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, and Faculty Affiliate at CEGA, UC Berkeley .
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.