PATRICK J. CRAWFORD

patrickjcrawford.github.io \(\diamond\) pcrawfo6@gmu.edu

EDUCATION

George Mason University

Ph.D., Economics exp. 2026

M.A., Economics 2021

B.A., Economics 2019

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Lecturer Fall 2021—Summer 2024

George Mason University Fairfax, VA

  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Intermediate Microeconomics
  • Economics of Developming Areas
  • International Economic Policy

Research Assistant March 2022—May 2024

Dr. Mark Koyama, Department of Economics Fairfax, VA

RESEARCH

Working Papers

Late Medieval Unrest in the Holy Roman Empire: Causes and Consequences Drafting

Did Newspaper Competition Promote Rebellion? The Case of the 1837-38 Rebellions in Lower Canada Drafting

(with Vincent Geloso)

The Specter of Slavery: Newspapers During the American Civil War Drafting

In Progress

The Effects of Bureaucracy on Pandemic Outcomes

Reichshofrat oder Reichskammergericht? Court competition in the Early Modern Empire

Political Autonomy and Long-Run Urban Growth in Germany

Research Interests

  • Economic History
  • Political Economy of Conflict and Violence
  • Growth and Development
  • Text Analysis

SKILLS

Languages

R (Web Scraping, GIS), Python (Text Analysis), QGIS,