About

I mainly do research along two lines. First, I am a behavioral/experimental economist, and I am interested in how people make decisions in a variety of contexts. My research looks at how an individual's decision-making can be affected by: (1) their peers/social network, including beliefs about social norms, and (2) their emotions. Second, I am particularly interested in the topic of education. My research looks at how high school students make educational decisions, how parents invest in their children's education, and the effects of early childhood interventions.

I have partnered with schools, companies, and government organizations in the U.S., Argentina, and China on research projects, and methodologically, I use many different types of experiments including framed field experiments, artefactual field experiments, lab experiments, and neuroeconomics experiments.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department of Queen's University and Director of JILAEE - the Joint Initiative for Latin American Experimental Economics. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2019.