I am a PhD candidate in Sociology and Demography at UC Berkeley. My work marries the best of both disciplines: theoretically driven work with a focus on clean research design and data. I explore the relationship between knowledge, demographic processes and political attitudes. As such, my work draws upon many different literatures. I employ quantitative methods on large-scale datasets from surveys to vital records. I use both regression methods and formal demographic methods. I additionally have experience and expertise in survey design. My work so far has focused on the United States. It has been featured in the New York Times and CNN.com
My work and training is funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Face Value & the Tides Center at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. I have also received support from the Helen P. Wolpert Foundation.
I earned my undergraduate degree from Yale University where I studied Ethics, Politics and Economics. Before graduate school, I worked doing social policy research for various states and municipalities in the United States and writing and communications for high-tech startups.
