Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research. My current research is in the areas of health and crime. Below are some examples of my work in progress.

In Progress

DOJ Intervention and the Checkpoint Shift: Profiling Hispanic Motorists under the 287(g) Program (with Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba and Prentiss A. Dantzler)–(Forthcoming) AEA Papers and Proceedings

Black Lives: The High Cost of Segregation (with Robynn Cox, Jamein Cunningham, and Kenneth Whaley) – (Accepted) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

The Impact of Affirmative Action Litigation on Police Killings of Civilians (with Robynn Cox and Jamein Cunningham)– (Revisions Requested) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Behavioral Health Treatment and Police Officer Safety (with Monica Deza, Catherine MacLean, and Thanh Lu) (NBER Working Paper #31391)– (Revisions Requested) Journal of Human Resources

Disparities in Court Orders to Relinquish Firearms for Civil Domestic Violence Protection Order Cases (with Julie M Kafka, Alice M Ellyson, Jeanie Santaularia, Avanti Adhia, Kim Dalve, Sandra Shanahan, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Dierdre Bowen)– (Revisions Requested) Criminology & Public Policy

Losing Medicaid and Crime (with Monica Deza, Catherine MacLean, and Thanh Lu) (NBER Working Paper #32227)

Racial Protests and Credit Access (with Raffi E. Garcia)