Mike Aguilar

Education

• PhD, EconomicsPhD, Economics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003 - 2008)
• MA New York University (1998 — 1998)
• BS Binghamton University (1993 — 1997)
• BA Binghamton University (1993 — 1997)

Companies

• Adjunct Associate Professor Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business (2018)
• Adjunct Professor UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (2012)
• Chief Investment Officer Cardinal Retirement Planning, Inc. (2018 — 2022)
• Teaching Professor Economics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008 — 2021)
• Co-Founder & President Tower Street Associates (2015 — 2018)
• Economic Strategist, Assistant Vice President J&W Seligman (2002 — 2003)
• Economist, Assistant Vice President Seligman Advisors (2000 — 2002)
• Assistant Analyst Congressional Budget Office (1999 — 2000)

Honors

• Weatherspoon award for excellence in graduate teaching, KFBS MAC program (2019)
• Teaching Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2015)
• Anonymous donation awarded to fund teaching/research, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2013)
• Nominated for the Carolina Chiron award, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2013)
• Q-group grant for “A News-Enhanced Component Model of Volatility” - retitled ”Information Arrival, Frictions, and Volatility”, with Matthew Ringgenberg (2011)
• Teaching award for excellence in undergraduate instruction, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2011)
• Nominated for SUTASA teaching award for excellence in undergraduate teaching (2010)
• Graduate student teaching award, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2007)
• Tanner teaching award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, UNC-CH (2007)
• Graduate student teaching award, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2005)
• Vijay Bhagavan undergraduate teaching assistant award, UNC-CH Economics Dept. (2005)
• Tuition scholarship, UNC-CH Economics Department (2003-2008)