Curriculum Vitae

Equity Program Lead

LinkedIn Economic Graph Research Institute

Senior Staff Economist

LinkedIn

Co-director, RAND Center for Causal Inference

The RAND Corporation

Professor of Policy Analysis

Pardee RAND Graduate School

Full Economist

The RAND Corporation

Part-Time Instructor (Economics)

Carnegie Mellon University

Part-Time Instructor (Economics)

University of Pittsburgh

Associate Economist

The RAND Corporation

Part-Time Instructor (Economics)

University of California, Los Angeles

Part-Time Instructor (Economics)

Brigham Young University

PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Economics

MS

University of California, Los Angeles

Economics

BS

Brigham Young University

Economics, History

Beyond test scores: the impact of test persistence value-added on student achievement

Education Economics

Co-authored with John Pane and James Soland

Do sectoral training programs reduce arrests?: Evidence from a low-income targeted training program RCT

Journal of Human Resources

Co-authored with Shamena Anwar, John Engberg, and Rosanna Smart

Skill signals in a digital job search market and duration in employment gaps

Journal of Labor Research

Co-authored with Paul Ko and Nikhil Gahlawat

Do publicly funded neighborhood investments impact individual-level health-related outcomes? A longitudinal study of two neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA from 2011 to 2018

Housing Policy Debate

Co-authored with Rebecca Smith, Gerland Hunter, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Andrea Richardson, Jonathan Cantor, and Tamara Dubowitz

Food insecurity among aging SNAP participants and eligible nonparticipants in two predominantly low-income Black neighborhoods: Implications for SNAP enrollment and outreach for older adults

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Co-authored with Sameer Siddiqi, Jonathan Cantor, Bonnie Dastidar-Ghosh, Robin Beckman, Andrea Richardson, Rachel Burns, and Tamara Dubowitz

A longitudinal study of predictors of serious psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemic

Psychological Medicine

Co-authored with Joshua Breslau, Elizabeth Roth, Katherine Carman, and Rebecca Collins

Optimal allocation of seats in the presence of peer effects: Evidence from a job training program

Journal of Labor Economics

Co-authored with John Engberg and Isaac Opper

What is associated with changes in food security among low-income residents of a former food desert?

Nutrients

Co-authored with Jonathan Cantor, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Gerland Hunter, Andrea Richardson, Ssameer Siddiqi, and Tamara Dubowitz

Use of and willingness to use video telehealth through the COVID-19 pandemic

Health Affairs

Co-authored with Shira Fischer, Zachary Predmore, Elizabeth Roth, Lori Uscher-Pines, and Joshua Breslau

Job loss and psychological distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Longitudinal analysis from residents in nine predominantly African American low‐income neighborhoods

Health Economics

Co-authored with Jonathan Cantor, Wendy Troxel, and Tamara Dubowitz

Veteran educators or for‐profiteers? {Tuition} responses to changes in the Post‐9/11 GI Bill

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Co-authored with Michael Kofoed, Trey Miller, and Jennie Wenger

Beyond traditional academic degrees: The labor market returns to occupational credentials in the United States

IZA Journal of Labor Economics

Co-authored with Robert Bozick and Melanie Zaber

RCT evidence on differential impact of US job training programmes by pre-training employment status

Labour Economics

Co-authored with John Engberg and Italo Gutierrez

Examining the impact of employment status on sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic in two low-income neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA

Sleep

Co-authored with Tamara Dubowitz, Jonathan Cantor, and Wendy Troxel

Who gets counted as STEM? A new approach for measuring the STEM workforce and its implications for identifying gender disparities in the labor market

International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology

Co-authored with Drew Anderson and Robert Bozick

Mixed effects of neighborhood revitalization on residents’ cardiometabolic health

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Co-authored with Wendy Troxel, Andy Bogart, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Tamara Dubowitz, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, and Tiffany Gary-Webb

Playing catch up: A term-level investigation of the racial gap in STEM reten

Economics of Education Review

Co-authored with Veronica Sovero and Moshe Buchinsky

SNAP participants and high levels of food insecurity in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

Public Health Reports

Co-authored with Sameer Siddiqi, Jonathan Cantor, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Robin Beckman, Andrea Richardson, and Tamara Dubowitz

Trade-offs in selecting the number of years for estimation of teacher effectiveness

Education Economics

Co-authored with John Engberg

Improvements in neighborhood socioeconomic conditions may improve resident diet

American Journal of Epidemiology

Co-authored with Andrea Richardson, Rebecca Collins, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Feifei Ye, Gerald Hunter, Heather Schwartz, Jennifer Sloan, Jennifer, Alvin Nugroho, and Robin Beckman

Food insecurity in a low-income, predominantly African American cohort following the COVID-19 pandemic

American Journal of Public Health

Co-authored with Tamara Dubowitz, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Wendy Troxel, Robin Beckman, Alvin Nugroho, Sameer Siddiqi, Jonathan Cantor, Andrea Richardson, Gerald Hunter, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, and Rebecca Collins

A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Preventive Medicine

Co-authored with Joshua Breslau, Melissa Finucane, Alicia Locker, Elizabeth Roth, and Rebecca Collins

The surgical and anesthesia workforce and provision of surgical services in rural communities: A mixed‐methods examination

The Journal of Rural Health

Co-authored with Catherine Cohen, Nirabh Koirola, Ryan Kandrack, and Grant Martsolf

Do investments in low-income neighborhoods produce objective change in health-related neighborhood conditions?

Health & place

Co-authored with Stephanie Holliday, Wendy Troxel, Ann Haas, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Tiffany Gary-Webb, Rebecca Collins, Robin Beckman,and Tamara Dubowitz

Does large-scale neighborhood reinvestment work? Effects of public–private real estate investment on local sales prices, rental prices, and crime rates

Housing Policy Debate

Co-authored with Heather Schwartz, Gerald Hunter, Tiffany Gary-Webb, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Tamara Dubowitz, and Wendy Troxel

Effects of opting‐out from federal nurse anesthetists' supervision requirements on anesthesiologist work patterns

Health Services Research

Co-authored with John O'Donnell and Grant Martsolf

Relationship between state policy and anesthesia provider supply in rural communities

Medical Care

Co-authored with Grant Martsolf, Catherine Cohen, and Nirabh Koirala

Translating standardized effects of education programs into more interpretable metrics

Educational Researcher

Co-authored with John Pane

Estimating associations between medical home adoption, utilization, and quality: a comparison of evaluation approaches

Medical Care

Co-authored with Grant Martsolf, Ryan Kandrack, and Mark Friedberg

Labor supply estimation biases from disregarding nonwage benefits

Economic Inquiry

Gains from joint cross validation bandwidth selection for derivatives of conditional multidimensional densities

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Regional and gender differences and trends in the anesthesiologist workforce

Anesthesiology

Co-authored with Lindsay Daugherty, Krishna Kumar, and Aziza Arifkhanova

Retention of Racial-Ethnic Minorities in the Regular Army

RAND Report

Co-authored with Maria Lytell, Michael Hansen, Avery Calkins, Nastassia Reed, Kristin Leuschner, and Clifford Grammich

Societal impact of research funding for women's health in rheumatoid arthritis

RAND Report

Co-authored with Melanie Zaber, Andrew Dick, Chloe Bird, Annie Chen, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise Quigley, Hamad Al Ibrahim, and Lori Frank

Research funding for women’s health: modeling societal impacts

RAND Report

Co-authored with Melanie Zaber, Annie Chen, Andrew Dick, Chloe Bird, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise Quigley, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, and Lori Frank

Societal impact of research funding for women's health in coronary artery disease

RAND Report

Co-authored with Melanie Zaber, Andrew Dick, Chloe Bird, Annie Chen, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise Quigley, Hamad Al Ibrahim, and Lori Frank

Societal impact of research funding for women's health in Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease–related dementias

RAND Report

Co-authored with Melanie Zaber, Andrew Dick, Chloe Bird, Annie Chen, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise Quigley, Hamad Al Ibrahim, and Lori Frank

Variation in improvement among schools in the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching

RAND Report

Co-authored with Alice Huguet, Deborah Holtzman, Abby Robyn, Elizabeth Steiner, Ivy Todd, Linda Choi, Italo Gutierrez, Michael Garet, Brian Stecher, and John Engberg

Education, employment, and wages in the Appalachia Region: Final report

RAND Report

Co-authored with Gerald Hunter, Nathaniel Edenfield, Nicholas Broten, and Gabriella Gonzalez

Effectiveness of pre-screened, demand-driven job training programs for disadvantaged workers: An evaluation of the New Orleans Career Pathway training

RAND Report

Co-authored with John Engberg, Gabriella Gonzalez, Thomas Goughnour, Italo Gutierrez, and Rita Karam

Raising the bar for K-12 academics: Early signals on how Louisiana’s education policy are working for schools, teachers, and students

RAND Report

Co-authored with Julia Kaufman and Elizabeth Steiner

Raising the bar for graduation pathways to college and work: Early signals on how Louisiana’s education policy strategies are affecting college and career readiness

RAND Report

Co-authored with Shelly Culbertson, Sophie Meyers, and Julia Kaufman

Principal Pipelines: A feasible, affordable, and effective way for districts to improve schools

RAND Report

Co-authored with Susan Gates, Benjamin Master, and Emilio Chavez-Herrerias

Preparing school leaders for success: Evaluation of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals Program, 2012–2017

RAND Report

Co-authored with Susan Gates, Christopher Doss, Laura Hamilton, Isaac Opper, Benjamin Master, Andrea Prado Tuma, Mirka Vuollo, and Melanie Zaber

Improving teaching effectiveness: Final report. The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching through 2015-2016

RAND Report

Co-authored with Brian Stecher, Deborah Holtzman, Michael Garet, Laura Hamilton, John Engberg, Elizabeth Steiner, Abby Robyn, Italo Gutierrez, Evan Peet, Iliana Brodziak de los Reyes, Kaitlin Fronberg, Gabriel Weinberger, Gerald Hunter, and Jay Chambers

Postsecondary education and STEM employment in the United States: An analysis of national trends with a focus on the oil and natural gas industry

RAND Report

Co-authored with Robert Bozick and Mark Harris

The effects of travel and tourism on California’s economy: A labor market-focused analysis

RAND Report

Co-authored with Edward Keating, Olena Bogdan, and Adam Resnick

The RAND American Life Panel: Technical description

RAND Report

Co-authored with Michael Pollard

Informing progress: Insights on personalized learning implementation and effects

RAND Report

Co-authored with John Pane, Elizabeth Steiner, Laura Hamilton, and Joseph Pane

Are current military education benefits efficient and effective for the services?

RAND Report

Co-authored with Jennie Wenger, Trey Miller, Peter Buryk, Lindsay Daugherty, Marlon Graf, Simon Hollands, Salar Jahedi, and Douglas Yeung

Improving teaching effectiveness: Access to effective teaching: The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching through 2013–2014

RAND Report

Co-authored with John Engberg, Gerald Hunter, and Benjamin Master

Wages, employment, and STEM education in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia

RAND Report

Co-authored with Gabriella Gonzalez, Kyle Siler-Evans, and Gerald Hunter

Access to dental providers in Pennsylvania: Exploration of the county-level distribution of dental providers and populations in 2013

RAND Report

Co-authored with Michelle Baird and Joseph Vesely

Continued progress: Promising evidence on personalized learning

RAND Report

Co-authored with John Pane, Elizabeth Steiner, and Laura Hamilton

The anesthesiologist workforce in 2013

RAND Report

Co-authored with Lindsay Daugherty, Krishna Kumar, and Aziza Arifkhanova

Preparing principals to raise student achievement

RAND Report

Co-authored with Susan Gates, Laura Hamilton, Paco Martorell, Susan Burkhauser, Paul Heaton, Ashley Pierson, Mirka Vuollo, Jennifer Li, Diana Lavery, Melody Harvey, and Kun Gu

Disability Status and Work: Employment Trends in the US, 2024

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith

The Relationship between Gender Differences in Relocation and Promotion

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Caroline Liongosari and Allison Lewis

Measuring Gender Gaps in Economic Network Strength in the US

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith and Osonde Osoba

Generative AI’s Influence on Employment Patterns

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Mar Carpanelli and Cristian Jara-Figueroa

Generative AI's Impact on the Workforce: A Technical Framework

Economic Graph Technical Note

Co-authored with Mar Carpanelli, Cristian Jara-Figueroa, and Karin Kimbrough

Generative AI and Gender: Global Measures of Workers in GAI Classifications

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Mar Carpanelli and Silvia Lara

Gender Differences in Skills: Global Differences in Shares of Types of Skills

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Silvia Lara

US Race/Ethnicity Work Trends: Leadership and Remote Work

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith

Insights into U.S. Migrations: Migration’s Impact on Network Formation

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Caroline Liongosari and Brian Xu

Pathways into STEM jobs

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Nikhil Gahlawat, Silvia Lara, Rosie Hood, and Paul Ko

Disability Status and Work: Employment and Leadership Trends in the US

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Kory Kantenga

Network Formation Homophily: Race, Gender, and Community Income in the US

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith, Osonde Osoba, and Yuwen Wu

Economic Network Strength: Race, Gender, and Community Gaps in the US

Economic Graph Research Note

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith, Osonde Osoba, and Yuwen Wu

International gender representation in STEM employment and skills

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Silvia Lara, Rosie Hood, Nikhil Gahlawat, and Paul Ko

Disparities in U.S. economic network formation

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Danielle Kavanagh-Smith, Osonde Osoba, and Yuwen Wu

Progress and barriers in global gender leadership

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Silvia Lara and Rosie Hood

Measuring gender gaps in the U.S. STEM workforce

Economic Graph White Paper

Co-authored with Paul Ko, Nikhil Gahlawat, Silvia Lara, and Rosie Hood

LinkedIn STEM classification methodology

Economic Graph Technical Note

Co-authored with Nikhil Gahlawat, Rosie Hood, Paul Ko, and Silvia Lara

Experimental evidence on the efficancy of Virtual Enterprises

Institute of Education Sciences

Role: Co-Principal Investigator - $3,799,857
Note: my participation on this grant ended when I left RAND

Conceptualization and building of a health workforce projections model

Association of American Medical Colleges

Role: Co-Principal Investigator - $520,000
Note: my participation on this grant ended when I left RAND

Criminal background check waivers during COVID and nursing home employment

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, subcontract to CNA

Role: Principal Investigator - $100,000

Benchmarking workforce diversity in the travel/tourism industry in CA

Visit California

Role: Principal Investigator - $56,865

Anesthesia workforce analysis in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Role: Co-Principal Investigator - $191,434

Summer Career Pathways training evaluation

U.S. Department of Labor, subcontract to City of New Orleans

Role: Principal Investigator - $1,599,909

Why “opt out” matters: the economic impact nurse anesthetists have on surgical and obstetrical services in rural America

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Role: Co-Principal Investigator - $325,871

Analysis of student outcomes resulting from RSU2's competency‐based education program

KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Role: Co-Principal Investigator - $89,115

STEM workforce trends following postsecondary degree attainment

American Petroleum Institute

Role: Principal Investigator - $153,202

Evaluating local dental labor shortages

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Role: Principal Investigator - $10,000

Senior wealth effects on expected bequests and inter vivos transfers

Pilot Proposal in P30 AG012815-21-25 under National Institute on Aging center grant

Role: Principal Investigator

RAND Medal Award for Principal Pipelines project

RAND Corporation

Role: Key Contributor

Dissertation Year Fellowship

University of California, Los Angeles Economics Department

Role: Awardee

Teaching Assistant Fellowship

University of California, Los Angeles Economics Department

Role: Awardee

Research Fellowship

California Center for Population Research

Role: Awardee

Graduate Summer Research Mentorship

University of California, Los Angeles Economics Department

Role: Awardee

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Traineeship

California Center for Population Research

Role: Awardee

Ph.D. Progress Award

University of California, Los Angeles Economics Department

Role: Awardee

Gordon B. Hinckley Scholar

Brigham Young University

Role: Awardee