Education
University of California, Davis
Ph.D. in Economics
September 2021 – Present
University of Virginia
B.A. in Economics and Politics, with highest distinction
May 2018
Research Interests
Labor, Public, and Economic History
Working Papers
- “Creating Career Women: Access to Teaching Jobs and Women’s Long-Run Outcomes” (JMP)
- “Citizenship Policy and Immigrant Women’s Integration: Evidence from the 1922 Cable Act”
- “Teacher Marriage Bars” (with Wenni Yang)
- “Better Outcomes, Lower Costs: Evidence from Competitive Bidding in WIC” (with Grace Ortuzar)
Works in Progress
- “Cash vs. In-Kind: Evidence from the Introduction of SSI and the Food Stamp Cash-Out” (with Marianne Bitler, Amelia Hawkins, and Lucie Schmidt)
- “Multigenerational Effects of Divorce”
- “Food Assistance Programs and the Retail Price of Food” (with Marianne Bitler)
Publications
- “Refugees’ Economic Integration” (with Dany Bahar and Giovanni Peri) Journal of Economic Literature 64.3 (2026): 950–83.
- “Eliminating Fares to Expand Opportunities: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Free Public Transportation on Economic and Social Disparities” (with Matt Freedman and David Phillips) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 17.3 (2025): 1–34.
- “High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market” (with David Phillips and Patrick Turner) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 16.4 (2024): 34–67.
- “Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Means-Tested Public Transportation Subsidies on Travel Behavior” (with Matt Freedman and David Phillips) Regional Science and Urban Economics 96 (2022): 103803.
- “Can Transportation Subsidies Reduce Failures to Appear in Criminal Court? Evidence from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial” (with Matt Freedman, Dan Ho, and David Phillips) Economics Letters 216 (2022): 110540.
- “Understanding Socioeconomic Disparities in Travel Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (with Matt Freedman and David Phillips) Journal of Regional Science 61.4 (2021): 753–774.
Research Affiliations
Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities — Emerging Scholar Affiliate
2025 –
Global Migration Center
2024 –
Center for Poverty and Inequality Research
2024 –
Awards and Grants
Russell Sage Foundation, Dissertation Grant — $15,000
2026 – 2027
Economic History Association, Sokoloff Award — $17,500
2026 – 2027
Provost Dissertation Year Fellowship — $60,000
2026 – 2027
Bacon Family Fellowship Award — $6,000
2025
UC Davis Travel Grant Award
2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
UC Davis Research Grant Award
2024, 2025
Emmerich-Wright Award for best undergraduate politics thesis, University of Virginia
2018
Presentations
2026
IPUMS Data Conference; Southern Economic Association; Center for Poverty and Inequality Mini-Conference; All-UC Labor Conference; Bay Area History Workshop; Economic History Association (Poster); UC Davis Alumni Conference (Poster); Institute for Research on Poverty (Poster); NBER Summer Institute: Development of the American Economy (Poster)
2025
Institute for Humane Studies Workshop on Migration; Global Migration Center; Economic History Association; Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
2024
APPAM
2023
Montana State University Applied Economics Conference; Center for Poverty and Inequality Graduate Student Retreat
Research Assistance
Professor Marianne Bitler
Aug 2025 – Present
Professor Giovanni Peri
Jun–Dec 2023; Jan–Jun 2025
Professors Marianne Bitler and Marianne Page
Sep 2023 – Dec 2024
California Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Jun – Dec 2023
Professors Matt Freedman and David Phillips, through NBER
Dec 2022 – Mar 2023
Relevant Work Experience
Research Associate
Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), University of Notre Dame
Role: Managed a portfolio of projects evaluating anti-poverty interventions in transportation, education, health, housing, and criminal justice; helped design and implement RCTs alongside faculty and administrators
Jun 2018 – Jul 2021
Teaching Experience
Leader of Undergraduate Research Fellow Group
Spring 2024; Fall 2025
TA, ECN 140: Econometrics
Winter 2023
TA, ECN 130: Public Microeconomics
Spring 2023
TA, ECN 102: Analysis of Economic Data
Winter 2022; Spring 2022; Fall 2022
TA, ECN 01A: Principles of Microeconomics
Fall 2021
Professional Service
Referee: Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Urban Economics: Insights; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics
UC Davis Graduate Student Mentor
2024 – Present
References
Last updated October 2026