I earned my PhD at UCLA under the guidance of Rob Mare. My research spans a broad array of population phenomena in which the actions of individuals and other units (such as families, couples or neighborhoods) are dynamically interdependent. My dissertation blended statistical and agent-based methods to examine the relationship between individuals' decisions about where to live and patterns of residential segregation. I was mainly interested in identifying the conditions under which income inequality and economic factors associated with neighborhood choice can exacerbate or attenuate race segregation.

Since arriving at Michigan, I've embarked on a collaborative project with Yu Xie on the relationship between education and health later in life, and also started a new modeling project on mate choice and marriage market dynamics.

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