Welcome!

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

In Progress

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

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

Worker-Driven Social Responsibility and Infant Health (with Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba)– (Accepted) Demography

The Impact of Affirmative Action Litigation on Police Killings of Civilians (with Robynn Cox and Jamein Cunningham) (NBER Working Paper #32502)– (Conditionally Accepted) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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) (NBER Working Paper #32477)