Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Microeconomics for Public Policy at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs (formerly the School of International Studies) at the University of Denver. I received my PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022.

My research is at the intersection of  public health, the economics of violence, and environmental health hazards. Broadly, I am interested in the ways that individuals cope with uncertainty and social turbulence, including housing insecurity, domestic violence, and poverty.  My research includes data in all scales, including original data collection, "big" data and spatial analysis, program evaluation, and qualitative interviews. I have been published in such venues as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Critical Social Policy.

My first book, Seeking Safe Harbor: How Public Policy is Sinking the Future of Domestic Violence Shelters, is under contract with the University of California Press.

For the most up-to-date copy of my CV,  please click here.

Upcoming talks: American Studies Association 2025

Blog posts: Check out my public substack, Empirical Truths. 

Zoom links for online talks will be posted as they become available.