Senior Researcher
Mathematica, Princeton, NJ
Senior Fellow
Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Professor
Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
Network Leader
Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, University of Chicago
Senior Visiting Fellow
IZA – Institute of Labor Economics (formerly briq), Bonn, Germany
Ph.D. Economics
University of Chicago
M.A. Economics
University of Chicago
B.A. Economics (with Honors)
Stanford University
Research Assistant
Center for the Economics of Human Development, Chicago, IL
Quantitative Research Analyst
Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA
Research Assistant
Center for Health Policy, Stanford, CA
- Spencer Foundation Grant (Co-PI), "Advancing the Measurement of Non-Cognitive Skills" ($480k)
- ECMC Foundation Grant (Co-PI), "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($100k)
- Milgrom Foundation Successful Pathways Initiative Grant (PI), "Evaluation of Chicago's OneGoal Program" ($50k)
- Esther and T.W. Schultz Endowment Fellowship, University of Chicago
- Social Sciences Fellowship, University of Chicago
- NSF Graduate Fellowship
- Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (2009)
- Anna Laura Meyers Award for an Outstanding Economics Honors Thesis, Stanford University
Referee:
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Education Finance and Policy, Forum for Health Economics and Policy, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Political Economy, Labour Economics, Learning and Individual Differences, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SAGE Open, Science
Member:
Council of Distinguished Scientists, National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
Computer Skills
Stata, Python, R, Git, Mplus, MATLAB, Mathematica, LaTeX
Languages
Spanish (intermediate), Swahili (very basic)
Interests
Photography, Hiking
2023: Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference
2022: Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency
2020: APPAM Conference, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
2019: NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, briq / University of Bonn
2017: Society of Labor Economics, University of Chicago, Jinan University, APPAM
2016: University of Oxford (RISE Annual Conference)
2015: UVA Batten School, Columbia Teachers College, Stanford, SUNY Binghamton
2014: American Economic Association Annual Meeting, World Bank




