Welcome to my website! I’m an environmental economist, wildlife photographer, pilot, and outdoorsman. I work as a research economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, writing academic papers and reports on conservation and environmental topics. I earned my PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, focusing my dissertation on environmental migration in U.S. history, particularly during the Dust Bowl era. My work centers on understanding how humans interact with the environment and ecosystems, especially in the American West and the Great Plains. I leverage a diverse skill set—statistics, econometrics, data management, history, and writing—to analyze relationships and communicate insights.