bio
I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Faculty Affiliate at the Noyce School of Applied Computing, Cal Poly. I'm also a Research Affiliate at the Climate School at Columbia University, Faculty Affiliate at CEGA, UC Berkeley, and an Invited Researcher at the
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT.
My research in development economics explores how groups, networks, and gender dynamics shape information exchange and technology adoption, primarily in agriculture. My work traverses Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Central America, the US, and Ukraine.
I also conduct research conducts research at the intersection of computer science, machine learning and economic focusing on how selection biases in data affect recommendation algorithms.
I received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and B.A. from Columbia University.
I myself like to farm and have volunteered with WOOF in several countries; am a co-founder of Ground Truth Data, a startup that collects granular weather data via low cost sensors; co-run PyData SLO; loved teaching for Girls Who Code; a member of Economists for Ukraine; do improvised theater; and in my past life was a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet company.