1215 54^th St. · Emeryville, CA 94608                    (510) xxx-1754 · garret-at-econ.berkeley.edu

 

 

University of California, Berkeley                                                                         Berkeley, California

Department of Economics Expected Graduation: May 2010

            · Fourth-year Graduate Student in PhD Program

            · Earhart Foundation Fellowship Recipient (2004)

            · Course work includes Labor and Development Economics and Applied Econometrics as well as core Micro,

Macro, and Econometrics sequence.

 

Brigham Young University                                                                                                   Provo, Utah

Department of Economics                                                                         Graduated April 2004

· Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Minor in Mathematics

· Department Valedictorian, University Honors, Magna cum Laude distinction

· 2000-2004 Full Tuition Heritage Scholarship

· GPA: 3.95 overall

· GRE: perfect 800 math score (92^nd percentile), 640 verbal (90^th percentile) 6.0 writing (95^th percentile),

· SAT: 740 math, perfect 800 verbal

· Authored 40-page original research thesis on statistical analysis of Mt. Everest expeditions

· President, Economics Club

· Course work includes Advanced Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Public Finance, Urban Economics, and Antitrust Law and Regulation

 

 

UC Berkeley Department of Economics                                                         Berkeley, California

Research Assistant           March 2005 – May 2007

· Collaborated with several other researchers and field officers in Kenya to clean and prepare large panel data set concerning Kenyan child health and education outcomes for Professor Edward Miguel

· Wrote Stata code to both clean and analyze development data

· Conducted library and background research for Professor Miguel’s various development projects in Kenya and Vietnam

 

Innovations for Poverty Action                                                                       Busia, Kenya

Evaluation Consultant      September 2006 – February 2007

· Managed the efforts of five Kenyan field officers and several Kenyan data analysts in the collection of survey data and construction of statistical database

· Acted as liaison and mediator for Kenyan field enumerators and US academics funding the research

 

BYU Department of Economics                                                                                              Provo, Utah

Part-time Faculty                         September 2002 – April 2004, Summer 2006

· Worked as research and teaching assistant as an undergraduate, returned as part-time faculty after graduation

· Head teacher for Economic Principles class of 100 students, prepared original syllabus and lectures,

managed four teaching assistants

· Assisted with Statistics, Econometrics, Advanced Econometrics and Microeconomic Theory courses

· Lead original test review sessions and held lab hours for problem sets and extra instruction

· Taught students to use basic econometrics software

· Programmed in SAS and Matlab for work with professor on analysis of retirement savings data

 

Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice                                           Washington, DC

Summer Intern, Economic Analysis Group                                                                       Summer 2003

· Assisted professional economists and lawyers in development of antitrust lawsuit

· Sorted, recorded and analyzed pricing data relevant to case

· Analyzed and summarized journal articles relevant to possible methods of damage calculations

· Presented findings of undergraduate honors thesis to department economists

 

 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints                                                    Seoul, Korea

Volunteer Representative                                                               September 1998 – November 2000

· Helped in administration of church affairs in economically depressed rural region

· Supervised missionaries in proselytizing work, and trained others in Korean language and missionary work

· Taught religious values to the Korean people in their native language

 

 

 

 

· Proficient in Unix, Mac, and Windows computer platforms, numerous statistical, programming, and

productivity packages (Office Suite, Stata, Matlab, HTML, etc.)

· Eagle Scout, National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Distinction

· Hiked entire 2168-mile Appalachian Trail in 113 days, summer 2002

· Hiked entire 2658-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 93 days, summer 2004

· One of the first people ever to hike entire 3000-mile Continental Divide Trail roundtrip from Mexico to

Canada and back, summer 2007

· Ran 15 marathons or ultra-marathons (up to 100 miles), 26.2-mile personal record of 3 hours, 23 seconds.

 

 

           

· Dr. Edward Miguel, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley

(510) 642-7162 <emiguel@econ.berkeley.edu>

· Dr. James McDonald, Department of Economics, BYU

(801) 422-3463 <james_mcdonald@byu.edu>

· Dr. Mark Showalter, Department of Economics, BYU

(801) 422-4645 <showalter@byu.edu>