Jim Caton
Challey Institute Non-resident Scholar at North Dakota State University
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Caton is a research-focused economist and scholar with a decade of experience bridging academic research and applied policy analysis, currently serving as a Research Fellow at the St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute and a Challey Institute Non-resident Scholar. He progressed through faculty ranks at North Dakota State University and holds visiting scholar status at Duke, reflecting a trajectory from teaching and graduate research to interdisciplinary scholarship. Jim’s work draws on a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University and a background that spans public service roles—from highway dispatch to park interpretation—giving him practical insight into public-sector operations and service delivery. He maintains an applied technical interest in teaching programming for quantitative analysis, evidenced by his public Learn-Python-for-Stats-and-Econ repository, and often blends pedagogy with empirical research to make complex economic methods accessible.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityBA History Economics Religious Studies, BA History Economics Religious Studies at Humboldt State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Economics at George Mason University
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jlcatonjr/Macroeconomics-Growth-and-Monetary-Equilibrium
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:85 commits, 82 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
jlcatonjr/Learn-Python-for-Stats-and-Econ
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:360 commits, 404 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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