I began studying economics my senior year of high school after dusting off a couple old texts from my family's bookshelf.  Tom Rose introduced me to Economics Principles and Policy from a Christian Perspective, and Henry Hazlitt shared his succinct and powerful Economics in One Lesson.  I was hooked.  The allure of an illustrious modeling career led me to Western Colorado University where I studied Mathematics and Economics, and then on to The University of California, Irvine where I completed my dissertation in June, 2020.

I am now happily working as an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.  A large motivation for my research is the increasing disparity between worker’s wages and labor productivity.  As labor markets have become more polarized in the United States and much of Europe there is increasing evidence that real economic losses can stem from distributional issues.  I seek to understand how these changes came about and how they have impacted people’s lives.

I grew up in the countryside  around Montrose, CO.  I guess it's no surprise, then, that I feel most at home among the wildlife and landscapes of the mountains.  When I'm not working, you can usually find me hiking, fishing, playing volleyball or cycling.