Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Department of Economics and Geosciences, 2022-Present
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, May 2022
M.A., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, May 2018
B.A., Economics, University of Central Florida, May 2016
Research
Publications
- "Thirty-Five Years Later: Long-Term Effects of the Matlab Maternal and Child Health / Family Planning Program on Women's Well-Being" (with Tania Barham, Andrew Foster, Jena Hamadani, Warren C. Jochem, Gisella Kagy, Randall Kuhn, Jane Menken, Abdur Razzaque, Elisabeth D. Root and Patrick S. Turner) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 118, no. 28, July 2021, p. e2101160118, doi:10.1073/pnas.2101160118. [Media coverage: Time Magazine]
Working Papers
- "Who Benefits Most From a Same-Race Mentor? Evidence From a Nationwide Youth Mentoring Program" (with Zachary Szlendak and Corey Woodruff)
- "Improving the Early Childhood Environment: Direct and Distributional Effects on Human Capital for Multiple Generations" (with Tania Barham, Gisella Kagy and Jena Hamadani) Under review [Media coverage: VoxDev]
- "Association Between Urinary Incontinence and Memory Decline and Dementia Probability in a Longitudinal Cohort of Women" (with Rachel High, Miriam Alvarez, Hitakshi Modi, Victoria Handa and Jennifer Anger) Submitted
Works in Progress
- "Long Run Impacts of Famine Exposure: A Study of the 1974-1975 Bangladesh Famine" (with Gisella Kagy)
Presentations
2023
- ASHEcon Annual Meeting, APPAM Research Conference, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
2021
- ASHEcon Annual Meeting, MEA Annual Meeting, PAA Annual Meeting, WEAI International Conference, WEAI Annual Conference, IBS Speaker Series, IBS Graduate Research Symposium
2020
- WEAI Annual Conference, PAA Annual Meeting (Canceled)
Professional Service
Mentor,
2023 APPAM Mentoring Matching Program
Organizer, Graduate Student Research Seminar,
University of Colorado Boulder (Fall 2017-Spring 2022)
Teaching Experience
Instructor, U.S. Air Force Academy
- Introduction to Economics
Instructor, University of Colorado Boulder
- Math Tools for Economists II, Intro to Statistics with Computer Applications
Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder
- Principles of Microeconomics (x3), Principles of Macroeconomics, Intro to Statistics with Computer Applications, Intermediate Microeconomics, Environmental Economics
Honors & Awards
Stanford Calderwood Student Teaching Award, University of Colorado Boulder (2020)
Reuben A. Zubrow Fellowship, University of Colorado Boulder (2019, 2021)