I am an Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Equity at the University of Oregon College of Education. I earned my Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy, with support from the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. I am a proud co-organizer of the Quant for What? Collective.

In my mixed-methods research, I consider mismatches between promises and realities of education and policy. I ‘follow the money’ in projects that fit into a spiral of documenting realities in resource distribution, understanding decision-making processes underlying that distribution, and charting pathways toward new, more equitable realities.

I root my pedagogical approach in centering care, fostering community, and creating stable learning environments that allow for muddling and generative struggle with material. Across master’s, undergraduate, and doctoral levels, I teach about equity in U.S. education policy, historicizing and challenging culture of poverty theorizing, and interweaving critical theories into statistical methods.

I like making and eating delicious food, composing limericks, and playing/coaching/watching soccer.