Teaching

University of Toronto

2026–27

ECO204Y1 · Microeconomic Theory and Applications (for Commerce) · Syllabus
ECO225H1 · Data Tools for Economists · Syllabus (2025)
ECO1465H1 · Applied Causal Machine Learning (MA/PhD) · Syllabus (2025)

Past

ECO200Y1 · Microeconomic Theory · Syllabus (2024–25)
ECO250Y0 · Big-Data Tools and Applied Machine Learning for Economists, University of Oxford (U of T Summer Abroad) · Syllabus

University of Illinois

2019

ECON 490 · Applied Machine Learning in Economics, Spring and Fall · Syllabus

Awards and Certificates

2024

Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award, Early Career, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto
Award · A&S announcement · Department profile

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)

Course Materials

Guidelines, exercises, and notebooks from my courses, shared for other instructors and for students deciding whether to enrol. Everything here is my own material; student work is not posted.

ECO225
Data Tools for Economists

Syllabus (Winter 2026)· Project One guidelines· Project Two guidelines· Final Jupyter project· Final paper guidelines· Video presentation guidelines
AI exercises: Designing Research Questions with GPT· Literature Review Design with AI Tools
Data: Data for Economists catalogue (75 datasets with research questions)

ECO1465
Applied Causal Machine Learning

Syllabus (Fall 2025)· Project One guidelines· Final project guidelines· Sample in-class quiz

ECO204
Microeconomic Theory and Applications

Syllabus (2025–26)· Python for Microeconomics notebook· Python notebook: bonds and risk
Scaffolded AI-nested writing assignments (SCAN-x):
Balancing Innovation and Fairness in Algorithmic Pricing: instructions· practice file
The Economic Impact of Removing GST on New Residential Rental Developments: instructions· practice file

For instructors
and TAs

Research Mentoring TA Manual (open source; PDF)· Econ Data TA (an AI coach that will not do the assignment)· Teaching the Frontier
Writing on teaching: Facilitating Scaffolding and Team Projects in Non-Computer Science Courses with GitHub Classroom (Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository, UCF, 2023)

What Students Say

Comments from anonymous course evaluations are collected on a separate page: what students say.

In the News

Instructor profile: Teaching with Generative AI at U of T Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, U of T
Research Question Assignment Using GenAI Tools (ECO225) Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, U of T
Literature Review Assignment Using GenAI Tools (ECO225) 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 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 Department of Economics newsletter

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