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{\huge\bf Jason R. Blevins}

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\href{http://www.duke.edu/}{Duke University} \\
\href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/}{Department of Economics} \\
325D Social Sciences Building \\
Box 90097 \\
Durham, NC 27708-0097

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Phone: (919) 660-8165 \\
Fax: (919) 684-8974

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Email: \href{mailto:jrb11@duke.edu}{\tt jrb11@duke.edu} \\
URL: \href{http://jblevins.org/}{\tt http://jblevins.org/}


\section*{Personal}

\begin{itemize}
\item Born on December 15, 1981.
\item Married to Kelly M. Blevins.
\item United States Citizen.
\end{itemize}


\section*{Education}

\begin{itemize}
  \item Ph.D. Economics, Duke University, \textit{expected} 2009.

  \item M.A. Economics, Duke University, 2006.

  \item B.S. Applied Mathematics, NC State University, 2004,
    \begin{itemize}
    \item {\it Summa Cum Laude}, Phi Beta Kappa.
    \end{itemize}

  \item Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology
    and Economics, Fall 2002.
\end{itemize}


\section*{Research Interests}

Industrial organization and econometrics.


\section*{Research Experience}

\subsection*{Department of Economics, Duke University}

\begin{itemize}
\item Research Assistant,
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/}{Peter Arcidiacono},
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~pb29/}{Patrick Bayer}, and
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~paule/}{Paul Ellickson},
  Fall 2007--Spring 2009.
\item Research Assistant,
  \href{http://www.stanford.edu/~doubleh/}{Han Hong}  
  Fall 2006--Spring 2007.
\item Research Assistant,
  \href{http://trinity.aas.duke.edu/~jvigdor/}{Jacob Vigdor},
  Summer 2005--Summer 2006.
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{Department of Mathematics, NC State University}

\begin{itemize}
\item Research Assistant,
  \href{http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mtchu/}{Moody Chu} and
  \href{http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ref/}{Robert Funderlic},
  Spring 2003--Spring 2004.
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences,
  Colorado School of Mines}

\begin{itemize}
\item Research Assistant,
  \href{http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/whereman/}{Willy\ Hereman},
  Summer 2002.
\end{itemize}


\section*{Teaching Experience}

\subsection*{Duke University}

\begin{itemize}
\item Teaching Assistant,
  \href{http://jblevins.org/courses/econ342s07}{Ph.D. Econometrics II},
  Spring 2007.
\item Instructor,
  \href{http://jblevins.org/courses/qualcamp06}{Microeconomics Ph.D. Qualifier Camp},
  Summer 2006.
\item Teaching Assistant,
  \href{http://jblevins.org/courses/econ302s06}{Ph.D. Game Theory},
  Spring 2006.
\item Teaching Assistant,
  \href{http://jblevins.org/courses/econ301f05}{Ph.D. Microeconomic Analysis},
  Fall 2005.
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{NC State University}

\begin{itemize}
\item Mathematics Tutor, Academic Support Program for Student Athletes,
  Summer 2001.
\end{itemize}


\section*{Current Projects}

\begin{itemize}
\item ``Learning by doing in DRAM production.''
\item ``Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Estimating Dynamic
  Microeconomic Models.''
\item ``Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models in Continuous
  Time,'' with
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/}{Peter Arcidiacono},
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~pb29/}{Patrick Bayer}, and
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~paule/}{Paul Ellickson}.
\item ``Distribution Free Estimation of Heteroskedastic Binary Response
  Models in Stata,'' with
  \href{http://www.econ.duke.edu/~shakeebk/}{Shakeeb Khan}.
\item ``Structural Estimation of Sequential Games of Complete
  Information.''
\end{itemize}


\section*{Unpublished Papers}

``Updating the Centroid Decomposition with Applications in LSI,''
with M.\ T.\ Chu, D.\ Ca\~{n}as, R.\ E.\ Funderlic, N.\ Orlowski, and
D.\ Schlorff (2004).

``The Effects of Ties on Convergence in K-Modes Variants for
Clustering Categorical Data,'' with N.\ Orlowski, D.\ Schlorff, D.\
Ca\~{n}as, M.\ T.\ Chu, and R.\ E.\ Funderlic (2004).


\section*{Scientific Software}

\href{http://jblevins.org/research/pdest}{PDESolutionTester}, A
Mathematica program for the symbolic verification of exact solutions of
nonlinear partial differential equations, with
\href{http://web.centre.edu/jeffrey.heath/}{Jeff\ Heath} and
\href{http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/whereman/}{Willy\ Hereman} (2002).


\section*{Professional Activities}

\begin{itemize}
\item Member of the
  \href{http://www.econometricsociety.org/}{Econometric Society},
  2006--Present.
\item Vice President, Economics Graduate Student Council, Duke University,
  2006--2007.
\item Vice President, Society of Undergraduate Mathematics, North
  Carolina State University, 2001--2003.
\item Referee for {\it Economic Inquiry}.
\end{itemize}


\section*{Honors \& Awards}

\begin{itemize}
\item Summer Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2008.
\item Summer Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2007.
\item Institute on Computational Economics Fellow, University of Chicago, 2006.
\item Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Duke University, 2006.
\item Undergraduate Research Award, North Carolina State University, 2004.
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\item \href{http://www.pbk.org/}{Phi Beta Kappa}, Zeta of North Carolina, 2003.
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\item NSF \href{http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/}{REU} Award,
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\end{itemize}

\section*{Computer Skills}

\begin{itemize}
\item Programming languages: C, \Cplusplus, Fortran, Perl, Ruby, Python,
  Emacs Lisp.
\item Operating systems: Linux, Windows.
\item Mathematics: Octave, Matlab, Mathematica.
\item Statistics: R, Stata, SAS.
\item Database: SQL.
\item Other: Emacs, \TeX, \LaTeX.
\end{itemize}

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