News and Awards
Awards and Certificates
2024
Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award, Early Career, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto
Award · A&S announcement · Department profile
Award · A&S announcement · Department profile
2022–26
Merit Award, Excellence/Small Group, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
2022
Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and American Council on Education · Certificate
2019
Robert E. Demarest Memorial Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Illinois · Award
2019
Ranked Outstanding, University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (instructor, ECON 490)
2019
Graduate Teacher Certificate, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois · Certificate
2015–18
Ranked Outstanding or Excellent as a teaching assistant, University of Illinois, seven semesters (ECON 102, ECON 302)
In the News
- Teaching with Generative AI at U of T: instructor profile and two featured ECO225 assignments, Research Question Assignment Using GenAI Tools and Literature Review Assignment Using GenAI Tools Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, U of T
- 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T
- Building scholars in economics: inside the first MERS student research symposium Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T
- Professor Khazra's direct entry to teaching excellence Department of Economics newsletter
- A student-centred lab where economics comes alive Department of Economics newsletter
- One undergrad's way to better writing in economics Department of Economics newsletter
- Proceedings of the 2026 Masters in Economics Student Research Symposium Department of Economics newsletter
- Tech-Econference: 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 Department of Economics newsletter and news
Talks and Panels on Teaching
2026
Presenter, TeachECONference 2026, Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics, University College London
2026
Panelist, Canadian Network for Economic Education, Canadian Economics Association meetings
2025
Presenter, Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Mount Royal University
Service and Volunteering
2025–30
Elected member, Academic Board, Governing Council, University of Toronto · Membership
2022–
2023–
Mock job-market interviews for women PhD students in economics, University of Toronto · 2026
2023–
Volunteer researcher, Canadian Economics Diversity Committee (CEDC)
2022–
Liaison, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP), American Economic Association · Liaison network