Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Sociology, a Master’s student in Statistics, a predoctoral trainee at the California Center for Population Research (CCPR), and a graduate student affiliate with the Social Inequality Data Science Lab (SIDS-lab).

Being trained as a social demographer, I study the intersection of social stratification (work and occupation, labor market, intragenerational mobility), immigration (immigrant integration, race and ethnicity), and demography. My dissertation examines recent changes in occupational stratification and earnings inequality in the United States, focusing on the role of immigrants and technological changes. Other lines of my work examine social stratification by nativity and race/ethnicity, assortative mating, and computational methods for social science.

I specialize in quantitative statistical analysis, causal inference, and formal demographic methods. I am passionate about learning and teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate and graduate students. I have won awards for excellence in teaching, department service, and undergraduate mentoring. My research has been funded by the NICHD T32 grant and UCLA Asia Pacific Center and has won the competitive RC28 Travel Award and an honorable mention from the Ford Foundation Fellowship.