Hello Readers,

It has been a while since my last post on this site, but I hope to get things started back-up soon. Between completing my undergraduate degree and traveling over the summer, I did not have much time (or ability) to work on any new projects. But, I am now settled into my job and my new home in Philadelphia - and eager to share my ideas and visualizations! I plan to make new posts very soon, and also expand to a more active blog here where I can share more personal thoughts of mine such as interesting links/papers/article I’ve come across or books I am reading.

Besides graduating from UCSD earlier this year, I also reached another milestone: my first paper was officially published! In the summer of 2017, I conducted a project with Professor David Lagakos of the UCSD Economics Department, expanding the existing information on income levels in developing nations. We built the first-ever database of absolute income levels, rather than previously relied-upon (and limited in use) income percentiles, which can have many practical applications for international policy. If you are interested in learning more, check out my paper here in the 2019 edition of The Ohio State University Journal of Politics and International Affairs. Thank you to the JPIA stuff for publishing my paper and making this online version of the journal available!

More to come soon!