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Thomas Jacobs
Supplemental Instructor in Economics and Mathematics at Cape Fear Community College
- East Carolina University
- Applied Economics
- Class of 2015
- Wilmington, NC
Member since December 2014
About
My name isThomas Jacobs and I am currently a graduate student at East Carolina University where I am candidate for the MS in Applied Economics degree.
Education
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East Carolina University
MS Applied Economics
2014 – 2015
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University of North Carolina Wilmington
Economics
2009 – 2012
Honors and awards
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Combat Action Ribbon
Awarded to my unit and I after our deployment to Iraq
Goals and interests
- Career goal
My immediate plans are to obviously finish my MS in Applied Economics by the summer of 2015 at East Carolina University. Also, concurrently, I will am in search of jobs possibilities at macroeconomic consultant firms. I also will be applying to a PhD economics program at NC State or UNC-Chapel Hill with a concentration on macroeconomics.
- Graduate school interests
Macroeconomic forecasting and the efficacy of stabilization fiscal and monetary policy. I am also very interested and well versed in Econometric modeling both theoretical and in SAS, mathematical economics-no linear programming, and the political economy.
Regression analysis and mathematical economics are
- Outside the classroom
I love a great political debate, and I have also always loved history, economics, and politics.
Experience
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Supplemental Instructor in Economics and Mathematics
Cape Fear Community College
Jan 2012 – May 2013
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United States Marine Infantryman NCO
Camp Lejeune, NC
Sep 2003 – Sep 2007
Volunteering
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Food bank Volunteer
Tileston Catholic Outreach
Jul 2010 – May 2011
Languages
- English (US)
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