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I am an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at University at Albany, SUNY. Before coming to Albany I received my PhD in Public Policy and MA in Economics from Duke University.

My research uses applied econometrics to investigate questions related to education policy, human development, and social inequality. I am particularly interested in the ways in which public school systems interact with other systems (such as criminal justice and the environment) to shape long-term individual trajectories.

I teach an undergraduate course on schools and social inequality, MPA courses in public economics, and a PhD course in causal inference methods.