Esther Lee, Ph.D.

- Statistics classes: Introduction to Statistics, Statistical Mathematics I & II, Statistical Computing I & II, Research and Experimental Design, Applied linear regression, Survey and sampling methodologies, Advanced Statistical Methodologies, Capstone
- Econometrics classes: Econometrics, Applied Econometrics I
- Economics classes: Accounting, Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Her methodological interests include models of multivariate categorical outcomes, Bayesian model comparison, and machine learning. Her applied research interests include treatment of adolescent alcohol and drug use, time series modeling and forecasting of housing market prices, and predicting the dynamics and socioeconomic impacts of COVID19.

Keywords: Machine learning, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), Bayesian inference, forecasting, statistical and modeling tools, big data analysis, and international economics

EViews Lecturer, Bayesian VAR (2013-2014)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC Irvine (2007-2009)
Guest Lecturer, EViews and Stata training sessions for MBA students (CEO Program for General Management and Business), Yonsei University (2002-2004)
Guest Lecturer, Predicting the dynamics of COVID19 using SIR and SEIR models, Yonsei University (2020)

“Operationalized Social Media and Linear Directional Mean Address Drug Overdose Crisis in America," with Anthony Corso, Nathan Corso and Benjamin Sanders, AMCIS 2024 Proceedings, 14
“Spatial Analysis of Social Media’s Proxies for Human Emotion and Cognition," with Anthony Corso, Nicolas Disanto and Nathan Corso, Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win: 19th International Conference, iConference 2024
“Dealing with Zeros: Adolescent Drug Use, Perceived Disapproval, and Perceived Harm," with Robert LaChausse and Jessica Ducsay, Journal of Drug Education. 52:3-4, 78 -- 92, 2023.
"Healthcare workers' stress and health behaviors: utilization of the stages of change model," with Sangmin Kim, Catherine Zeman & Andrea Carter, International Journal of Public Health Science, 11:1, 47 - 53, 2022.
"Effect of Combined Grape Seed Extract and L-Citrulline Supplementation on Hemodynamic Responses to Exercise in Young Males," with Brian Shariffi, Katherine Dillon, Trevor Gillum, William Boyer, Sean Sullivan, & Jong-Kyung Kim, Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2022.
"Forecasting COVID-19 Cases with Government Intervention Comparisons: Lockdown, trackdown, and herd immunity," with Jinook Jeong, Journal of Management Policy & Practice, 22:2, 44-56, 2021.
"The Influence of Peers and Parents on Adolescent Substance Use," with Robert G. LaChausse and Jessica Folmer, Western Psychological Association Conference, 2019.
"The Risk of Probable Depression Associated with Unmarried Status in Older Korean Immigrants: Would Men and Women Differ?" with Sanggon Nam and Yuri Jang, Western Psychological Association Conference, 2018.
“Copula Analysis of Correlated Counts," Advances in Econometrics: Bayesian Model Comparison, 34, 325 - 348, 2014.
“MCMC Perspectives on Simulated Likelihood Estimation," with Ivan Jeliazkov, Advances in Econometrics: Maximum Simulated Likelihood, 26, 3-39, 2010.
“Review of Fluctuations in Land and Stock Prices in the Japanese Economy," The Korean Journal of Economics, 16 (1), 95-122, 2009.

Member of Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Summer mission trip, Seed of Hope, Myanmar (2013-2015), Alaska (2016), and Korea (2017-2019)

Volunteer, Bible teacher, Orange County Rescue Mission

Singing, computer programming, and playing the piano

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23, ESV)