My research centers around the US agricultural workforce and seeks to demonstrate how a variety of factors impact worker well-being, quantified in terms of income or health impacts, and how these factors then impact businesses, in terms of key performance indicators like productivity, output quality, profits, and workplace injuries.
Hired farmworkers contribute greatly to US agriculture, however they face a multitude of economic, physical, legal, and emotional hardships in their personal and professional lives. Through my research and outreach, I aim to advance farmworker well-being and contribute to a more resilient and prosperous agri-food system by addressing these and other challenges. In particular, I work to identify avenues to enhance the well-being of agricultural employees while maintaining or improving the economic viability of the businesses employing them.
