Colin Williams
PHD Candidate
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolColin Williams is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Virginia with a decade of applied research and consulting experience focused on urban economics, public finance, and the intersection of digital and physical infrastructure. His dissertation quantifies how restrictive municipal zoning shapes housing supply using a regression discontinuity design applied to millions of parcel-level observations across city-county boundaries. Previously at NERA, he handled frontline analysis of datasets up to 500GB for high-stakes merger and antitrust work, translating complex causal inference and spatial methods into clear exhibits for legal and executive audiences. He combines strong econometric and machine learning skills with practical experience in geo-spatial analysis and large-scale data pipelines. Based in Washington, D.C., Colin is seeking summer 2026 internships where he can deploy causal inference and big-data techniques to real-world policy and business problems. An often-overlooked strength is his teaching leadership—he has led instruction for 900+ students and mentored a team of 19 TAs, sharpening his ability to communicate technical results to diverse audiences.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy Economics, Doctor of Philosophy Economics at University of VirginiaHigh School, High School at Andover Central High SchoolButler Community CollegeEconomics and Mathematics, Economics and Mathematics at Williams CollegeGithub contributions (5)
williamsca/williamsca.github.io
Dec 2022 - Feb 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:50 pushes in 2 years 1 month
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
williamsca/creating-roguelikes
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:57 pushes, 15 branches in 22 days
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