Welcome! I am a doctoral student in the Economics department at Columbia University. I served as the Lab Manager for the Columbia Experimental Laboratory for Social Sciences from July 2021 to December 2022. I received my BA in Economics from Yale in 2016.
Publications
Minority Turnout and Representation under Cumulative Voting: An Experiment, with Alessandra Casella and Michelle Jiang
Games and Economic Behavior, 2023 [publisher site]
Abstract: Under majoritarian election systems, securing the participation and representation of minorities remains an open problem, made salient in the US by its history of voter suppression. One remedy recommended by the courts is the adoption of Cumulative Voting (CV) in multi-member districts: each voter has as many votes as open positions but can cumulate votes on as few candidates as desired. Historical experiences are promising but also reflect episodes of minority activism. We present the results of a controlled lab experiment that isolates the role of the voting rule from other confounds. Although each voter is treated equally, theory predicts that CV should increase the minority’s turnout relative to the majority and the minority’s share of seats won. Our experimental results strongly support both theoretical predictions.
Work in Progress
Doing Good in the Digital World
The Intergenerational Dilemma: Preferences over Final Distributions, with Mark Dean, Hayeon Jeong, and Zhi Hao Lim
Who Wants Their Peers To Be A Millionaire?, with Pietro Battiston, Lorán Chollete, and Sharon Harrison
Department Honors
Winner, Wueller Award for Best Teaching Fellow for PhD Courses (2020-2021)
Graduate Level
Spring 2021 — Teaching Fellow, Microeconomic Analysis II (PhD), for Yeon-Koo Che and W. Bentley MacLeod [Teaching Evaluations]
Undergraduate Level
Summer 2021 — Teaching Fellow, Principles of Economics, for Anna C. Musatti
Fall 2020 — Teaching Fellow, Political Economy, for Alessandra Casella [Teaching Evaluations]
Summer 2020 — Teaching Fellow, Economic Growth and Development, for Wendy Morrison
Spring 2020 — Teaching Fellow, Principles of Economics, for Waseem Noor [Student Comments*]
Fall 2019 — Teaching Fellow, Financial Economics, for Tamrat Gashaw [Teaching Evaluations]
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia did not conduct formal teaching evaluations for the Spring 2020 term.
Pedagogical Training
I have extensive training in evidence-based pedagogy and student-centered teaching practices through Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning. In 2023, I completed the Foundational Track of the CTL’s Teaching Development Program.
