Economics & Computer Science — Grinnell College, Class of 2028
I'm a student at Grinnell College studying Economics and Computer Science, working at the intersection of data, policy, and software. I lead Grinnell's Debate Union, teach as a TA in economics and statistics, and build things ranging from internal business tools to iOS apps.
Email — boris@khesin.net
First-line IT support across Unanet, Procore, and Microsoft Entra; built a custom internal event-planning app in Django synchronized with those systems.
Co-led development of a React.js university app with a Q&A platform and gamification; ran the design and sprint process in Figma and Trello.
Guided 20+ students through trade theory and international finance; led weekly review sessions and gave feedback on problem sets.
Supported instruction in R and Excel; led sessions on regression, hypothesis testing, and probability.
Evaluated assignments and exams with written feedback on code and algorithms; managed grading workflows to weekly deadlines.
Guided students in C++ and Python individually and in small groups; supported Django projects through code review.
Also —
Lane timer at competitive swim meets, including official NCAA events.
Tarot App
Swift · SwiftUIAn iOS app for AI-powered tarot readings. Pick a category and spread size, draw cards, and get an AI-generated interpretation of the reading, designed to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
View on GitHub →Event Planner
Django · PythonAn internal event-planning application built for Watson-Forsberg, synchronized with Unanet, Procore, and Microsoft corporate systems, with budget projections and Google Maps integration.
View on GitHub →Non-Human Vision
Unity · C#A team-built VR/XR simulation of non-human animal visual systems, with custom shaders replicating species-specific color perception and fields of view.
State Corporate Income Taxes and New Business Formation in the United States
A balanced state-year panel (51 jurisdictions, 2004–2020) testing whether top marginal state corporate tax rates deter new firm entry. Pooled OLS, two-way fixed-effects, and 2SLS specifications; the negative cross-sectional association does not survive fixed-effects or IV identification.
Read the paper (PDF) →Economic, Demographic, and Policy Factors in COVID-19 Mortality Across Countries
A cross-national analysis of COVID-19 deaths per capita and per case across 150 countries. Univariable and multivariable regressions in R identify HDI as the strongest predictor of deaths per capita, and population density as the strongest predictor of deaths per case.
Read the paper (PDF) →
Languages — Python, C++, Swift, R, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Scheme/Racket
Frameworks & tools — Django, React.js, SwiftUI, Unity, Git, LaTeX, Figma
Quantitative — Stata, pandas/NumPy, regression & econometric analysis, panel
data, instrumental variables
GPA 3.78. Debate Leader, Grinnell College Debate Union (Fall 2025–Present). Second place, Pioneer Weekend Entrepreneurial Contest.
GPA 4.0.