I am an interdisciplinary social scientist, currently based at Northeastern University where I am joint appointed in the Department of Psychology and the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs. I am the Principal Investigator of the Sustainability & Social Change Lab. My research sits at the intersection of behavioral economics, judgment and decision-making, political ecology and social and environmental policy. I work with cross-disciplinary teams to better understand how individuals embedded in social-ecological systems respond to changes in their environments, and how we can build community resilience to social and environmental shocks. In this work, I am especially interested in understanding the dynamics between individual decisions and their social spheres.

In parallel work, I study the political economy of cash transfer programs and pilots, with a focus on shifting public attitudes towards cash assistance. As part of this work, I designed and am evaluating the impacts of the largest municipal cash transfer program in the United States in collaboration with researchers at New York University, The University of Stockholm, and the Jain Family Institute, in close collaboration with the City of Compton and the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.