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Avila Forcada, Sara

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  • Sara Avila is Teaching Associate Professor with almost two decades of experience teaching in-person and online. Her research interests are in the fields of environmental economics and teaching. She has worked on the topics of improving air quality, addressing climate change, improving urban transportation, and biodiversity conservation. She is currently working on research to foster belonging and on research related with incentives for reduce energy consumption. She is the Recipient of the Best Should Teach Award 2023.

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  • Best practices online education, Nudges for energy conservation, urban mobility

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  • ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
    Provides an overview of the economy, examining the flows of resources and outputs and the factors determining the levels of income and prices. Explores policy problems of inflation, unemployment and economic growth.
  • ECON 3070 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022
    Explores theory and application of models of consumer choice, firm and market organization, and general equilibrium. Extensions include intertemporal decisions, decisions under uncertainty, externalities, and strategic interaction.
  • ECON 3545 - Environmental Economics
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
    Highlights causes of excessive environmental pollution and tools for controlling it through economic analysis, values of preservation and distribution of costs and benefits from environmental protection programs. Economics (ECON) majors may be approved to enroll with advisor & instructor approval and count towards the major GPA. Majors must consult with assigned ECON advisor to determine eligibility to be enrolled. Degree credit not granted for this course and ECON 4545.
  • ECON 3818 - Introduction to Statistics with Computer Applications
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
    Introduces statistical methods and their applications in quantitative economic analysis.
  • ECON 4111 - Money and Banking Systems
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
    Discusses money, financial institutions and the monetary-financial system in a modern economy.
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