Causal Inference • Experiments • Conflict & Behavior

I earned my MS in Statistics from UCLA in 2026. I expect to finish my PhD in Political Science in 2027.

I study how exposure to violence causally affects behavior, decision-making, and political attitudes, and how these effects vary across individuals and contexts. I focus on:

• Why some civil conflicts recur while others do not
• Whether exposure to violence affects support for democracy
• How communities rebuild trust after violence
• Barriers to durable peace
• Ethical and effective research in conflict settings

Methods

To study these questions, I use:

• Causal inference frameworks for estimating effects from experimental and observational data
• Randomized experiments (multi-country field and survey experiments)
• Quasi-experimental designs (e.g., unexpected events during survey fieldwork)
• Observational analysis (regression, MRP)
• Geospatial, event, administrative, and survey data
• Qualitative fieldwork (interviews, focus groups) to inform design and interpretation
• Machine learning (e.g., regularization) for feature selection and robustness checks

Affiliations

Graduate Student Member of the Politics of Order and Development Lab

Student Affiliate at the California Center for Population Research

Member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Student Honors Society