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Current Appointments

• Clemson University, John E. Walker Department of Economics - Professor (2022-present)
• Clemson University, Media Forensics Hub - Faculty Director (2020-present)

Previous Appointments

• Clemson University - Associate Professor (2014-2022)
• Clemson University - Assistant Professor (2008-2014)
• Northwestern University (Kellogg) - Visiting Associate Professor (2016)
• RAND Corporation - Adjunct Economist (2013)

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2008
• B.A.S., South Carolina Honors College, University of South Carolina, 2001 (magna cum laude)

Research Areas

• Political economy and public economics
• Organizational economics
• Media forensics and coordinated disinformation
• Information operations and public resilience

Selected Professional Roles and Service

• Associate Editor, Public Finance Review (2017-2020)
• National Science Foundation grant reviewer
• SIOE/ISNIE Board of Directors (2014-2016)
• Technical advisor to government agencies on foreign influence operations (2018-present)

Awards and Honors

• Interdisciplinary Research Award, College of Business (2019)
• President’s Leadership Institute (2017)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2004)
• Phi Beta Kappa (1999)

Teaching (Selected)

• Intermediate Microeconomics (Clemson)
• Graduate Public Choice (Clemson)
• Media Forensics Hub Open-Source Investigations (Clemson)
• Honors Principles of Microeconomics (Clemson)

Funding Snapshot

• NSF Convergence Accelerator (Phase I and II; Clemson participation)
• Disinformation and resilience research support from public and private funders
• Multiple external and internal grants supporting media forensics and organizational research

For the complete record (including full funding, service, and presentation lists), use the publications and working papers pages.