Sianne Vijay
Faculty Profiles
Sianne Vijay
Assistant Professor of Economics
Business Administration Economics
Education
PhD, University of South Florida
BS, University of South Florida
Areas of Expertise
- Economics of Crime
- Applied Microeconomics
- Economic Policy, Development Economics, Health
Research Interests
- Trap laws and violent crime in the US
- Progress no drop prosecution and elderly abuse
- The impact of recreational marijuana on children: using google data
- Social media, information dissemination, and the reporting of rapes in India
Courses Recently Taught
- Introduction to Economics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics (with Calculus)
- Economics of Crime
Professional Experience
- DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics and Management
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, Lecturer/ Instructor
Creative and Scholarly Work
- 2018: AEA Annual Meetings (Presenter, Paper Session: Economics of Controversial Policies and Unintended Consequences) Philadelphia, January
- Research Assistant to Dr. Mukul Kumar, current UWC-USA President (Oct. - Dec. 2010), Researched, collected data (1500BC –Present) and created charts for all sections of the unpublished introductory economics textbook for Dr. Mukul Kumar
- Research Assistant to Dr. Richard Smith, University of South Florida (Mar. - Dec. 2009), Assisted Dr. Smith in the processing and analyzing of data related to the Florida Chartbook of Children’s Health study
Professional Memberships
- American Economic Association
- Liu Institute for Asia &Asian Studies (University of Notre Dame)
- Indo-US Chamber of Commerce
