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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario (in Canada), and an external affiliate at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington. I earned my PhD in sociology from the University of Washington, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.

Some of my recent and current research uses quantitative methods to examine the potential of school choice policies to attenuate or exacerbate patterns of inequality and segregation in urban public education systems. I am also interested in students' complex pathways to and through postsecondary education, including a focus on older adults who return to school. Current work looks at high school students’ course-taking patterns (particularly in STEM) and pandemic-related disruptions to college-going. Additional projects examine the implications of workplace institutions and practices -- including unions and policies barring workers from discussing their earnings with their colleagues -- for workers' wages and job satisfaction.