About me

My research is grounded in a commitment to advancing equity. I’ve worked across academic, nonprofit, and government sectors, and I currently collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate drivers of social inequality, translate findings into actionable policy insights, and center the voices of underserved populations. I specialize in qualitative and mixed-methods research, with expertise in interviewing, survey design, qualitative coding, quantitative analysis, and research translation.

I earned my PhD in Sociology from Johns Hopkins University, where I expanded my methodological training and developed a research agenda focused on housing policy, social inequality, and program evaluation. My dissertation explored how low-income families navigate housing insecurity in the Seattle metropolitan area. For this work, I drew on in-depth interviews with 160 Housing Choice Voucher recipients participating in a randomized controlled trial testing a new housing mobility intervention.

In addition to my graduate training, I am a co-founder of a participatory research project, The Work and Us, that seeks to develop the capacity of imprisoned people to engage in data collection and analysis around issues of importance to them in collaboration with researchers and organizers on the outside.

Prior to my PhD, I earned master’s degrees in Sociology and Criminology from Johns Hopkins University and The George Washington University, respectively and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from The George Washington University.