About Me

I am a current fourth-year Economics Ph.D. Student at Texas A&M University. I use both experimental and quasi-experimental methods to study gender and crime in the context of higher education. 

The central research questions in my research are motivated by the objective of understanding sexual assault incidence, the decision to report sexual assault, and how to alleviate the barriers to doing so. Ultimately, my work advances our understanding of college sexual assault, barriers to reporting, and the subsequent decision (not) to report. More broadly, my work focuses on understanding an individual’s decision to report or disclose sensitive information, integrating behavioral insights into the measurement of sensitive topics by emphasizing how expectations of social judgment and anonymity shape disclosure decisions.

I also study other related topics in campus safety and higher education, including gun violence on college campuses, gender diversity in economics, and the labor market returns to college grades.  

I graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a Chancellor's Scholar in May 2022.