CV

My detailed CV is available here: CV.

My resume is also available here: Resume.

Education

• Ph.D in Economics, University of Nevada Reno (UNR), May 2023 (expected)
• Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy and Management, Portland State University (PSU), 2017
• M.Sc. in Economics, Portland State University, 2017
• B.Sc. in Chemistry and Economics, Portland State University, 2015

Work experience

• 2018 - present: Instructor/ Graduate Assistant
  • University of Nevada - Reno
  • Duties included:
    • Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, including Principles of Statistics, Intermediate Micro-economics, with more than 60 students per course
    • Advising, evaluating, and assisting undergraduate and graduate students
    • Maintaining a productive, high-performing learning environment with effective teaching strategies
• 2017 - 2018: Energy Conservation Research Intern
  • Living Cully, Portland, Oregon
  • Duties included:
    • Collect and analyze Portland’s households electricity and natural gas consumption data
    • Identify pilot programs to increase energy efficiency and conservation for the Cully neighborhood
    • Lead community outreach and public engagement events to promote energy efficiency, and disaster resilience in under-served communities, and governmental and non-profit organizations
• 2016: Research Assistant Intern
  • Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Portland, Oregon
  • Duties included:
    • Collect and construct a database on energy generation from utility facilities in the Northwest region
    • Construct a demand forecast model for electricity consumption, electric vehicle usage, and its impact for the Pacific Northwest region from 2017 to 2040

Teaching

Fall 2022

• ECON 261: Principles of Statistic I

Past courses

• Econ 304: Money and Banking (Summer 2022)

• Econ 301: Intermediate Microeconomics (Winter 2022, Spring 2022)

• ECON 261: Principles of Statistic I (Spring 2021, Summer 2021)

• ECON 262: Principles of Statistic II (Summer 2020, Fall 2020)

• Math Camp for Incoming Master’s and Ph.D. students in the Economic department (Summer 2020, Summer 2021)

Publications

All-of-government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case of Vietnam

Huynh, D., Tosun, M.S. and Yilmaz, S. (2020), All-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Vietnam. Public Admin Dev, 40: 236-239. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.1893

A feasibility study of a combined license for assisted living facilities, adult day, and respite care services in non-urban Nevada: Response to AB122

Katsikas, A., Wendel, J., Moody, S. A., Griswold, M. T., Dahir, V. B., Rerick,P. O., Harris, T. R., Carson, J., Reed, P., Warne, T. N., Mukhopadhyay, S.,Huynh, D., Reuter, J. C., Hafdahl, R., & Edwards, C. P. (2020, September30). A feasibility study of a combined license for assisted living facilities,adult day, and respite care services in non-urban Nevada: Response to AB122. University of Nevada, Reno. Submitted to the Nevada Department of Healthand Human Services and the Nevada State Assembly.

Working Paper

• Tax Elasticity of Border Sales: A Meta-Analysis Huynh, D., Sokolova, A., & Tosun, M. S. (2022). Tax Elasticity of Border Sales: A Meta-Analysis.

Work in Progress

• The Impact of Remittances on Poverty Reduction: the Case of Vietnam

• How Varying the Work-life Cycle Affects the Overlapping Generation Model with Production - with Prof. Mark Pingle

Skills

• Programming & Software
  • STATA
  • \LaTeX
  • Tableau
  • Python

• Data analytic and forecasting models

• Languages
  • English (Fluent)
  • Vietnamese (Native)

Honors and Awards

• 2020 - UNR Department of Economics Best Second Year Paper
• 2017 - PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions Fellowship
• From 2014 to 2017: International Student Leadership
• From 2012 - 2015: International Student Achievement Scholarship

Service and leadership

• 2014 - 2017: International Student Mentor Program
• 2014 - 2015: Treasurer, Vietnamese Student Association