About Me
In 2024 I received a PhD from UC Irvine in Criminology, Law & Society with an emphasis in Race and Justice. I have been recognized with the 2023-24 Haynes Fellowship, the 2022-23 National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research Award, the 2022-23 UC Irvine Public Impact Fellowship, and the 2018-23 Social Ecology Arnie Binder Fellowship. I did fieldwork and manage data for the Shadow Costs project, which tests the impact of rehabilitation classes and monetary sanctions (funded by NSF, NIJ, RSF, and Haynes grants). My work has won awards from the American Society of Criminology, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Center for the Study of Guns in Society, and the Western Society of Criminology.
My active projects include:
- Reconsidering causal theories of neoliberalism,
- Evaluating the Shadow Costs of treatment programs,
- Creating spatial preference measures for surveys and survey experiments,
- Assessing how gun ownership and race affect neighborhood socialization, and
- Investigating how gun ownerships socialize around guns .
In my professional service I serve on the editorial board of Social Forces, have served for Sociological Perspectives, and review widely.
Prior Experience and Interests
Before academia, I built models and developed strategies for technology and infrastructure companies as a consultant and data analyst. I earned my bachelors in 2014 at Harvard - with a major in Social Studies and minor in Psychology - and wrote a senior thesis on how police and gun owners idealized gun ownership.
Outside of work, I enjoy culinary experiments (like creating my own beef jerky recipe), being active, and the challenge of playing progressive metal drum parts.