Welcome to my homepage! I am a Research Associate in the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. This website (and my research page) is still under construction. In the meantime, feel free to contact me for any information.
My current projects and future research agenda focus on sustainable development, including climate change impacts and adaptation, technology adoption, and related economic and environmental outcomes. I am most interested in improving our understanding of agricultural systems, and using that knowledge to improve private and public decision making by communicating research to stakeholders.
I approach my work from an interdisciplinary perspective — partly by choice, partly by nature, and mostly because I cannot avoid it.
I received my Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, USA (2013-2018). In my dissertation, I used an integrated modeling framework to study the impacts of climate change and adaptation measures on smallholders' welfare in Ethiopia and Kenya. During my time at OSU I worked with Dr. John Antle, my PhD advisor, on a few other projects ranging from assessing the impacts of legume inoculation technology in Tanzania and economic analysis of a sustainable biofuels system in the Pacific Northwest USA. I completed a part of my PhD work at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analytics in Austria as a participant in the Young Scientist Summer Program.
Prior to my career as an economist, I toyed with the idea of becoming a lawyer and worked at a law firm in Washington. I have a BA in Economics-Mathematics from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
At Manchester, I am working with Dr. Tim Foster and Dr. Ralitza Dimova on understanding and managing the impacts of dams on agriculture. Most of our work combines remote sensing techniques, crop-water modeling, and analysis of agricultural/socio-economic survey data to understand how and why dams have affected agricultural productivity.
Intermediate Applied Economics (Undergraduate, Winter 2017 & 2018)
Math Camp (Incoming PhD students, Summer 2017)
Global Poverty and Sustainable Development (Undergraduate, Spring 2018)
Microeconomic Theory (Graduate, Fall 2017)
Advanced Econometrics, (Graduate, Spring 2017)
Intermediate Applied Economics (Undergraduate, Fall 2014 & 2015)
The Economic History of American Agriculture (Graduate, Winter 2014)
2019 Sustainability and Development Conference, Michigan, USA (Scheduled)
2019 International Water Management Institute, Accra, Ghana
2018 School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester
2017 Applied Economics Working Group, Oregon State University
2016 Southern Economic Association Conference, Washington DC
2016 USDA-NIFA AFRI Sustainable Bio-energy Annual Project Directors Meeting, Louisiana
2016 Methods and Tools for Impact Assessment, International Institute for Applied Systems Analytics, Austria
2016 6th Agricultural Model Inter comparison Project (AGMIP) Global Workshop, Montepellier, France
2015 Economic Development Working Group, Oregon State University
2015 Northwest Agribusiness Executive Seminar, Washington
Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund (Sylff), Tokyo Foundation, Graduate Fellowship (2016)
Young Summer Scientists Program at IIASA, Austria (2016)
Robert Johnson Fellowship, Department of Applied Economics, OSU (2015)
Hugh and Helen Woods Scholarship, Benton County Foundation (2013)