Welcome!

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

In Progress

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

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

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

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

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

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)