I study political economy, focusing on institutions and policies that promote investment and mitigate violence in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. I have consulted on projects for The Asia Foundation, USAID, and The World Bank.

Here’s a recent CV.

UCLA Public Affairs Major:

• PA 30: Comparative Analysis of Wealth, Policy, and Power

UCLA Master’s of Public Policy:

• Tools for Causal Inference
• Political Economy of Development
• Introduction to Data Science using R

Improving Designs in the Social Sciences (IDSS), 2016-2018 (Co-convener)

Politics, Order & Development (POD) Lab (Co-convener)

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