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Dana Jezierny Smith

djsmith@holycross.edu        Stein Hall 535, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St, Worcester MA, 01610      

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

College of the Holy Cross  – Assistant Professor, Department of Economics 

EDUCATION

Cornell University – Ph.D. – 2024. Field: International Development Economics

Lafayette College – B.A. 2018.  Double Major:  Mathematics and Economics; International Affairs.  Minor:  Spanish
GPA: 3.95, summa cum laude

London School of Economics—Coursework in Development Economics, Summer 2016.   GPA:  4.0

PUBLICATIONS

Smith, Dana J., Jennifer Ifft and Ejin Kim (2022). “Minimum wage increases and agricultural employment of locals and guest workers.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. First Published online, 10 September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.27 (Open Access)

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Smith, Dana J. “Climate Change, Violence, and Remittance Flows in Mexico”

Smith, Dana J. “What Drives Undocumented Immigration? Policy, economic, and social factors in the US and Mexico” (Revise and Resubmit at the Southern Economic Journal)

Christian, Paul, Brian Dillon, Erin Lentz, Hope Michelson, Dana J. Smith, and Joanna Upton. “Optimal Food Security Monitoring: Theory and Evidence from High Frequency Data”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record:

College of the Holy Cross- Fall 2024
Principles of Economics (ECON110)

Elmira College- Spring 2023
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO 2020)

Elmira College- Spring 2023
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECO 3041)

Elmira College- Spring 2023
Intermediate Microeconomics (Asynchronous, ECO 3040)

Teaching Assistant:

Cornell University- Fall 2021
Teaching Assistant: Price Analysis (AEM 4150/5150)

Cornell University- Summer 2021, Summer 2022
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to the Economics of Development (AEM 2350)

Cornell University- Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Teaching Assistant: Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy: A Grand Challenges writing course (AEM 2000)

Cornell University- Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant: Hot Economic Issues in the News Today: A Grand Challenges writing course (AEM 2800)

 Cornell University- Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant: Managerial Economics (AEM 2600)

Other:

Cornell University- March 2021-December 2020
English Tutor: Cornell Farmworkers Program

 Lafayette College – Fall 2017, Fall and Spring 2016 and Fall 2015
Supplemental Instructor: Intermediate Macroeconomics course (Economics 252) and Intermediate Microeconomics (Economics 251).

 PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

TEACHING WORKSHOPS

WRIT 7101- Spring, 2021: A six-week course that explored dimensions of writing and teaching that are not typically taught as part of graduate student training. Meeting weekly, the class discussed strategies for inclusive classroom discussion, effective grading, developing students’ writing skills, and addressing various situations from our own teaching experiences.

Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom, Fall 2020: A four-week virtual teaching course hosted by the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation that discussed frameworks for creating an inclusive classroom. The course explored the role of social identities in the classroom and surveyed evidence-based strategies for facilitating a positive learning environment.

HONORS AND AWARDS

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY

Diversity in Cornell Economics – member 2020- , executive committee member 2021- .

Dyson Diversity Council – member 2021- , Graduate Programming Liaison 2021- .

Graduate Students for Gender Equity in Economics– member 2021- , Chair 2022- , received $2,400 grant from the President’s Council of Cornell Women to organize a seminar series focused on women navigating the Economics Job Market

REFEREE SERVICE

SKILLS

Languages: English (native), Spanish (fluent), Russian (basic), Irish (basic)
Programs: Stata, R, Excel, Matlab, Mathematica, Python
Other: Four-year Division I letter winner in lacrosse