Travis Whitacre
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Dissertation Title: Three Essays in the Economics of Child Development and Health Inequities
Main Advisor: Daniel Millimet
Committee Members: Nathaniel Pattison, Wookun Kim
Fields: Health Economics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics
Research
- “Hidden in Plain Sight: Prevalence and Impact of Undiagnosed ADHD” (Job Market Paper)
- “Partisan Mortality Cycles”, with Daniel Millimet
- “The Labor Market Returns of Adolescent Mental Healthcare” with Shuo Qi
- “Efficiency in OR Scheduling and Children's Health” with Vishal Ahuja
Academic Experience
Primary Instructor
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Health Economics
Teaching Assistant
- PhD Econometrics II & III
- Introductory Econometrics
- Managerial Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Economics of Human Rights
- Strategic Behavior
- Money and Banking
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- International Trade
Fellowships
- Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, SMU
- The Melody Rice Memorial Award, SMU
- Dean’s Award for Best Presentation in the Economics Group, SMU’s Research and Development Week
- Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, SMU
- Best 3rd Year Paper, SMU
- Graduate Student Travel Grant, SMU
- Teaching Assistantship, SMU
References