I am a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty.

Broadly, I study social status, evaluation processes, beliefs about worthiness, and social service provision. My research draws predominantly on qualitative approaches and aims to uncover hidden social dynamics of interest to sociologists and policymakers alike.

My work has been published in Handbook of Social Psychology Vol. 2: Meso and Macro Perspectives.

Outside of academia, I am an avid reader of literary fiction, enjoyer of the arts, and (intermediate) guitar player.