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Teaching Interests: Financial Analytics, Empirical Methods, Fintech
Research Interests: Fintech, Household Finance, Banking, Real Estate Finance
2023: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - New Perspectives on Consumer Behavior
in Credit and Payments Markets, OCC Emerging Risks in the Banking System Conference,
Louisiana State University, University of Central Florida
2022: 11th FDIC Consumer Research Symposium, 2022 GSU-RFS Fintech Conference, Louisiana
State University, 5th Annual IMF Macro-Financial Research Conference, 4th Future of
Financial Information Conference, 2022 FIRS Conference, NBER Summer Institute - Big
Data and High-Performance Computing for Financial Economics, Northern Finance Association,
Financial innovation: A threat to financial stability conference at Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, FHFA Econ Summit, 6th CFPB Research Conference
2021: American Economic Association (Poster), Behavioural Finance Working Group 2021,
Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research 8th Annual Conference 2021, CEPR Household
Finance Seminar Series, World Finance Conference, Louisiana State University, 15th
North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Financial Management Association,
University of Houston, The University of Texas at El Paso, Wilfrid Laurier University
2020: Midwest Finance Association 2020 Annual Meeting, UAB Personal Finance Symposium
2020, Urban Economic Association 2020, 2020 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer
Financial Decision Making (Poster), Louisiana State University, Tulane University,
Financial Management Association 2020 Annual Meeting**, Western Economic Association
Annual Conference 2020, UZH Young Researcher Workshop on Climate Finance, University
of Houston*
2019: SFS Cavalcade 2019, AREUEA 2019 Annual Meetings, AFA Ph.D. Poster Session 2019,
American Economic Association 2019 (Poster Session), Midwest Finance Association 2019
Annual Meeting, Financial Management Association 2019 Annual Meeting, University of
Houston, CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2019, University of Central Florida*
2018: Midwest Finance Association 2018 Annual Meeting, Financial Management Association
2018 Annual Meeting, FMA Doctoral Student Consortium 2018, Louisiana State University,
University of Sydney, Cornerstone Research, Boulder Summer Conference 2018 (Poster
Session), ARES 2018, University of Houston
2017: FMA 2017, IBEFA Summer Meeting 2017*, SWFA 2017, University of Houston