I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research examines crime, punishment, and social inequality. Specifically, I study criminal legal contact as an engine of stratification, the criminalization of immigration, and causes and consequences of criminal behavior. I use quantitative and advanced causal methods to examine the connections between the criminal legal system and broader social processes. 

My dissertation focuses on criminal justice contact, economic mobility, and labor markets. I estimate the causal effects of jail incarceration on earnings and, separately, criminal legal contact on occupational characteristics and mobility using advanced econometric methods. 

My work has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, and The Sociological Quarterly.

I hold an MS in Sociology from UW-Madison and bachelor's degrees in Sociology and Economics from the University of Georgia. 

You can access my CV here.