Doctoral Candidate
Geospatial Information Sciences
The University of Texas at Dallas
Research Assistant
Population and Data Sciences
UT Southwestern Medical Center
M.A. Geography (2013)
University of British Columbia
University of Minnesota
My current research areas include Bayesian modeling for public health, spatial statistics, and health inequality.
My dissertation research includes developing methods and open-source software for population health surveillance research, applied research on colorectal cancer prevention in Texas, and exploring the methodological framework of plausible reasoning, as developed by the likes of Harold Jeffreys and George Pólya.
At UBC, my research was focused on the political economy of labor and race. My paper in Florida Historical Quarterly examines the state's convict leasing program (1877-1919), including its rapid exansion in tandem with the lumber industry, the role of physicians in perpetuating the system, and its eventual demise.