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I am an Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY). My research develops advanced statistical methods for causal inference, with applications to racial discrimination, policing, gun policy, and voter behavior. Before joining Baruch, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University (2021–2023). I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, specializing in political methodology and comparative politics. My work is published or forthcoming in leading journals, including The Annals of Applied Statistics, Political Analysis, International Statistical Review, and the Journal of Causal Inference.
I am also an instructor for the Causal Inference course at the ICPSR summer program and I have taught a course on African politics at the City College of New York (CCNY). Before starting my Ph.D., I received an M.A. from the University of Chicago, a B.A. from DePauw University, and lived for two years in Uganda, where I served as a research assistant at Makerere University. I currently live in the Bronx, but was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.