I am a scholar of public policy, social inequality, and population health. 

I am an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Chapman University. My research aims are to determine whether access to health and social policies can disrupt expected trajectories of health disadvantages from birth until death, particularly for vulnerable populations in the US. Much of my work has focused on trajectories of health and aging, with important implications for US health and social policy.

I hold a PhD in Public Policy from Duke University, and undergraduate degrees in sociology (BS) and political science (BA) from Western Washington University. Prior to joining Chapman, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Population Science Training Program at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.