago Law School
J.D., High Honors, 2000

Journal: Law Review, Volume 67, Executive Editor; Law Review, Volume 66, Staff Member
Honors: Order of the Coif
Fellowships: The Tony Patiño Fellowship; Bradley Foundation Fellowship

University of Southern California
B.A. and M.A., summa cum laude, Economics, 1997

Honors: USC Trustees' Award (first in class of 2,500); Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Golden Key; Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society
Scholarships: Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship; National Merit Scholarship

School for International Training, Harare and Charakupa, Zimbabwe
College Semester Abroad, 1995

 

EMPLOYMENT

University of Chicago Law School
Professor of Law, July 2016–present
Assistant Professor of Law and Ronald H. Coase Teaching Scholar, July 2015–June 2016

Harvard Law School
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Fall Term 2015

University of Chicago Law School
Assistant Professor of Law, 2011-2015

University of Chicago Law School
Kauffman Legal Research Fellow, 2010-2011

Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Associate, 2001-2006

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Dallas, Texas
Law Clerk to the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, 2000-2001

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Intern, research department, summer 1995

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editor, Journal of Legal Studies (July 2013–present)

Editorial Board, Law and Development Review (July 2018–present)
Board Member, Society for Empirical Legal Studies (2016–present)
Board Member, American Law and Economics Association (2017–present)

Referee, Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Legal Studies; Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; American Law and Economics Review; International Journal of the Economics of Business; Industrial Relations; Harvard University Press; International Review of Law and Economics; Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation; Journal of Legal Analysis Referee for Supreme Court Economic Review.

Reviewer, Annual Review of Law and Social Science; Harvard Law Review; Law and Social Inquiry; Israel Science Foundation.