Julian Oolman

PhD Student Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign jjpwade2@illinois.edu

[Curriculum Vitae]

Research Interests

    • Spatial labor economics

    • Heterogeneous workers in local labor markets

    • Commuting technologies in rural and urban communities

    • Welfare analysis via quantitative spatial modeling

Education

Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Exp. Spring 2024)

  • Fields: labor economics and applied econometrics

B.S. - University of Wyoming (2017)

      • Major: Economics

      • Minors: Mathematics, Statistics

Academic Work Experience

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      • Instructor - ECON 474 Econometrics of Policy Evaluation: Fall 2022 - Current

      • Teaching Assistant - Macroeconomic Principles: Spring 2019 & Spring 2022

      • Research Assistant - Dr. Alex Bartik and Dr. Eliza Forsythe: Winter 2020 - Winter 2021

      • Instructor - ECON 490 Applied Machine Learning in Economics: Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

      • Research Assistant - Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL): Summer 2018 - Summer 2020

University of Wyoming

      • Research Assistant - Dr. Alexandre Skiba: Spring 2017

      • Research Assistant - Dr. Benjamin Gilbert: Summer 2015 - Fall 2016

      • Supplemental Instruction Leader - Principles of Macroeconomics: Fall 2015 - Fall 2016

Awards

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Robert C. Demarest Memorial Teaching Award - Fall 2020

University of Wyoming (2017)

      • Department of Economics and Finance Best Economics Junior Award

      • University of Wyoming President's Honor Roll Award

      • University of Wyoming College of Business Dean's Honor Roll Award

      • University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences Honor Student Award

Certificates

  • Data Science with Python - Data Camp