Curriculum Vitae - Department of Economics - Northwestern University

Jannet K. Chang
Northwestern University
Department of Economics,
2001 Sheridan Road,
Evanston, IL 60208
E‐mail: jannet@northwestern.edu
Office Phone: 847.491.8219
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, August 2007‐present
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Fullerton, Aug 2005‐August 2007
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, Aug 2004‐May 2005
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Ph.D., Economics, 2004
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, M.S., Mathematics, 2001
National Taiwan University, B.A., Economics, 1996
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Political Economics, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Public Economics
RESEARCH
• Publication:
“Evolution of Preferences in an Exchange Economy,” collaborated with R. Stauber, Economics Letters,
Volume 103, Issue 3, June 2009, Pages 131‐134
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• Working papers:
“Composition of Committees with Voluntary Participation” (Submitted for Publication)
“Group Decision‐making with a Continuum of Alternatives and Costly Participation,” collaborated with R.
Stauber (Submitted for Publication)
“Intergenerational Exchange among Older Adults in Urban China,” collaborated with D. Ling
“Intergenerational Transfers: Are Co‐residence and monetary transfer substitutes or complements?”
collaborated with D. Ling
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Conference Attendance:
● Third Annual Searle Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy, Sep. 2010
● TurningTechnologies Regional Clicker User Conference, March 2010
• Conference Presentations:
● Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, July 2006
“Group Decision‐making with a Continuum of Alternatives and Costly Participation”
● Public Choice Society 2006 Meeting, New Orleans, April 2006

“Costly Voting: Voter Composition and Turnout”
● World Congress of the Econometric Society, London, August 2005
“Costly Voting: Voter Composition and Turnout”
● Second World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Marseille, July 2004
“Composition of Committees with Voluntary Participation”
● Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, October, 2003
“Composition of Committees with Voluntary Participation”
• Seminar Presentations:
● Tufts University, January 2005
● University of Hawaii, January 2004
● Virginia Tech, September 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University
Lecturer
• Introduction to Statistics for Social Sciences: offered once or twice a year since 2007
• Principles of Microeconomics: offered once or twice a year since 2008
• Monopoly, Competition, and Public Policy: offered twice a year since 2007
• Economics of State and Local Governments: offered once a year since 2007
California State University, Fullerton
Assistant Professor
• Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Spring 2007 (for University Extended Education to an MS
Taxation class)
• Mathematical Economics, Spring 2006, Spring 2007 (Evaluation: 3.41 out of 4. Departmental average: 3.09)
• Public Finance, Spring 2007
• Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall 2005 (Evaluation: 3.19 out of 4. Departmental average: 3.07)
• Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006 (Evaluation: 3.56 out of 4. Departmental
average: 2.88)
Virginia Tech
Visiting Assistant Professor:
• Analysis of Economic Data, Spring 2005 (Evaluation: 3.8 out of 4)
• Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2004 (two courses of 100‐150 students)
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign
Instructor: Sole course responsibility
• Economic Statistics, Summer 2002
• Economic Statistics, 1998‐99
Head Teaching Assistant: Led a team of 5‐7 teaching assistants for a class size of 500‐700 students. Responsible for
teaching‐related coordination, communication and course organization.
• Economic Statistics, 2000‐03
Teaching Assistant:
• General Economic Theory, to 1 st year Economic doctoral students, Fall 2003

• Microeconomic Principles, 1997‐98
• Macroeconomic Principles, Spring 1997
Others: Upgraded a theoretical statistics class in association with computer‐based applications and exercises. The
materials are still used for a class of 500‐700 students.
• Helped develop new course formats and materials, Summer 2001
• Created a profile of computer project questions and answer keys, Summer 2001
• Constructed online test banks, Summer 2001
• Wrote Excel Guide, Fall 2001
HONORS & AWARDS
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign
• Excellence‐in‐Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants, highest college honor:
Selected by college faculty and awarded annually to one teaching assistant in the College of Business,
2003
• Robert E. Demarest Teaching Award, highest departmental honor:
Given by the Department of Economics for teaching excellence and recognizing a teaching assistant’s
“career” contributions to the department, 2002
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding (Excellent) by their Students, rated among the
top 10% (30%) across campus in the required course group for teaching effectiveness, Spring 1999, Fall
1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003
National Taiwan University
• President’s Award, awarded to the top 5% in the Department of Economics, 1995, 1996
GRANTS & AWARDS
• Innovation in Teaching Grant by the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University
2009
• CSUF Faculty Research Grant, January 2007
• New Tenure‐track Professional Development Award, College of Business and Economics, November
2006
• New Tenure‐Track Professional Development Award, College of Business and Economics, March 2006
• CSUF Faculty Research Grant, January 2006
• Econometric Society World Congress 2005 Bursaries for Junior Economists, August 2005