High School College
Resume:
B enjamin R. Johnson
Website: benrobjoh.com
E-Mail: **********@*********.***
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2011
MS Economics
Master s Paper: Student Debt: Who Borrows?
Concentration: Applied Microeconomics
Elizabethtown College, May 2010
BS Mathematics, Economics Minor: Spanish
GPA: 3.91/4.00 Summa Cum Laude Elizabethtown College Honors Program
Hempfield High School, June 2007 GPA: 3.98 / 4.0 Class Rank: 8 / 557
Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fall 2010 Spring 2012
Econ 410 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Spring 2012): Ran weekly review
sessions to answer student questions, graded homework and exams for a 500-student
class
Econ 101 Introduction to Economics (Fall 2011): Taught three recitation sections,
held office hours, created exam questions, graded exams, facilitated logistics
associated with running a 400-student class
Econ 460 Economic Development (Spring 2011): Graded homework
Econ 423 Financial Markets (Fall 2010): Graded homework and exams, graded
weekly reports associated with stock market investment project
Actuarial Intern, Arch Insurance Group, New York, NY Summer 2009
Blended industry data with Arch loss experience to select Loss Development Factors,
set up Arch LDF Library, presented findings to Corporate Actuarial group
Math Lab Tutor, Elizabethtown College Fall 2009 - Fall 2010
Assisted students with mathematics homework
National Junior Tennis League Instructor, Summer 2004 - 2008, 2010 - 2012
Hempfield Area Recreation Commission, Landisville, PA
Taught tennis to children ranging from age five to fifteen; managed an assistant
instructor; constructed each day s lesson with age-appropriate tennis activities
Achievements
Fully funded graduate student at University of North Carolina
Passed SOA/CAS Exam FM on first attempt with a score of 8 (actuarial exam)
Elizabethtown College Presidential Scholarship Recipient
Elizabethtown College Scholar
Dean's List every semester in undergraduate
Distinguished Student of the Year nominee at Elizabethtown College
Honors in the Discipline of Economics for senior honors thesis
B enjamin R. Johnson
Website: benrobjoh.com
E-Mail: **********@*********.***
Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society member
Delta Mu Delta business honor society member
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition participant (2008)
National Merit Finalist (2006)
Winner of National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award for Writing
(2006)
Presentations
Elizabethtown College Scholarship Day
The Economics of College Tuition and Financial Aid (2010)
How Twentieth Century Spanish History Explains the Rivalry Between Real
Madrid CF and FC Barcelona (2009)
The Politics of Global Warming (2008)
King's College Global Landscapes Conference
The Economics of College Tuition and Financial Aid (2010)
EPaDel Mathematical Association of America Conference
History of Baseball Statistics (2010)
Activities
College Fed Challenge (2009)
Four varsity letters in high school tennis
Oboe player in college and high school concert bands
Editor-in-Chief of high school newspaper
Relevant Courses
University of North Carolina: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Macroeconomics (Growth
Theory), Monetary Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Applied Econometrics,
Advanced Econometrics, Health Economics, Labor Economics I & II, Empirical
Industrial Organization, Microeconometrics
Elizabethtown College: Calculus (I, II, III), Linear Algebra, Theory of Probability,
Financial Mathematics, Computer Science (C Statistical Methods in Research,
Discrete Mathematics, International Economics, Accounting, Economic
Development, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Mathematical Economics, History of
Mathematics; Seven years of coursework in Spanish, with college courses in
literature, linguistics, modern society, and conversation; Honors Leadership
Skills
Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, Labor Economics
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Stata
Matlab
Objective-C
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Spanish
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