About me

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. I do research to understand inequality, race, and public policy with a focus on the criminal legal system. Trained as an economist, my current work blends data science, field experiments, and quasi-experimental research designs to understand the application of law and bureaucratic processes in law enforcement agencies and their impacts across race and class.

I was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, where I also completed my PhD in Public Policy. While earning my doctorate, I was a Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program, where I was the lead researcher in the report on “Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System” submitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. I was also a Data Scientist in Washington, DC’s local government working with The Lab @ DC and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). In that role, I helped develop the process for releasing data on MPD’s police stops to the public and researched alternatives to law enforcement in promoting public safety. In 2024, I will join the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor.

Prior to beginning my doctorate, I was involved in research at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. I have a BA in economics and political science from Williams College and an MPP from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.