I am PhD candidate in Agricultural & Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. I am a development economist working at the intersection of labor and environmental economics. My research uses survey, spatial, and administrative data and applied econometrics tools to study questions related to conflict, labor supply, agricultural transformation, and energy primarily in African countries.

My dissertation explores how natural disasters affect livelihood decisions over time in different countries in Africa. My Job Market Paper analyzes the dynamic effect of agricultural shocks on the risk of conflict over time using data on locust swarms and conflict events across Africa and the and Arabian Peninsula.

I have a Master's of Public Administration with a concentration on International Development from the University of Washington Evans School, and a BA in International Studies from Whitworth University. I was a Research & Strategic Initiatives Manager at the Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR), and before that worked in a variety of development interventions for non-profit organizations in East and West Africa. I have worked on projects in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania.

See my personal website for more information on my research.