Curriculum Vitae

Academic and professional background.

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Education

MS in Economics

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison

GPA: 3.65

BA in Economics

Colorado State University, Fort Collins

GPA: 3.90

Experience

Adjunct Instructor

Colorado State University, Fort Collins
  • Instructed courses in Econometrics, Microeconomics, and Gender in the economy.
  • Put together the curriculum and teaching materials for Econometric course.
  • Delivered lectures on causal inference, regression analyses, and hypothesis testing for 50+ students.
  • Integrated STATA into the curriculum to build student proficiency in data analysis and statistical software, ensuring practical technical competency in real-world applications.
  • Designed rigorous problem sets and exams to evaluate quantitative reasoning and statistical literacy.

Research Assistant

Colorado State University, Fort Collins
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with 5+ researchers to revise manuscript titled “WASH and Women’s Empowerment in Haiti” based on peer reviewer feedback, securing a Revise & Resubmit (R&R) decision for actionable publication.
  • Conducted comprehensive literature reviews to strengthen the theoretical and historical background and framework of the research paper.

Research Assistant

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
  • Enhanced the Kelly Criterion model to incorporate consumption factors beyond long-term capital growth maximization.
  • Applied Python-based dynamic programming techniques to develop a model inspired by the Bellman equation for optimization.

Student Researcher (Research Internship with PAC@REDI)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins
  • Investigated the impacts of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) on women’s empowerment in Haiti.
  • Conducted Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and Data Wrangling on Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) microdata using STATA; synthesized existing literature for background research.
  • Presented research findings and methodology at the Colorado State University International Symposium.

Publications

WASH and Women’s Empowerment in Haiti

Brundage, B., Bernasek, A., Bhattarai, N., Thongngam, A., Nugroho, W. S. Sustainable Development, 2025.

Exploring Economics Empowerment and Marginalization Using Data From Developing Countries.

Bernasek, A., Ngyuen, A., Pena, A. A., Thongngam, A., Sedai, A., Brundage, B., Mudenda, L., Bhattarai, N., Shakya, P., Miller, R., Nugroho, W. PAC@REDI: REDI Report, 2021.

Skills

STATA, R, Python, LaTex, SQL

Excel, Gretl, Tableau

Thai (Native), English (Fluent)