Portfolio
Selected research, data systems, and public-facing writing focused on econometrics, causal inference, higher-education finance, and analytical decision support.
Research
Packaging Hierarchies in U.S. Higher Education
Abstract
Maps how U.S. colleges structure financial-aid packages for full-time, first-time undergraduates and how those hierarchies vary with Pell exposure using institution-year IPEDS measures built from 2009 through 2023.
When Costs Define Aid
Abstract
Studies how institutions adjust cost-of-attendance components when federal rules bind, showing that publics and private nonprofits respond through different pricing and non-tuition channels.
AI Diffusion and Gender Wage Inequality
Abstract
Builds a quasi-experimental framework using CPS-MORG data to test whether AI diffusion changed wage gaps across tech and non-tech labor-market outcomes instead of relying on broad speculation.
Financial Literacy and Food Insecurity in Seniors
Abstract
Examines how financial literacy relates to food insecurity among older adults in Clark County using multiple probability-based models and locally collected survey data.
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Projects
IPEDS Harmonized Panel Builder
Overview
A reproducible Python and SQL pipeline that converts fragmented NCES IPEDS releases into auditable institution-year panels with provenance, harmonization, and release checks built in.
Federal Student Aid Volume Reports Panel Pipeline
Overview
Transforms Federal Student Aid volume reports into dependable institution-year panels keyed by OPEID8 and award year, with QA checks for coverage, duplicates, gaps, and descriptor conflicts.
IPEDS Variable Browser
Overview
A browser-style utility that organizes variables, definitions, and release differences so repeated institutional-data analysis starts faster and with less manual metadata hunting.
Econometric Workflow Utilities
Overview
Reusable utilities for filtering, validation, and model-prep steps that make recurring econometric work easier to audit, standardize, and extend.
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Publications
Revisiting Bennett’s Hypothesis
Abstract
A published paper using National Center for Education Statistics data to explain how student aid and cost-of-attendance dynamics interact across public and private nonprofit colleges.
The Race for Increasing College Costs
Abstract
A cross-sectional paper on tuition growth, aid, and institutional behavior that revisits Bennett’s Hypothesis through accessible empirical framing.
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Public Writing
Commentary and Public Scholarship
Overview
Shorter public-facing commentary that translates institutional incentives, policy tradeoffs, and research findings into direct language for non-specialist readers.
Essays and Notes
Overview
Analytical essays and notes that move between economic observation, institutional critique, and public-facing interpretation without the format constraints of a formal paper.
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