About me

Welcome to my website!

I joined ThinkTennessee as Research Director in August 2025. In this role, I design and executes ThinkTennessee‘s many research projects, supporting both the Working Families and Strengthening Democracy teams.

I was previously an assistant professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt University where I specialized in labor markets and public finance in education. Before Vanderbilt, I worked as a research associate in the international economics division at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

I holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, a Master of Arts in Economics, and Ph.D. in Economics of Education from Stanford University.