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Senior Economist

Economic Innovation Group (EIG)

Help shape and prioritize EIG’s research pipeline by generating new ideas, assessing fit with strategic priorities, and tracking key economic, academic, and policy developments. Lead end-to-end research projects: frame questions, select data, design and defend identification strategies, run quantitative analysis, and write publication-ready outputs with institutional rigor. Serve as a public-facing representative of EIG by presenting findings to policymakers, researchers, and media and translating technical work for broad audiences. Support fundraising and external partnerships by cultivating relationships with funders, contractors, and vendors. Mentor and develop junior staff with hands-on support for coding, data best practices, quality norms, and team development.

• Help shape and prioritize EIG’s research pipeline by generating new ideas, assessing fit with strategic priorities, and tracking key economic, academic, and policy developments.
• Lead end-to-end research projects: frame questions, select data, design and defend identification strategies, run quantitative analysis, and write publication-ready outputs with institutional rigor.
• Serve as a public-facing representative of EIG by presenting findings to policymakers, researchers, and media and translating technical work for broad audiences.
• Support fundraising and external partnerships by cultivating relationships with funders, contractors, and vendors.
• Mentor and develop junior staff with hands-on support for coding, data best practices, quality norms, and team development.

Economist

Economic Innovation Group (EIG)

Economic research with large datasets; advanced statistical and spatial analysis. Translate empirical results into policy writing, data visualization, and stakeholder outreach.

• Economic research with large datasets; advanced statistical and spatial analysis.
• Translate empirical results into policy writing, data visualization, and stakeholder outreach.

Associate Economist

Economic Innovation Group (EIG)

Applied empirical methods to EIG research on labor markets, place-based policy, and economic mobility. Supported report production, data engineering, and policy communication for public-facing publications.

• Applied empirical methods to EIG research on labor markets, place-based policy, and economic mobility.
• Supported report production, data engineering, and policy communication for public-facing publications.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University

Empirical analyses of major U.S. social policies and reforms. Work on intergenerational poverty, material hardship, and employment impacts of the Child Tax Credit.

• Empirical analyses of major U.S. social policies and reforms.
• Work on intergenerational poverty, material hardship, and employment impacts of the Child Tax Credit.

Dean's Research Assistant

University of Washington

Supported faculty transition to technology-enhanced learning. Conducted DEI and course design assessments; developed action plans informed by interviews and surveys.

• Supported faculty transition to technology-enhanced learning.
• Conducted DEI and course design assessments; developed action plans informed by interviews and surveys.

Predoctoral Instructor

University of Washington

Primary instructor for a section of the core MPA microeconomics and public policy course.

• Primary instructor for a section of the core MPA microeconomics and public policy course.

Short-Term Consultant

World Bank Group

Expenditure analysis across household surveys in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Peru, and Cote d’Ivoire. Developed seasonality estimates using parametric, semi-parametric, and machine learning approaches.

• Expenditure analysis across household surveys in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Peru, and Cote d’Ivoire.
• Developed seasonality estimates using parametric, semi-parametric, and machine learning approaches.

Ph.D. and M.Sc., Public Policy & Management

Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington

• Dissertation: The Impact of Public Policy on Nonstandard Work Arrangements.
• Research: labor-market regulation and worker classification; benefits and nonstandard work; minimum wage, overtime, employer-provided health insurance, monopsony, and tax evasion.
• Skills: quantitative and econometric analysis; policy evaluation; interdisciplinary communication; project management.

B.A., Economics

Vassar College

• Thesis: The Chinese Hukou System: Structural Change and Political Reform.
• Research: political reform, urbanization, and structural change in modern China.

Pi Alpha Alpha Doctoral Manuscript Award

Pi Alpha Alpha Doctoral Manuscript Award — recognizes outstanding student research, methodological rigor, and originality.

NASPAA Staats Emerging Scholar

NASPAA Staats Emerging Scholar — selected to present research at the NASPAA annual conference.

The Agnes Reynolds Jackson Prize

The Agnes Reynolds Jackson Prize — awarded for the best senior seminar paper at Vassar College.