Thomas Williams

Junior Researcher

Sustainable Urbanization Lab, MIT – Boston, MA | June 2025 – Present

• Providing research assistance including Econometric work, Data analysis, assistance in drafting proposals, exploring new topics/subjects

RAMP Economist

FHFA – Washington D.C | Aug 2024 – April 2025

• Provided Support as needed on any Econometric/data analysis at all levels; Cleaning, structuring, analysis and visualization.
• As a research assistant: Cleaned data, produced graphics and provided assistance in estimations (Rstudio and Stata) for paper on appraisals and disclosure law with William M. Doerner, Michael J. Seiler, Matthew Suandi.
• As co-author: Cleaned data, produced graphics, performed estimations as well as providing assistance in theory section and writing for paper on Time-On-Market (working paper release forthcoming) with Justin C. Contat, William M. Doerner and Daniel R. Lane.

Research Assistant

Columbia University | Feb 2023 – Dec 2023

• Estimated quality of life of special needs students under the supervision of Tushar Kundu.
• Assisted in the construction and editing of surveys in Qualtrics, analyzed relevant literature and applied econometric techniques for data analysis.
• Assisted in the developing measures of subjective quality of life.
• Strengthened analytical, research, and problem-solving skills as well as proficiency in complex data analysis and effective communication.

Research Assistant

Emory University | Sept 2021 – Dec 2023

• Conducted research that focused on the derivation of industrial organization models under the supervision of Dr. Samiran Banerjee.
• Studied deriving price competition without truth telling and gave weekly presentations of results.
• Continued work on quantity competition models with unorthodox cost bases.

Tutor

Emory University – Atlanta, GA | Feb 2021 – July 2021

Tutored Economics 101 through Emory's tutoring center.