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I am an associate professor in the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics and the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia (UGA).
My research studies how to create safe jobs in developing countries. It sits at the intersection of development economics, labor economics, public economics and political economy. A unifying theme is that ensuring policy initiatives reduce poverty and create safe jobs requires a sound understanding of their direct and indirect effects: The availability of funds and information may encourage state and non-state actors to re-optimize their behavior, and available resources may be used by households to systematically prioritize the welfare of some members over others. A more recent strand measures coercive labor relations directly through primary survey work in Malawi and Zambia. This is where I am affiliated with APRIES (African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery) at UGA's Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO).
I am a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), where I co-led the Science Advice Working Group from 2022 to 2024, and I sit on the International Science Council's Steering Group for the Social Science Matters Programme and on the Global Roster of Experts. Some of my talks and writing at the science-policy interface, including on AI in research practice, are on the Science & Policy page.
I teach courses in development economics and the politics of development at the University of Georgia, where my teaching has been recognized with the Richard B. Russell Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
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