I'm an applied microeconomist and computational social scientist working in the fields of microeconomic development, social economics, and behavioral economics. My work is driven by an interest in vulnerability, resilience, and behavioral responses to risk and uncertainty among the poor. While networks and newly adopted technologies may allow for information acquisition, provide coping strategies, or may augment risk, they may also include risks of their own. To study these risks, I draw upon a variety of methods and data sources. These methods include randomized and quasi-experimental evaluations, behavioral lab experiments, and machine learning algorithms and these data sources include digital trace data and social network survey data. Some of my work also seeks to make practical contributions to applied econometric approaches using survey experiments, machine learning, and simulation methods. My research has been published outlets such as the Journal of Development Economics and Social Network Analysis and Mining.

I am an assistant professor at Michigan State University, jointly appointed between Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, and Media and Information. Before joining MSU, I held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania and Innovations for Poverty Action. I hold an M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural & Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. My CV can be found here.