ABOUT
Me
Research Interests
Medical Sociology
Life Course & Aging
Public Health
Demography
Disability
Hearing Loss
Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook
New Zealand
Education
2012
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts
Social Anthropology
Dual sociology and anthropology concentration with a focus in medical anthropology
2015
Columbia University
Master of Public Health
Sociomedical Sciences
Certificate in Public Health Research Methods
2021
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy
Sociology
Concentration in Medical Sociology and Demography
2008-2012
BA
University of Michigan
I graduated from Michigan with Distinction and High Honors. My honors thesis was awarded the Robert Cooley Angell Honors Thesis Award for the best Sociology honors thesis.
2012-2013
Research Fellow
Massachusetts Eye & Ear / Harvard Medical School
Under the supervision of Dr. Konstantina Stankovic, I designed and conducted a survey-based study of how people disclose their hearing loss to others.
2013-2015
MPH
Columbia University
I received an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences with a certificate in Public Health Research Methods from the Mailman School of Public Health. My thesis was supervised by Drs. Corinne Kirchner and Konstantina Stankovic.
2015-2021
PhD
Duke University
I received a PhD in Sociology under the supervision of Drs. Scott Lynch and Jen'nan Read (co-chairs). My dissertation examined stress proliferation and disability over the life course using longitudinal, nationally representative data. The chapters have been published here and here.
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