I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, affiliated with the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and the Center for Research on Inequality and Health. 

I study how people build families and social relationships across the life course, how population surveys measure sexual orientation, gender identity, and family ties, and what these patterns mean for health equity. Much of my work focuses on LGBTQ+ populations, including their close social networks, partnership patterns, and experiences of disability and aging. 

My research has appeared in Demography, Journal of Marriage and Family, The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, Demographic Research, and Sociological Science, among other outlets. My work is currently supported by a National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program award through the National Institute on Aging.

I earned my PhD in Sociology from Bowling Green State University in 2025, specializing in demography, family studies, and quantitative methods.