Assistant Professor of Economics, Davidson College
I study health economics and applied econometrics, with a focus on how public policies affect health, wellbeing, and program participation. My work uses causal inference, measurement error models, impact evaluation, and statistical machine learning tools to study food and nutrition programs, health insurance, obesity, and related policy questions.
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Davidson College. I previously served on the faculty at Tulane University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School after earning my Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University.
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Department of Economics
Davidson College
209 Ridge Rd., Chambers 2157
Davidson, NC 28035
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Selected Work
Emergency Department Use
New evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment on who increases emergency department utilization.
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Program Participation and Measurement
Methods for estimating treatment effects and program participation when participation is misreported or partially validated.
Featured Resources
EconExpert
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Econ Data Starters
Starter code and documentation for public economics datasets in Stata and R.
Staggered DiD Workshop
Workshop materials on difference-in-differences with staggered treatment timing.
Community & Leadership
Data Science Network Ghana
Co-founder of Data Science Network Ghana, home of the Ghana Data Science Summit / IndabaX Ghana and a community initiative supporting data science and AI education, workshops, mentorship, and annual convenings in Ghana.