I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Baylor University. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology in 2020 from Indiana University. My past and present affiliations also include Brown University, where I completed a year of postdoctoral research with the PSTC, and the University of Texas at Austin, where I am currently a PRC External Faculty affiliate.

Starting July 2024, I will be joining Washington University in St. Louis as an Assistant Professor of Sociology.

Whether examining the persistence of segregation or the rise of Asian “ethnoburbs”, all of my research is guided by a critical awareness of the powerful ways data can shape public and policy perceptions of racial progress. Several of my published papers highlight—and seek to remedy—biases in demographic methods and/or approaches that can distort estimates of residential integration and “assimilation.” As a whole, this research underscores the importance of using demographic methods to accurately reveal how U.S. neighborhoods have endured as sites of power, struggle, and stratification.

You can find some of my published work in Demography, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Sociological Methods & Research, Social Science Research, and Annual Review of Sociology. My research has been supported by the National Science Foundation GRFP and the Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University.