Hello! I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Northwestern University. 

I study the criminal legal system, focusing on how everyday policies shape the lives of people in prisons and on parole. I use a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, ranging from work with administrative records and archival documents to in-depth interviews. 

At Northwestern, I co-coordinate the Sociology Department's Urban & Community Workshop, am affiliated as a Graduate Fellow with Legal Studies, and conduct research with the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS). 

Before Northwestern, as a Policy Associate at the Institute for State and Local Governance, I collaborated with government and community-based stakeholders for justice reinvestment projects focused on reentry, intimate partner violence, and nonprofit capacity-building. 

I have received funding from the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the Social Science Research Council, and Northwestern's Council for Race and Ethnic Studies. My research has won awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Law and Society Association (LSA), the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Northwestern University Sociology, and the American Association of Geographers (AAG). 

I am originally from Brooklyn, NYC, and received my BA in Geography and Sociology from Clark University.​ You can read my CV here and learn more about my ongoing research here.