Hello.

I am an Assistant Professor of Consumer Science in the School of Human Ecology and a Faculty Affiliate in the La Follette School of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin–Madison. I am also a faculty affiliate at the Center for Demography and Ecology, a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty, and a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Diversity Science.

I am currently a Visiting Fellow in Economics Studies with The Hamilton Project at Brookings Institution.

I hold memberships as a Research Fellow at Stanford University’s G53 Network and as a Diversity Scholar at University of Michigan LSA NCID’s Diversity Scholars Network.

My research draws on policy analysis, economics, demography, and human ecology to examine how consumer, social, and educational policies affect financial capability and financial security among economically vulnerable populations in the United States. I link consumer finance to multiple policy areas and collaborate with scholars across multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, civil engineering, law, sociology, social work, personal financial planning, educational sciences, psychology, statistics, public health, and medical sciences) while maintaining the specialized expertise necessary to do original, policy-relevant research.