Boris Gershman

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Employment

American University, Washington, D.C., USA

Assistant Professor of Economics, August 2012 – Present

Education

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Ph.D., Economics, May 2012
M.A., Economics, May 2008

New Economic School, Moscow, Russia

M.A., Economics, May 2007, cum laude

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

B.Sc., Economics, May 2005, summa cum laude

Honors and Fellowships

Brown University

Merit Dissertation Fellowship, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012

Summer Research Fellowship, 2011
Abramson Prize for the third-year research paper, 2010
Stephen R. Ehrlich Fellowship, 2007–2008

Russian Academy of Sciences, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute

Research Grant, Laboratory of Mathematical Economics, 2008–2009

New Economic School

Best Student Paper Award, 2007
Best TA Award, 2007

Moscow State University

Sberbank Fellowship, 2004–2005
Moscow Mayor Fellowship, 2003–2004

Research Experience

Brown University

Research assistant to Prof. Peter Howitt, Fall 2009
Research assistant to Prof. Oded Galor, Summers 2008–2009

Russian Academy of Sciences, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute

Research fellow, Laboratory of Mathematical Economics, 2006–2009

Moscow University of Industry and Finance

Researcher, Department of Innovation Projects, 2003–2005

Research Presentations

University of Oxford, Department of Economics, February 2012
Gettysburg College, Department of Economics, February 2012
University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, January 2012
American University, Department of Economics, January 2012
New Economic School, Moscow, December 2011
Higher School of Economics, Moscow, December 2011
Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, Yale University, November 2011
Midwest Economic Theory Meetings, Vanderbilt University, November 2011
Brown University, Workshop in Macroeconomics, October 2011
Williams College, Department of Economics Lunch Seminar, September 2011
Moscow State University, Department of Economics, December 2010
Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Atlanta GA, November 2010
New Economic School / CEFIR Seminar, Moscow, July 2010
Brown University, Macro Lunch Seminar, Novembers 2007, 2009, 2010

Teaching Experience

American University

Intermediate Macroeconomics (undergraduate). Instructor, Fall 2012

Brown University

Econometrics-II (advanced undergraduate). TA for Koen Jochmans, Fall 2010
Introduction to Econometrics (undergraduate). TA for Stefan Hoderlein, Spring 2010
Macroeconomics-II (graduate). TA for Peter Howitt, Spring 2009
Macroeconomics-I (graduate). TA for David Weil, Fall 2008

New Economic School

Econometrics-III (graduate). TA for Stanislav Anatolyev, Spring 2007
Open Macroeconomics (graduate). TA for Kirill Sosunov, Fall 2006

State University of Human Sciences, Moscow

Microeconomics-I (undergraduate). TA for Mikhail Afanasiev, Fall 2006

Professional Activities

Fellow of Spatial Structures in Social Sciences (S4), Brown University, 2010–present
Organizer of the Macro Lunch Workshop, Brown University, Department of Economics, 2010–2011
Recipient of Teaching Certificate I, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, 2009
Translator for Quantile, international econometric journal in Russian language, 2007–2010
Referee for Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the New Economic Association

Languages

Russian (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate, DELE Básico certificate, 2001)
German (intermediate, DSH certificate, 2004)