
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
T32 (NIA T32AG000029)
For my post-doc, I am using population-level data and electronic health record data to investigate racial/ethnic differences in hearing loss and access to hearing healthcare services.
Supervisors: Matthew E. Dupre (Population Health Sciences) and Sherri L. Smith (Head & Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences).
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.

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.


2008-2012
BA
University of Michigan
Distinction and High Honors
My honors thesis was awarded the Robert Cooley Angell Honors Thesis Award for the best Sociology honors thesis.