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Welcome! I’m a Research Associate at the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University, where my research spans health economics, labor economics, and public economics.

My projects have examined minimum wage increases on fast-food workers in California, scope-of-practice expansions for health care providers, the economic consequences of drug overdose deaths in Maine, and the impact of government regulation on access to hospital services in rural and urban areas, among many other topics.

My peer-reviewed research has been published in the Journal of Regulatory Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Social Science & Medicine, and Applied Economics Letters.

I previously served as a Postgraduate Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. I hold a master’s degree in economics from the University of Maine and a graduate certificate in policy analysis from the University of Southern Maine.

My work has been widely cited in the media (including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal), by leading think tanks (including the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute), by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and in testimony to state legislative committees.

My non-academic writing has been featured in many national and local news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, STAT News, Morning Consult, RealClear Policy, Townhall, and the Miami Herald.

Last updated: August 3, 2026