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Christian Brown
Curriculum Vitae
March 2024
Regulatory economics, applied microeconomics (labor & health)
Current Positions
Senior Economist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (4/2019 – present)
Office of the Commissioner, Office of Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs, Office of Economics and Analysis, Economics Staff
Education
PhD Economics, Middle Tennessee State University 2013
Dissertation: Modern American Incarceration and Labor Economics
MA Economics, Middle Tennessee State University 2010
BBA cum laude Economics, Belmont University 2009
Previous Positions
Johns Hopkins University (1/2020 – 5/2020, 8/2022 – 12/2022)
Lecturer, Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Advanced Academic Programs, Applied Economics
Missouri Southern State University (1/2019 – 5/2019)
Adjunct Professor, School of Business, Department of Business Administration
Black Hills State University (1/2017 – 5/2017)
Adjunct Instructor, College of Business and Natural Sciences, School of Business
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (6/2014 – present)
Senior Economist, Office of the Commissioner/Office of Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis/Office of Planning/Economics Staff (12/2018 – 4/2019)
Economist, Office of the Commissioner/OPPLA/OPL/ECS (8/2015 – 12/2018)
Staff Fellow, Office of the Commissioner/OPPLA/OPL/ECS (6/2014 – 8/2015)
Staff Fellow, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition/Office of Regulations Planning and Social Sciences (6/2014 – 7/2014)
Skidmore College (8/2013 – 5/2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Middle Tennessee State University
Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics and Finance (8/2012 – 6/2013)
Graduate Research Assistant, Charles Baum (1/2012 – 7/2012)
Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics and Finance (9/2011 – 12/2011)
Linux Server Administrator/Graduate Research Assistant, E. Anthon Eff (7/2010 – 8/2011)
Graduate Research Assistant, Emily Zietz (7/2009 – 6/2010)
Publications
Brown, Christian, Michael Bazaco, Kurt Nolte, Stelios Viazis, Tyann Blessington, Nathan Biemiller, and Travis Minor (2023). Examining Market and Weather Events as Signals of an Increased Probability of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli Outbreaks Linked to Romaine Lettuce. Food Control 145, 109479.
Brown, Christian (2019). Incarceration and Earnings: Distributional and Long-Term Effects. Journal of Labor Research 40(1), 58-83.
Brown, Christian, and P. Wesley Routon (2018). On the Distributional and Evolutionary Nature of the Obesity Wage Penalty. Economics & Human Biology (28), 160-172.
Press: "Employers Are Discriminating Against Overweight Women — And It’s Totally Legal" Catherine Pearson, Huffington Post
"Washington State Supreme Court Rules That Obesity Is A Disability" Sarah Kim, Forbes
Brown, Christian (2017). The Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Long-Term Economic Outcomes. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 31(1), 43-58.
Brown, Christian, and P. Wesley Routon (2016). Military Service and the Civilian Labor Force: Time- and Income-Based Evidence. Armed Forces & Society 42(3), 562-584.
Brown, Christian (2015). Returns to Postincarceration Education for Former Prisoners. Social Science Quarterly, 96(1), 161-175.
Brown, Christian, and E. Anthon Eff (2010). The State and the Supernatural: Support for Prosocial Behavior. Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Science, 4(1), 74-95.
Working Papers
Diabetes, Obesity, and Related Health Complications: Using Multiple Treatment Propensity Scores to Overcome Estimate Bias (with Travis Minor, under review)
Obesity, Weight Gain, and Self-Perceived Health (with P. Wesley Routon, under review)
Works in Progress
A Pathway Model of Obesity and Labor Outcomes
The Economics of Sleep (with Robert Girtz)
Courses Taught
Johns Hopkins University
AS404 - Econometrics (MS Applied Economics program)
Missouri Southern State University
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics (online)
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics (online, MSSU Certified Quality Best Practices Course)
Black Hills State University
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (online)
Skidmore College
EC 104 - Introduction to Microeconomics
EC 236 - Microeconomic Theory (intermediate)
EC 361 - Economics of Crime (created course)
Middle Tennessee State University
ECON 2410 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2420 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON/MGMT 4510 - Unions & Collective Bargaining
Referee and Reviews
Armed Forces & Society (4), Economics & Human Biology (4), Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (13), Health Economics, Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice, Oxford Development Studies, Research in Higher Education, The Review of Black Political Economy, Social Forces(2), Social Science & Medicine, Social Science Quarterly, USDA Economic Research Service Economic Information Bulletin series
Service
Georgia Gwinnett College Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium abstract review (2021 – 2023)
Recruiting, FDA Economics (2014 – 2015, 2015 – 2016)
Social Sciences Editor, Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research, MTSU (2012 – 2013)
Acting Delegate, MTSU Graduate Student Association (2011 – 2013)
Presentations
2021 FDA Science Forum (poster)
2019 FDA Economics Brown Bag Series
2018 MEA, SEA
2016 ASHEcon (poster), MEA (coauthor), SEA (coauthor)
2015 SEA (session chair "Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and Obesity")
2014 MEA, FDA/CFSAN, Skidmore College
2013 FDA/CFSAN, MTSU Scholars Week, Slippery Rock University
2012 MTSU Scholars Week, MEA, MTSU Department of Economics, SEA (session chair "Labor Market Outcomes II")
2011 MTSU Scholars Week, MTSU Department of Economics
Awards, Honors, Professional Societies, Etc.
FDA Group Recognition Award, Agricultural Water Team (2023)
FDA Group Recognition Award, Office of Clinical Policy and Programs Human Subject Protection Harmonization Team (2023)
FDA Commissioner's Special Recognition Award, Agricultural Water Regulation Team (2022)
FDA OPLIA Special Recognition Award (2022)
FDA Group Recognition Award, IRB Waiver of Informed Consent Working Group (2021)
FDA OPLIA Special Recognition Award (2021)
Belmont University Massey College of Business Alumni Successes citation (2020)
Outstanding Service Award, Office of the Commissioner (2020)
FDA Group Recognition Award, Single Patient Expanded Access Working Group (2018)
Invited Speaker, Omicron Delta Epsilon Belmont University (2018)
FDA Commissioner Recognition Award, FSMA Economics Group (2016)
Academic Council faculty honoree, Skidmore (2013)
Graduate Student Teaching Award, MTSU (2011 – 2012)
1st Place, MTSU Scholars Week 2011
Beta Gamma Sigma