Research
Research on political behavior, election administration, representation, and public policy.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Using California's Cal Grant and a GPA cutoff, we estimate the causal effects of financial aid on voter registration and turnout.
Using regression discontinuity around close clerk elections, we test whether partisan local election officials affect electoral outcomes.
A comprehensive analysis of local election officials, including their authority, demographics, and institutional variation across states.
Current Research
Using CVRA-induced transitions to single-member districts across 788 California school districts, I study whether descriptive representation reduces racial disparities in school discipline.
Using 1,547 ballot measures merged with 480K survey responses, I examine whether direct democracy increases voters' policy knowledge under modern DiD estimators.
Using an RD design around close House elections, I test whether the president's party shapes FEMA relief and examine the role of disaster vulnerability.
Data & Tools
Searchable database of 12,000+ California ballot measures across all 58 counties, 1998-2026.
Policy Reports
Health Workforce (UCSF Healthforce Center)
- California's Primary Care Workforce: Supply Characteristics and Pipeline 2017
- Forecasted Supply, Demand, and Pipeline of Trainees, 2016–2030 2017
- California's Current and Future Behavioral Health Workforce 2018
D.C. Health Workforce (D.C. Policy Center)
First publicly available analysis of D.C.'s health workforce. Combined ACS data, FOIA records, and original geocoding.
- COVID-Era Health Care Workforce Capacity in Washington, D.C.
- Inequalities in Health Care Need and Demand Across the District
- Who Is Providing COVID-19 Care in the Washington Metropolitan Area?
- Licensed Health Care Clinicians Increased During the Early Pandemic