Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2011
B.A. Washington and Lee University, 2003
 

Teaching in Economics: Behavioral Economics, Healthcare Economics, Microeconomic Theory & Principles of Economics

Advising for: Health Care Administration 

Teaching & Research on YouTube:
YouTube Economics Channel - Mini lectures for students in economics courses 
The New Enlightenment with Ashley - Systems thinking, behavioral economics, game theory of power-to-the-powerful, paradigm shifts in economics.  This channel presents some of my research & topics related to the academic book I'm writing.  

Research Areas: Behavioral Economics, Systems Thinking, Game Theory, Health Care Economics.

Publications:

“Video-conferencing in a health economics course with alumni in healthcare and partners abroad” invited book chapter in Handbook on Teaching Health Economics, Sept 2021.

"Development of a Specialty Intensity Score to Estimate a Patient's Need for Care Coordination Across Physician Specialties," with Thomas Bernardin, Benjamin Westermeyer, Ella Hagopian, Tyler Radtke and Ahmed Noman, Health Science Reports, May 2021. 

"Diffusion of Minimally Invasive Procedures across Hospitals and Traits of Fast Adopting Hospitals" with Chloe Mitchell and Alec Paulson, Atlantic Economic Journal, December 2017, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 473–484.

"Low-Mortality Death in Hospitals After Vertical Integration with HMOs" with Aaron F. Miller, Journal of Hospital Administration, August 2017, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 31-38.

"Exploring the Validity of Developing an Interdisciplinarity Score of a Patient’s Needs: Care Coordination, Patient Complexity, and Patient Safety Indicators” with Lacey Etzkorn, Jessica Bestrashniy, Alexander Everhart, and Nicholas Nooney, Journal for Healthcare Quality, March/April 2017, Vol. 39, Issue 2, pp. 107-121.

"Does Better Nurse Staffing Improve Detection of Depression and Anxiety as Secondary Conditions in Hospital Pneumonia Patients?" with Dorothy Morgan and Ryan Peterson, Nursing Economic$, May/June 2016, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 134-143.

"The Financial Impact of Hospital Closures on Surrounding Hospitals" with Paul Roback, Andrew Hartman, Erin Kelly and Yujie Li. Journal of Hospital Administration, June 2015, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 25-34.

"Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets: A Classroom Experiment". The Journal of Economic Education, 2014, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 90-100.

"Health Care Supply and County-level Variation in Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Prescription Medications" with Tim A. Bruckner, Chris Brown Mahoney, Brent D. Fulton, Peter Levine and Richard M. Scheffler, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, April 2012, Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 442-449.

 "Jobless Recoveries and the Wait-and-See Hypothesis" with Stacey L. Schreft and Aari Singh, Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2005, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 81-99.