Mark Schneider - Resume • CONTACT e-mail: [email protected] website: www.MarkAdamSchneider.com EDUCATION • B.A., Economics, Yale University, 2008. SCIENTIFIC & ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS • First Place National Winner, Siemens- Westinghouse Math, Science and Technology Competition (2003) • First place, Connecticut State Science Fair (2000) • Scientific American Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement (2000) • Second place, Connecticut State Science Fair (2004) • Finalist, National Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition (2004) • “Promise Award”- CT Department of Public Health • “Network of Educators Award”- from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004) • Student Achievement Award from the Connecticut Academy of Scientists and Engineers (CASE) (2004) • Contributor, National Institute of Health Grant to Yale Peabody Museum regarding curriculum development on arboviruses • Department of Homeland Security Scholarship in Science and Technology (2006) • USA Today’s High School Academic First Team (Nation’s top 20 High School Students) (2004) PUBLICATIONS Articles • Great Minds in Economics; An interview with Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson. The Yale Economic Review, April, 2006 • Great Minds in Economics; An interview with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman. The Yale Economic Review, December, 2006 • Great Minds in Economics; An interview with Nobel Laureate Robert Solow. The Yale Economic Review, April, 2007 • Great Minds in Economics; An interview with Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. The Yale Economic Review, December, 2007 • Great Minds in Economics; An interview with Nobel Laureate John Nash. The Yale Economic Review, June, 2008. Academic Papers (in progress) • Campaign Spending under Rank Dependence: A Simple Heuristic • The “Death Effect” in the Autograph Market (with Prof. Karl Storchmann) • The Credit Card Effect on Consumption and Saving • The Computational Efficiency of Inherent Preferences Research in progress • Context-Dependent Choice Heuristics • The Neuroeconomics of “Free!” ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Research assistant for Professor Lauren Cohen, funded through Yale’s James Tobin research fund (2006) • Research assistant for Professor Robert Shiller, Yale University (2006); acknowledged in his recent book Animal Spirits. • Research intern for Debbie Ball at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory funded through Dept. of Homeland Security (2007) • Academics Editor, Yale Economic Review ( September 2005- May 2006) • Senior Editor, Yale Economic Review, (June, 2006- May, 2008) • Rang Closing bell to the New York Stock Exchange (2003) • Finalist, Y50K- Yale Entrepreneurial Society Business Plan Competition (2005) • Winner, Lehigh University Business Plan Competition, Technology Division (2005) PRESENTATIONS • Simulation of the West Nile Virus using STELLA 7.02, co-presented with Jeffrey Schneider at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts, November, 2003. • Simulation of the West Nile Virus using STELLA 7.02, co-presented with Jeffrey Schneider at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., December, 2003. • Drought and the Propagation of West Nile Virus in Boulder, Colorado, presented at the state-wide Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, University of Connecticut, March, 2004. 1 • Using Network Analysis to Identify Centers of Knowledge, co-presented with Thomas Lotze, Amy Madsen and Natalie Trebes, at the NHI, Z-division group meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August, 2007 • Using Network Analysis to Identify Centers of Knowledge, presented at DHS Scholars and Fellows Orientation, Washington, D.C., • The Credit Card Effect on Consumption and Saving, presented at Davenport College Mellon Forum, Yale University, March, 2008. GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, & CHARACTER • Yale College David Everett Chantler Award for graduating student exhibiting strength of character and high moral purpose. (2008) • Intern- Connecticut Attorney General Office- Anti-trust department (2005) • Member- Scholarship Selection Committee for the Connecticut Governor’s coalition for youth with disabilities • Counselor, American Legion’s CT Boys State (2004, 2005, 2008) • Delegate, American Legion’s CT Boys State (2003) and American Legion’s Boys Nation (2003) • Arthur Connell Award for Most Outstanding Delegate at CT Boys State (2003) • Member of Yale College Committee for Teaching in the Residential Colleges • Authored, illustrated and read children’s stories at 2008 Yale Communiversity Day ART • First Place Winner “An Artistic Discovery” Congressional Arts Competition (2003) • Artwork displayed for a year in Cannon Tunnel, connecting House & Senate Office Buildings in Washington, D.C. (2003- 2004) • Artwork displayed at CT State Capitol in Hartford, CT (2003) • Artwork displayed at the Wadsworth Athenaeum (2003) • Third Place National Winner, Craypas, “World of Color Art Competition” out of 17,000 entries (2000) • Artwork displayed at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale (2005- 2006) and at the Davenport College Art Gallery (2006) • Illustrated the official poster for the 2003 AA Eastern League Baseball All-Star Game (2003) • Illustrated the Program Covers for the Harvard/ Yale Hockey Game (2005) and Football Youth Day (2006) • Illustrated Covers for the Yale Herald, The Politic, The Yale Record and The Free Press (2004-2005) • Illustrated weekly “Halls of Wisdom” Comic Strip for the Yale Herald (2004-2005) and Yale Daily News (2006- present) • Illustrated Official Poster and fliers for Yale Communiversity Day (2007) LITERATURE • Writer for the Yale Daily News’ Insider’s Guide to Colleges (2007 edition) • Published short stories in the state guide to the CAPT test (CT standardized high school examination) • Honorable mention in memoir writing from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (2004) • Honorable mention in playwriting from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (2004) • Wrote, produced and co-directed Friends Like These a political satire on the Harding Administration • National Young Playwright’s Semi-finalist (2003, 2004) • First Place winner, Adrien Van Sinderen Book Collecting Competition for Yale Sophomores (2005) • Guest speaker, Book Collector’s Round Table, International Antiquarian Book Fair, Hines Convention Center, Boston, MA (2006) MEDIA • Paula Zahn Now on CNN (December 8, 2003) • New York Times (December 9, 2003) • Lou Dobbs Tonight, segment, “America’s Bright Future,” on CNN (December 31st, 2003) • Northeast Magazine, (May 2004) • Lifestyles Magazine (September 2004) • USA Today (October, 2003, December 2003, May 2004) • AP Wire Report (December, 2003) • Voice of America radio interview (December, 2003) • CBS News Radio (November 2003) • Yale Daily News (October, 2005), Yale Bulletin (April, 2005) • Hartford Courant (feature stories: June, 2000; March, 2002; November, 2003; December, 2003) 2.