Education and Experience
Education
Ph.D. Social Policy, Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, 2023
M.A. in Social Policy, Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, 2019
B.A. in Economics and Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2013. University honors, Sociology highest honors, cum laude
Professional experience
2023–Present Senior Policy Program Manager, Urban Institute
2022–2023 Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
2021 Graduate Student Summer Associate, RAND Corporation
2019–2021 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2019–2021 Graduate Research Assistant, Heller School Dean’s Office
2018–2019 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Economic and Racial Equity (formerly the Institute on Assets and Social Policy)
2016–2017 Research Assistant, Economic Policy Institute
2014–2016 Research Assistant, American Institutes for Research
2013–2014 Domestic Research Intern/Consultant, Center for Economic and Policy Research
2012 Research and Policy Intern, Afterschool Alliance
Courses taught
Data Analysis, Graduate Level, Master of Public Administration, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
In person: Fall 2019
Online (original development): Summer 2020, Summer 2021
Honors and awards
2022 Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice Racial Equity Fellowship, Brandeis University
2021 Provost Dissertation Fellowship, Brandeis University
2020 Marjorie S. Trotter Doctoral Fellowship, Brandeis University
2019 Leadership Certificate, Graduate Student Association, Brandeis University
2016 Outstanding Service Award, American Institutes for Research
2013 University Honors, University of California, Santa Cruz
2013 Sociology Highest Honors, University of California, Santa Cruz
2013 Social Justice and Community Leadership Certificate, UC Santa Cruz
2013 College Service Award, University of California, Santa Cruz
Editorial service
2021 Invited reviewer, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy
2019 Invited reviewer, American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Professional memberships
2019–Present Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2019–Present International Institute for Feminist Economics
2018–Present Labor and Employment Relations Association
2018–Present Eastern Sociological Society
2018–2019 Interdisciplinary Workshop on Cascading: Gender, Race, and Downward Mobility, Brandeis University