CV

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Education

• Ph.D in economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
• M.A. in economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2020
• B.S. in math and physics, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2017

Research

Be careful what you ask for: Social desirability bias in self-reported data in India

Uncertainty about maternal mortality in India: New, higher estimates from the National Family Health Survey-4

Job market paper: Cheaper and better? Explaining the newborn mortality advantage at public versus private hospitals in India.

Excess neonatal mortality among private facility births in rural parts of high-mortality states of India: Demographic analysis of a national survey

The association between cesarean birth and breastfeeding initiation in Odisha, India: A mother fixed effects analysis

Intergenerational transmission is not sufficient for positive long-term population growth

Dataset: Annual Health Survey (AHS), India, 2007–2012 (ICPSR 38097)

What can we learn about Swachh Bharat Mission from NFHS-5 factsheets?

Mere Addition is equivalent to avoiding the Sadistic Conclusion in all plausible variable-population social orderings

Teaching

• Spring 2025—Instructor of record for ECO 304K—Introduction to Microeconomics

Presentations

• 2025—American Society of Health Economists Conference, Rosenkranz Global Health Symposium, Population Association of America Annual Conference, Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.
• 2024—Southern Economics Association Annual Conference, Population Association of America Annual Conference, Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.
• 2023—Population Association of America Annual Conference, Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.

External review

Referee for Social Choice and Welfare.

Professional Experience

• 2024–present: Economics department representative for College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Advisory Council
• 2023–present: Representative for Economics Graduate Student Association
• 2020–2021: Research assistant, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
• 2017–2019: Research analyst, then scientist. Dynetics, Inc. Huntsville, Alabama.