
Education and Training
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
Specialization:
Medical Sociology and Demography

2021-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Aging Center, Duke University
NIA T32AG000029
I am leveraging population-level and electronic health record data to investigate racial differences in hearing loss and access to hearing healthcare.
Supervisors:
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Matthew E. Dupre (Population Health Sciences, Sociology)
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Sherri L. Smith (Head & Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences).
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.

2012-2013
Research Fellow
Massachusetts Eye and 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.
