Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Interest
- Field experiments.
- Advertising.
- Auctions and other pricing mechanisms.
- Charitable fundraising.
- Electronic commerce.
Employment
Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research, 2007-present.
Arizona Public Service Professor of Economics, University of Arizona, 2006-2009.
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001-2009.
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Arizona, 2001-2006.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, 1996-2001.
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor, Kiev School of Economics, April 2009.
Visiting Professor, European University Institute, May 2008.
Visiting Scholar, University of Copenhagen, September 2007.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2000-01.
Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1999-2000.
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Economics, 1996.
- Fields of concentration: Industrial Organization, Public Finance, Econometrics.
- Jacob Javits Fellow, 1991-1995.
- Dissertation: "Magic on the Internet: Experimental Tests of Auction Theory" (advisers: Glenn Ellison, Ernst Berndt)
- Princeton University, A.B., Astrophysical Sciences, magna cum laude, 1991.
- Certificate in Science in Human Affairs.
- Phi Beta Kappa.
- Senior Thesis: "Measurement in Physics: Computer Software for High School Physics Instruction." (adviser: David Spergel)
Publications
- Panagiotis Papadimitriou, Hector Garcia-Molina, Prabhakar Krishnamurthy, Randall Lewis, and David Reiley. "Display Advertising Impact: Search Lift and Social Influence." Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining [KDD'11], 2011 pp.1019-1027. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Randall Lewis, Justin Rao, and David Reiley, "Here, There, and Everywhere: Correlated Online Behaviors Can Lead to Overestimates of the Effects of Advertising." 20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW20), pp.157-166. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David Reiley. " The Lab and the Field: Empirical and Experimental Economics. " in The Methods of Modern Experimental Economics, Guillaume Fréchette and Andrew Schotter, Editors, Oxford University Press, 2010, forthcoming. Read the abstract. Download the Supplementary Appendix. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Subhasish Dugar, Haimanti Bhattacharya, and David Reiley "Can't Buy Me Love? A Field Experiment Exploring the Trade-off Between Income and Caste-Status in an Indian Matrimonial Market." Forthcoming, Economic Inquiry. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David H. Reiley, Sai-Ming Li, and Randall A. Lewis, "Northern exposure: a field experiment measuring externalities between search advertisements." Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC-2010), David C. Parkes, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, and Moshe Tennenholtz, eds., pp. 297-304. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Steven D. Levitt, John A. List, and David H. Reiley, "What Happens in the Field Stays in the Field: Professionals Do Not Play Minimax in Laboratory Experiments." Econometrica, 2010, vol. 78, no.3, pp. 1413-1434. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Download the Supplementary Data Appendix.
- Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeath, and David H. Reiley, Games of Strategy, 3rd edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2009.
- John A. List and David H. Reiley, "Field Experiments." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, eds., Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, 2008. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David H. Reiley, Michael B. Urbancic, and Mark Walker, "Stripped-down Poker: A Classroom Game to Illustrate Equilibrium Bluffing."Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2008, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 323-341. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Atin Basuchoudhary, Christopher Metcalf, Kai Pommerenke, David H. Reiley, Christian Rojas, Marzena J. Rostek, and James Stodder, "Price Discrimination and Resale: A Classroom Experiment." Journal of Economic Education, Summer 2008, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 229-244. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Download the Excel workbook for classroom use.
- Lisa R. Anderson, Charles A. Holt, and David H. Reiley, "Congestion Pricing and Welfare: An Entry Experiment." Forthcoming, Experimental Methods, Environmental Economics, Todd L. Cherry, Stephan Kroll, and Jason Shogren, eds., Routledge, UK, 2007. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Axel Ockenfels, David H. Reiley, and Abdolkarim Sadrieh, "Online Auctions." in Handbook of Information Systems and Economics, Terrence Hendershott, ed., Elsevier Science, 2007, pp. 571-628. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David Lucking-Reiley, Doug Bryan, Naghi Prasad, and Daniel Reeves, "Pennies from eBay: the Determinants of Price in Online Auctions."Journal of Industrial Economics, June 2007, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 223-233. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Rama Katkar and David H. Reiley, "Public Versus Secret Reserve Prices in eBay Auctions: Results from a Pokémon Field Experiment." Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006, Volume 6, Issue 2, Article 7. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David H. Reiley, "Field Experiments on the Effects of Reserve Prices in Auctions: More Magic on the Internet." RAND Journal of Economics, Spring 2006, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 195-211. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, John A. List, and David H. Reiley, "Demand Reduction in Multi-unit Auctions with Varying Numbers of Bidders: Theory and Field Experiments." International Economic Review, February 2006, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 203-231. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- Charles H. Mullin and David H. Reiley, "Recombinant estimation for normal-form games, with applications to auctions and bargaining." Games and Economic Behavior, January 2006, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 159-182. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Download software to implement the estimator.
- Keith Brouhle, Jay Corrigan, Rachel Croson, Martin Farnham, Selhan Garip, Luba Habodaszova, Laurie Johnson, Martin Johnson, and David Reiley, "Local Residental Sorting and Public Goods Provision: A Classroom Demonstration." Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2005, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 332-344. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Download the instructor's spreadsheet.
- Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, John A. List, and David H. Reiley, "Demand Reduction in Multiunit Auctions: Reply." American Economic Review, March 2005, vol. 95, no.1, pp. 472-476. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David H. Reiley, "Experimental Evidence on the Endogenous Entry of Bidders in Internet Auctions." Experimental Business Research, Volume 2: Economic and Managerial Perspectives, Amnon Rapoport and Rami Zwick, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers: Norwell, MA, and Dordrect, The Netherlands, 2005, pp 103-121. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- John A. List and David Lucking-Reiley, "Bidding Behavior and Decision Costs in Field Experiments." Economic Inquiry, October 2002, vol. 40, no. 44, pp. 611-619. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- John A. List and David Lucking-Reiley, "The Effects of Seed Money and Refunds on Charitable Giving: Experimental Evidence from a University Capital Campaign." Journal of Political Economy, February 2002, vol. 110, no. 8, pp. 215-233. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David Lucking-Reiley and Daniel F. Spulber, "Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce." Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2001, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 55-68. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David Lucking-Reiley, "Auctions on the Internet: What's Being Auctioned, and How?" Journal of Industrial Economics, September 2000, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 227-252. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- John A. List and David Lucking-Reiley, "Demand Reduction in Multi-Unit Auctions: Evidence from a Sportscard Field Experiment." American Economic Review, September 2000, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 961-972. Read the abstract. Download the experimental instructions. Download the manuscript.
- David Lucking-Reiley, "Vickrey Auctions in Practice: From Nineteenth-Century Philately to Twenty-First-Century E-Commerce." Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2000, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 183-192. Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
- David Lucking-Reiley, "Using Field Experiments to Test Equivalence Between Auction Formats: Magic on the Internet." American Economic Review, December 1999, vol. 89, no. 5, pp.1063-1080. Read the abstract. Download the experimental instructions. Download the manuscript.
- Ernst R. Berndt, Linda T. Bui, David Lucking-Reiley, and Glen L. Urban, "The Roles of Price, Quality, and Marketing in the Growth and Composition of the Antiulcer Drug Market." The Economics of New Goods (NBER Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 58), Robert Gordon and Timothy Bresnahan, eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997, pp. 277-322.
- Ernst R. Berndt, Linda T. Bui, David H. Reiley, and Glen L. Urban, "Information, Marketing and Pricing in the U.S. Antiulcer Drug Market." American Economic Review, May 1995, vol. 85, no. 2 (Papers and Proceedings), .
Working Papers
"Does Retail Advertising Work? Measuring the Effects of Advertising on Sales via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!" (with Randall A. Lewis) Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
"Advertising Especially Influences Older Users: A Yahoo! Experiment Measuring Retail Sales" (with Randall A. Lewis) Read the abstract. Download the manuscript.
"Can Online Display Advertising Attract New Customers? Measuring an Advertiser's New Accounts with a Large-Scale Experiment on Yahoo!" (with Randall A. Lewis and Taylor A. Schreiner)
"Checking Out Temptation: A Natural Experiment with Purchases at the Grocery Register" (with Daniel Houser and Michael B. Urbancic). Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Last revised: August 2007.
"Measuring the Benefits to Sniping on eBay: Evidence from a Field Experiment" (with Sean Gray). Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Last revised: April 2007.
"'The War for the Fare': How Driver Compensation Affects Bus System Performance" (with Ryan Johnson and Juan Carlos Muñoz). Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Last revised: February 2006.
"Classroom Experiments on the Internet" (with Charles A. Holt and Susan K. Laury). Read the abstract. Download the manuscript. Last revised: January 2001.
Awards
Super Star Award (highest honor bestowed upon any Yahoo! employee), 2009.
Dean's Course Innovation Award, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, 2005.
Grants
"Online Quizzes to Promote Active Learning in Economics," Thomas R. Brown Foundation, 2006-2008, $40,584.
"Game Theory and Social Interactions: A Virtual Collaboratory for Teaching and Research" (with Lisa Anderson, Catherine Eckel, Jean Ensminger, Jacob Goeree, Charles Holt, Susan Laury, Tom Palfrey, Al Roth, and Rick Wilson), National Science Foundation, June 2001-May 2007. Total grant size: $2,314,779. My portion: $312,525.
"Fundraising Mechanisms Used by Charitable Organizations," National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003-2007. $45,000.
"Auctions on the Internet: An Experimental Study," National Science Foundation, October 1998-September 2001. $119,474.
"Web-based Interactive Market Pricing Simulations (WIMPS)," Initiative on Technological Innovation in the Classroom, Vanderbilt University, May 1997-May 1998. $15,000.
Presentations
- UC Riverside, December 2011.
- UC Berkeley, November 2011.
- UC Santa Barbara, November 2011.
- University of Mannheim, September 2011.
- Conference on the Economics and Psychology of Attention, University of Toulouse, September 2011.
- ACM KDD conference, San Diego, August 2011.
- London School of Economics, June 2011.
- University of Warwick, June 2011.
- CCP annual conference, Norwich University, June 2011.
- University of Magdeburg, May 2011.
- Markus Evans CMO Summit, Heiligendamm, May 2011.
- University of Hamburg, May 2011.
- ITAM, Mexico City, April 2011.
- University of Southern California, April 2011.
- Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, March 2011.
- Economic Science Association meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2011.
- Duke University, November 2010.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, Arizona, November 2010. University of Massachusetts, November 2010.
- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, October 2010.
- University of Texas at Dallas, September 2010.
- Amsterdam Symposium on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, August 2010.
- Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, August 2010.
- Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, August 2010.
- ACM Electronic Commerce conference, Cambridge, MA, June 2010.
- International Industrial Organization Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2010.
- Bay Area Experimental Economics Conference, Santa Cruz, California, May 2010.
- SIEPR Policy Forum: Future of the Internet, Stanford University, April 2010.
- Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, March 2010.
- Big Thinkers public lecture, Yahoo! Labs, Bangalore, India, March 2010.
- Allied Social Science Associations meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2005.
- SISHOO conference (Caltech/Yahoo!), Huntington Beach, California, December 2009.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, AZ, November 2009.
- Conference on the Methods of Modern Experimental Economics, NYU, October 2009.
- Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (keynote address), San Diego, California, October 2009.
- QME Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2009.
- Stanford University, October 2009.
- Conference on Internet Economics, Stanford University, September 2009.
- University of Munich, September 2009.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Innsbruck, Austria, September 2009.
- CERGE Economics Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2009.
- University of California at Santa Cruz, May 2009.
- Kiev School of Economics, public lecture, April 2009.
- New York University, November 2008.
- University of Arizona, November 2008.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, AZ, November 2008.
- Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference, November 2008.
- Vassar College, Martin H. Crego Lecture, November 2008.
- Sonoma State University, October 2008.
- University of California at Davis, October 2008.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Lyon, France, September 2008.
- Buck Weaver Symposium, Department of Marketing, MIT, September 2008.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Pasadena, CA, June 2008.
- European Uniersity Institute, Florence, Italy, May 2008.
- Chicago Quantitative Alliance meeting, Las Vegas, April 2008.
- University of Calgary, March 2008.
- University of California at Berkeley, February 2008.
- Department of Marketing, University of California at Berkeley, January 2008.
- Conference in Honor of Vernon Smith, Tucson, Arizona, December 2007.
- SISHOO conference (Caltech/Yahoo!), Huntington Beach, CA, November 2007.
- University of Vermont, October 2007.
- Middlebury College, Vermont, October 2007.
- Lund University, Sweden, September 2007.
- Stockholm University, Sweden, September 2007.
- Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, September 2007.
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2007.
- Gothenburg University, Sweden, September 2007.
- University of Oslo, Norway, September 2007.
- Yahoo! Research, California, May 2007.
- IFREE tenth anniversary conference, Washington, DC, April 2007.
- Princeton University, March 2007.
- Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, February 2007.
- IAREP-SABE meeting, Paris, France, July 2006.
- Foundations of Risk and Uncertainty meeting, Rome, Italy, June 2006.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2006.
- University of Chicago, May 2006.
- University of Maryland, May 2006.
- University of North Carolina, April 2006.
- Gathering 4 Gardner 7, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2006.
- Georgia State University, March 2006.
- NBER IO workshop, Stanford, California, February 2006.
- Université Laval, Québec City, Canada, November 2005.
- George Washington University, October 2005.
- FTC Roundtable on Online Auctions, Washington, DC, October 2005.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 2005.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Montréal, Canada, June 2005.
- European University Institute, Florence, Italy, June 2005.
- University of Cologne, Germany, May 2005.
- Laboratory Experiments and the Field (LEaF) Conference, London, England, May 2005.
- University of Oklahoma, April 2005.
- University of Hawaii, February 2005.
- Society of Economic Educators meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2005.
- Allied Social Science Associations meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2005.
- Stern School of Business, New York University, November 2004.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, Arizona, November 2004.
- School of Information, University of Michigan, October 2004.
- Economics and the Classroom conference, Jackson, Wyoming, September 2004.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2004.
- University of Hawaii, March 2004.
- Allied Social Science Associations meeting, San Diego, California, January 2004.
- Second Asian Conference on Experimental Business Research, Hong Kong, December 2003.
- Southern Economic Association meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 2003.
- Claremont McKenna College, October 2003.
- Reputation Systems Symposium, MIT, April 2003.
- Williams College, April 2003.
- Society of Economic Educators meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2003.
- Southern Economics Association meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2002.
- NSF Workshop on Classroom Experiments, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2002.
- University of Virginia, March 2002.
- Allied Social Science Assocation meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2002.
- University of Texas, December 2001.
- Southern Economic Association Meetings, Tampa, Florida, November 2001.
- London Business School, July 2001.
- University College London, July 2001.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain, June 2001.
- NSF Workshop on Classroom Experiments, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2001.
- Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, May 2001.
- Northwestern University, March 2001.
- University of California - Santa Cruz, February 2001.
- NBER IO meetings, February 2001.
- NBER E-Commerce Conference, Bodega Bay, CA, January 2001.
- University of Oregon, November 2000.
- Decentralization Conference, IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, October 2000.
- University of Illinois, October 2000.
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, October 2000.
- University of Arizona, October 2000.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, Arizona, September 2000.
- Auctions and Negotiations.com Conference, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Northwestern University, September 2000.
- World Congress of the Econometric Society, Seattle, Washington, August 2000.
- NBER E-commerce pre-conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 2000.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, New York City, June 2000.
- Tow Auction Conference, University of Iowa, May 2000.
- Middlebury College, May 2000.
- Harvard/MIT IO Seminar, Harvard University, May 2000.
- Georgia State University, April 2000.
- University of Wisconsin, April 2000.
- University of Illinois-Chicago, April 2000.
- Economics Day, University of Pennsylvania, March 2000.
- Rutgers University, March 2000.
- Department of Marketing, University of Pennsylvania, March 2000.
- Carnegie Mellon University, March 2000.
- Iowa State University, March 2000.
- Department of Marketing, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, February 2000.
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, February 2000.
- Dartmouth College, January 2000.
- Allied Social Science Association meetings, Boston, January 2000.
- Southern Economic Association annual meeting, New Orleans, November 1999.
- INFORMS meeting, Philadelphia, November 1999.
- Depaul University, October 1999.
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, October 1999.
- Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, October 1999.
- Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1999.
- Economic Science Association European meetings, Grenoble, France, October 1999.
- Denison University, October 1999.
- Ohio State University, September 1999.
- University of Michigan, September 1999.
- Andersen Consulting, Northbrook, IL, September 1999.
- Russell Sage Foundation Conference on Behavioral Economics, University of California - Berkeley, August 1999.
- Northwestern University Summer Microeconomics Workshop, July 1999.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, May 1999.
- Indiana University, April 1999.
- Purdue University, April 1999.
- University of Mississippi, April 1999.
- Public Choice Society meetings, March 1999.
- NBER IO meetings, Stanford, CA, February 1999.
- Allied Social Science Associations meetings, New York, January 1999.
- University of Arizona, November 1998.
- University of Notre Dame, November 1998.
- Economic Science Association regional meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 1998.
- North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, June 1998.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Mannheim, Germany, June 1998.
- Maryland Auction Conference, May 1998.
- Southern Economic Association annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1997.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona, September 1997.
- Russell Sage Foundation Conference on Behavioral Economics, University of California - Berkeley, July 1997.
- Economic Science Association annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 1996.
- Economics Department Seminar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, October 1996.
- Behavioral Economics Seminar, Harvard University, December 1995.
- Rutgers Health Care Policy Workshop, Newark, NJ, September 1994.
- NBER Conference on the Economics of New Goods, Williamsburg, VA, April 1994.
Professional Service and Affiliations
Senior Program Committee, ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, 2011.
Teacher (with Avinash Dixit), AEA Continuing-Education Course in Game Theory2011.
Co-Editor (for Field Experiments), Economic Inquiry, 2007-present.
Editorial Board, B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006-present.
Editorial Board, Experimental Economics, 2002-present.
Adviser, University of Arizona Economics Society, 2003-9.
Vice President for Information, Economic Science Association, 2000-2008.
President, Society of Economic Educators, 2006-7.
Organizer, ESA North American Regional Meeting (180 participants), 2006.
Organizer, NSF Workshop on Classroom Experiments, 2003, 2005.
Program Committee, Japanese-American Frontiers of Science Conference, National Academy of Sciences, 2004-2005.
Panelist, Human and Social Dynamics initiative, National Science Foundation, 2004.
Organizer, Eller College Electronic Commerce Workshop, 2002-2004.
Panelist, Information Technology Research interdisciplinary initiative, National Science Foundation, 2001.
Member, American Economic Association.
Referee for Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, RAND Journal of Economics, Management Science, Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Industrial Economics,Games and Economic Behavior, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Education, European Journal of Operations Research, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic Theory, Southern Economic Journal, Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Information Technology Management, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Business, Production Operations and Management, and International Journal of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research.
Other Activities and Interests
Founder and President, PGSS Alumni Association.
The Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence provided advanced educational experiences for high school students for decades, until the state cut them from the budget in 2009. My experience as a student at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) in 1986 was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The Alumni Association is organizing the alumni towards the goal of restoring the school. This is the only educational institution I've ever been associated with where all the students were excited to learn and all the teachers were excited to teach.
Board of advisers, Magic, Palo Alto, CA.
Magic is a residential community (I lived there 2007-2009) where people think deeply about how to improve their own lives as well as the lives of others. They believe it is important to question all assumptions, particularly those we make about what we want in life. They propose the concept of "valuescience," using scientific principles to help us figure out what we really want, and how to get it.
Annual participation in the IAP Mystery Hunt at MIT.
The Mystery Hunt is probably the most elaborate puzzle-solving event in the world. Each year, I compete with a team to solve puzzles that lead to clues to the location of a coin hidden somewhere on campus. The puzzles are highly challenging and diverse. I captained the winning team in 1995, which led to the honor of organizing the 1996 Hunt. I also had the privilege of participating on the winning team in 2005, but declined the opportunity to write puzzles for 2006.
Bassist, Princeton University Orchestra, MIT Symphony, Vanderbilt University Orchestra, and University of Arizona Symphony.
Chair, Community Service Committee, Princeton Class of 1991 Tenth Reunion.
- This document last updated 16 August 2010.