I am an assistant professor in the economics department at Colorado State University. Prior to this, I spent six years as an assistant professor in the economics department at Hamilton College where I received tenure in 2024.

I am an applied microeconomist focused on the economics of poverty. My areas of specialization are development and applied econometrics with frequent forays into fields such as health, urban, crime, and behavioral economics in addition to inter-disciplinary work in psychology. My current research is focused on: (1) the psychological consequences of poverty and their role in prolonging poverty spells; (2) social protection policies and their broad impacts; and (3) empirical issues related to measuring poverty dynamics.

Prior to joining Hamilton College, I completed a PhD at the University of California, Davis. Before that, I attained a Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University in 2010 after which I was a junior associate in the Labor and Social Protection Unit at the World Bank.