David E. Frisvold

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Emory University

 

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E-mail:  david.frisvold@emory.edu

 

Emory University

Department of Economics

1602 Fishburne Drive

Atlanta, GA 30322-2240

 

PROFILE:

 

David Frisvold joined the Department of Economics at Emory as an assistant professor in the fall of 2008, after completing a two year fellowship at the University of Michigan in the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program.  He received his B.S. in Mathematical Economics from Wake Forest University and his Ph.D. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

 

Professor Frisvold’s research interests are in the areas of health economics and the economics of education.  His current projects include: (1) examining the impact of the early childhood education program Head Start on obesity, (2) studying the influence of the School Breakfast Program on academic achievement, (3) examining the links between the quality of education and health outcomes, and (4) estimating the impact of soft drink taxes on obesity, among others.  Since arriving at Emory, his research has been funded by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  He has also received seed funding from both the University and the College for a project with Griffin Edwards, a graduate student in the Department of Economics, which examines the impact of full-day kindergarten on students’ test scores.

 

In his first year at Emory, Professor Frisvold has taught Public Finance and a freshman seminar on the economics of poverty.  As a part of the freshman seminar course, he partnered with the Office of University-Community Partnerships and developed opportunities for students to volunteer with the Agape Community Center as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program helping low-income adults with tax preparation.  He looks forward to teaching health economics to undergraduate and Ph.D. students this academic year.

 

Professor Frisvold is married with two daughters and a son, who was just born this past May.

 

--  Reprinted from the Department of Economics Alumni Newsletter, Fall 2009

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Last Updated: November 3, 2009