I am looking to hire a Research Specialist (pre-doc) starting this summer at UChicago Economics to work with me on a number of projects in spatial, trade, environmental, and macro. Candidates should apply here: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/H…

Got my first shot of Pfizer!

I made chicken tacos for dinner and my two toddlers asked for seconds. I’m feeling very proud today.

I just sent an email to my entire department with a misplaced comma, and now I fear everyone will question my English proficiency.

Dear password expiration reminder, I'm sorry but I am going to milk this cow to its last breath.

Faculty Senate zoom meetings are the last stop for dying souls. The same applies to non-zoom senate meetings.

Nobody cares but me, but I just recorded a lecture using my new Shure SM7B and I felt like a rockstar. It also sounds great.

Excited to share some of my work with my colleague Jamein Cunningham Jamein P. Cunningham on civil rights enforcement and socioeconomic outcomes of minorities. Fresh off the press. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Genius.

In faculty senate meeting. Kill me now.

Exhibit A: University of Memphis

Do you want to teach my grad macro class in the fall while I take care of my baby boy? Come work with us for a year!… and maybe longer. We are a small, but friendly and highly collaborative department.

A bit of professional news.

Here’s my “I got tenure in my 40s” present to myself. Jackson Guitars

We are hiring! Come work with me and my amazing colleagues in Memphis, and enjoy some of the best BBQ in the US! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

The most important macroeconomist, and a major influence on the way I think about and teach macroeconomics. I will always cherish his lectures and our few but meaningful conversations. Rest in peace, Bob.