My latest CV is available here.
I am a development economist and demographer. I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at CUNY Hunter College. I completed my PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
My research has three strands, mostly focused on India. The first studies the causes and consequences of poor sanitation and air pollution, and the political economy of policies meant to reduce them, including how governments are held accountable and how outcomes are measured. The second measures social disparities in mortality, which are poorly understood because of incomplete vital registration in India. The third examines the causes and consequences of fertility decline.
I have lived and worked in India on and off for the past ten years. In 2013, I started working with r.i.c.e., a non-profit research organization which aims to inform child health policy in India. With the r.i.c.e. team, I have designed and implemented multiple quantitative and qualitative field research projects in rural north India.
I have an MS in Economics from UT Austin, an MPA from Princeton University, and a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Doing field work in Uttar Pradesh in 2016.
Training surveyors for the Survey of Rural Sanitation and Solid Fuel Use, the second wave of a panel survey that interviewed 1,550 households in rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. This survey was carried out in 2018 in collaboration with my colleagues from r.i.c.e.
The SQUAT Survey team in Rajasthan in 2014. This survey was carried out in collaboration with my colleagues from r.i.c.e.