I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; I completed my PhD in August of 2024 at Iowa State University. Through my training I developed rigerous economic thinking, strong empirical skills, and the discipline to develop and complete ambitious projects. I obtained my undergraduete degree from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 2019. I have been engaged and inspired by service, undergraduate research and teaching both as a participant and a resource. In my personal life, I am dedicated to strength training, an activity that requires strong discipline and dedication.

My research is primarily focused on transportation economics, although I have broad interests. I work at the intersection of Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics, and International Trade. I have particular interests in commercial driving in the United States and the Maritime Trade. My job market paper is titled “In it for the Long Haul: Occupational Choice for Blue Collar Workers” and addresses whether there is a shortage in the commercial driver market and what policies might be deployed to increase the number of truck drivers. I use a variety of structural estimation techniques, and I am also trained with causal inference methods.

I enjoy teaching, I have taught in a variety of environments with different demands and needs of students. In 2021, I was a recipient of the Graduate College’s Teaching Excellence Award. And have worked as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate research lab, where I have mentored many undergraduate research projects. I have several years of experience teaching technical skills to undergraduates in small groups. I taught Economics of Discrimination in the Spring of 2024, a course that incorporates technical theories of labor market discrimination and empirical results. I am currently teaching a course on cost benefit analysis for master students at SLU.