Gina C. Pieters

Last updated: July 17, 2009

Personal Data

Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
4-101 Hanson Hall
1925 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis, MN, 55455

Contact Information
Phone: 612.625.6696
Email: piet0120@umn.edu
Office: 3-137 Hanson Hall

Citizenship: USA (Citizen), South Africa (Citizen), New Zealand (Permanent Resident)

Languages: English (Fluent), Afrikaans (Native)

Computer Skills: Matlab, Mathematica, STATA, LaTeX

Major Fields of Concentration

International Economics, Trade, Growth and Development

Education

Degree	Field	Institution	Year
Ph.D.	Economics	University of Minnesota (expected)	2006-2011
B.S.	Physics	University of California, Santa Cruz	2001-2005
B.A.	Economics (Highest Honors)	University of California, Santa Cruz	2001-2005

Honors and Awards (Academic)

2009 (Summer)	Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2006 - 2007	Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005	Highest Honors, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Experience

2009 - Present

Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Honors and Awards (Teaching)

2008 (Fall)	Distinguished Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008 (Summer)	Distinguished Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008 (Spring)	Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Teaching Experience

2009 - Present	Large Lecture Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Spring 2010: Principles of Macroeconomics (500 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", Mankiw
	Fall 2009: Principles of Macroeconomics (250 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", Mankiw
	Spring 2009: Principles of Macroeconomics (250 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", McConnell Brue
2008	Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Fall 2008: Intermediate Macroeconomics (20 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", Williamson
	Summer 2008: Principles of Macroeconomics, Summer Intensive (35 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", McConnell Brue
2007-2008	Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Spring 2008: Principles of Macroeconomics (3 sections of 35 students). Book: "Macroeconomics", Krugman Wells
	Fall 2007: Principles of Microeconomics (3 sections of 35 students). Book: "Microeconomics", Mankiw