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I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Visiting Fellow of the Hoover Institution. 

I use quasi-experimental and model-based approaches to study how education policies affect student outcomes. A central focus of my work is how schools respond to incentives embedded in school choice policies and what those responses imply for policy design. I have also co-pioneered causal research on school boards, developing new data and research designs to study how elected local officials influence school segregation and student achievement. 

I received my Ph.D in 2017 from Duke University, where my dissertation was supported by a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation fellowship. My work has appeared in leading journals, including American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and Journal of Public Economics, among others.