Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
2026 (expected) PhD, Economics, University of Kansas
2023 (en route) MA, Economics, University of Kansas
2021 BA, Economics, Butler University, Summa Cum Laude
Health Economics, Family Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
"Critics' Pick or Social Media Smash: The Effect of Critics' Reviews and Social Media on Broadway" (with Kathy Paulson Gjerde) (2024), Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.
"The Economics of Child Care and Child Care Licensing in Kansas" (with Misty Heggeness & Jennifer Babitzke), United Women's Empowerment, 2024
"Downstream Effects of Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans: Birth Rates and WIC" - KU Working Paper
"New Parent Labor Supply in Adaptive Markets" (with Misty Heggeness & Yurong Zhang) - SSRN Working Paper
“Occupational Hazard: An Analysis of Birth Outcomes Among Physician Mothers” (with Anupam B. Jena & David Slusky) - NBER Working Paper
"The Spillover Effects of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Expansions on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from WIC" (with Owen Fleming) - KU Working Paper
"The Effect of Abortion Access on Infant and Maternal Health at Birth"
University of Kansas
Lead Instructor:
ECON 144 Principles of Macroeconomics: Summer 2023
ECON 564 Health Economics: Spring 2024, Spring 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
ECON 142 Principles of Microeconomics: Fall 2022, Spring 2023
ECON 144 Principles of Macroeconomics: Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
Head Graduate Teaching Assistant: Spring 2023
Guest Lecturer:
ECON 641 Labor Economics
ECON 310/780 Gender, Public Policy, and the Economy
ECON 919 Health Economics
Butler University
2019-2021 Economics Tutor
2025 Outstanding Student Instructor Award
2024- 2025 KU Institute for Science Policy and Research Fellowship
2021- 2025 Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship ($225,000 value)
2022 R.S. Howey Award (Top performances on microeconomics and macroeconomics qualifying exams)
2021 Highest Distinction in Economics
2020 Charles O. McGaughey Economics Leadership Award
2017 W & J Sellick & Blomberg Business Scholarship
2025 Atlanta Workshop on Public Policy and Child Well-being
Midwest Economics Association
Economic Demography Workshop
Kansas Health Economics Conference (scheduled)
American-European Health Economics Study Group - IX Edition (scheduled)
ASHEcon Annual Meeting (scheduled)
2024 Population Association of American (PAA)
Society of Labor Economists (SOLE)
NBER Children Program Meeting
SGF Sorbonne University Research Presentation*
ASHEcon Annual Meeting
NBER Summer Institute - Gender in the Economy
3rd Annual UNL-KState-KU-Mizzou Microeconomics Research Day
Midwest Health Economics Conference
Missouri Valley Economic Association
Association for Public Policy and Management
Southern Economic Association
SGF Annual Poster Session*
2023 Missouri Valley Economic Association
SGF Annual Poster Session*
*denotes poster presentation
2025 USDA Economic Research Service
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Reproductive Equity Action Lab
2023 University of Kansas, Department of Economics
American Economic Association, American Society of Health Economists, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2)
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2025 Organizer of KU Research Brown Bag Series
Kansas Health Economics Conference Referee Committee
2024 Economics Graduate Student Representative
Kansas Health Economics Referee Committee,
Co-Organizer of 3rd Annual KU-UNL-KState-Mizzou Applied Micro Research Day,
Organizer of KU Research Brown Bag Series,
KU Taylor Swift Seminar Committee
2023 Economics Graduate School Representative
2024 Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics IV
Lean Six Sigma; SGF International Policy Seminar
2023 SGF Government and Science Policy Seminar in Washington DC
Negotiation & Conflict Resolution; Writing for Publics
2022 Numbers to Narratives: Data Storytelling and Visualization Workshop
Project Management Fundamentals
Creating an Effective Research Pitch
Social Media & Communication Networks
2021 Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision Making
2021- Research Assistant to David Slusky, University of Kansas
Fall 2023,
Summer 2024 Research Assistant to Misty Heggeness, University of Kansas
2020 Research Intern, EMILY’s List, Washington D.C.
2019-2020 Research Assistant to William Rieber, Butler University
American Economic Association
American Society of Health Economists
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Mangement
Programing: LaTex (proficient), STATA (proficient), R (beginner)
Political Research: Public Records Search, State Legislature Database, Advanced Social Media Search