I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Arkansas, on the 2026–27 job market. My research lies at the intersection of development and labor economics, with a particular focus on gender inequality.
My committee is Arya Gaduh (chair), Kyle Butts, and Michael Gechter.
Dams and Rural Labor Markets in India
Does large-scale infrastructure reverse structural transformation in the places that host it? Combining India’s national registry of large dams with a three-round census panel of surrounding villages, I show that where dams are completed, local work shifts back toward agricultural wage labor while non-farm employment contracts — the opposite of India’s national trend over the same decades.
Read the abstract →Recent Presentations
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Houston (Nov 2026) · Asian Development Bank Brownbag Series, Manila (Aug 2026) · Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (Mar 2026)