At Princeton I have been a teaching assistant for the following courses:
The first quarter of Princeton’s Economics Ph.D. macroeconomics core sequence.
Duties: weekly precepts and office hours.
Evaluations (n = 15): overall precept quality 4.53/5 (Department average: 3.94; Social Sciences division average: 4.15).
93% of students rated my precepts Excellent or Very Good.
Student comments: “Manuel’s precepts and office hours were super helpful. He is very patient and thorough in helping me understand the content and connect the dots, and I appreciate all his help this semester.” “Great precepts! The intuition from Manuel helps a lot.” “Homework solutions were explained well and the emphasis on interpretation made the material more enjoyable.”
A survey of macroeconomic theory, empirics, and policy for MPA students, from growth and business cycles to monetary and fiscal policy and currency crises.
Duties: co-writing problem sets and exams, grading, and office hours in both years; plus two weekly precept sections in 2024.
Evaluations (n = 18): preparedness 4.67, responsiveness 4.83, availability 4.78, overall 4.50 (SPIA averages 4.33, 4.52, 4.56, 4.37).
Student comments: “Manuel was great at explaining concepts and diagnosing areas of misunderstanding.” “He was also very patient and did not make us feel stupid for not understanding.” “Without Manuel’s office hours, I would’ve been lost in this course.”
A political-economy course on the causes, costs and policy responses to financial crises, from the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–09 to the 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank and other mid-sized US banks.
Duties: contributing to the syllabus; giving two lectures, on the history of financial crises, modern bank runs, and runs in the crypto-finance ecosystem; helping design assignments and write exams; helping coordinate sessions with policymakers and regulators; and advising students on their presentations on current issues in the financial system.
No separate precepts evaluations to report.
An introduction to the economics of law, using price theory and welfare analysis to study how property, contract, tort, criminal, and constitutional law shape behavior and social welfare.
Duties: grading and office hours.
No precepts evaluations to report.
I am scheduled to be a teching assistant for Intermediate Macroeconomics in Spring 2027.
I was previously an undergraduate teaching assistant for intermediate macroeconomics at Columbia University (2017–2018). I have also taught competition mathematics at the middle and high school levels, and was a summer teaching assistant at Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics, a program that helps students from low-income communities study advanced mathematics and thrive in STEM.
From 2022 to 2025 I was a Resident Graduate Student at Butler College, where I advised Princeton undergraduates on residential and academic life and organized events for the college community.