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​About

I am a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division.  I completed my PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and previously studied at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies as well as Wesleyan University. I'm also proud to have gotten to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger.

My current/recent research projects include:

• Sports betting and saving constraints in Kampala, Uganda (AEJ: Applied)
• Sports programs for vulnerable youth in Monrovia, Liberia (EDCC) 
• Processed foods and elasticity estimation (AJAE) 
• Response fatigue and rural livelihoods (JDE)
• Firm location choice and violence in Afghanistan​ (working paper)
• Kin transfers as informal insurance (working paper)
• Fertility and drought
• Rural labor measurement
• Marriage markets, migration, and income volatility in Indonesia

If you'd like to hear a short interview I did with our communications team about my path to a career in research and working at IFPRI, go here!