CV

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Education

• Ph.D. in economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2026, with certificate in Demography
  • Committee: Sandra Black, Diane Coffey, Mike Geruso, Dean Spears (chair)
• M.A. in economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2020
• B.S. in math and physics, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2017

Research

Smooth operator: Too little variation in India’s demographic estimates

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

Cheaper and better? Explaining a newborn mortality advantage at public versus private hospitals in India.

When richer families pay more for worse care: Evidence from childbirth

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
• Spring 2024—Teaching assistant for SOC 391L—Basic Demographic Methods and Materials (core course in the graduate Demography training sequence)
• Fall 2022—Teaching assistant for SOC 391L—Basic Demographic Methods and Materials
• Fall 2022—Teaching assistant, including giving a lecture, for ECO 333L—Development and Population
• Spring 2022—Teaching assistant for ECO 441K—Introduction to Econometrics
• Fall 2021—Teaching assistant for ECO 441K—Introduction to Econometrics
• Fall 2020—Helped create new course materials and served as teaching assistant for SOC 591L—Basic Demographic Methods and Materials

Presentations

• 2027—ASSA Annual Meeting (January).
• 2026—Population Association of America Annual Conference (poster), Michigan Development Conference.
• 2025—Northeast Universities Development Consortium, Hunter College, Clark University, North Texas Economics Conference, American Society of Health Economists Conference, Rosenkranz Global Health Symposium, Population Association of America Annual Conference (poster and presentation), Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.
• 2024—Southern Economics Association Annual Conference, Population Association of America Annual Conference (poster), Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.
• 2023—Population Association of America Annual Conference (poster), Texas Applied Microeconomics Student Workshop.

External review

Referee for Journal of Health Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Social Choice and Welfare, Scientific Reports, Food Policy, and The Indian Economic Journal.

Awards and Fellowships

• 2025—Best Graduate Student Paper, North Texas Economics Conference
• 2025—Dissertation Writing Fellowship, UT Graduate School

Professional Experience

• 2026–present: NICHD postdoc, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
• 2023–2026: Research assistant for Dean Spears and Mike Geruso
• 2024–2026: Economics department representative for College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Advisory Council
• 2023–2026: 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