Gallery

A visual timeline of my academic and personal journey, from starting my PhD in Texas to my current research in the Netherlands.

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Beginning the PhD journey. I was told there would be no math. I was lied to.

Social distancing on campus. My research on network effects suddenly felt very relevant.

Made it through Houston traffic. NASA launches are less stressful.

My two-wheeled, dissertation-escape vehicle. Faster than debugging code. Usually.

Proof that I did, occasionally, leave the library. A Texas sunset.

More sunsets, for econometric modeling purposes, of course.

A sign of my future move to the Netherlands? Or just a pretty flower? You decide.

Another sign? The p-value on this hypothesis is getting suspiciously low.

MPSA Conference in Chicago. I came for the political science, I stayed for the deep-dish pizza.

MPSA dress code: academic with a hint of resisting the dark side at the Palmer House Hotel.

The Great North American Eclipse. My models did not predict this.

Verifying the eclipse data with a secondary source. It was, in fact, dark.

My official submission for the next Texas tourism campaign. Howdy, y’all.

SIOE Conference at the University of Chicago. Trying to absorb knowledge via osmosis.

SIOE, with my co-author Pengfei Zhang and Satoshi Fukuda of Bocconi University. I’m the one not famous… yet.

SIOE’s dinner cruise. A statistical analysis of keeping 200 academics from falling into the Chicago River.

Chicago at night: stunning enough to make you forgive the wind’s personal vendetta.

Teaching R and Python at the EPPS Math & Coding Camp with the legendary Dr. Karl Ho.

APSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. City of brotherly love… until the Q&A session starts.

APSA attendees trying to support each other through the job market cycle.

A founding father once said, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of melted cheese.”

Explaining the finer points of PC building to my colleague, Crystal Conway. Step 1: More RGB.

APPAM Conference at National Harbor. The weather was a strong incentive to stay inside and discuss policy.

The obligatory conference headshot. Now you know what I look like in front of a blue background.

The Gaylord National’s Christmas tree during APPAM. My data visualizations are rarely this festive.

Views from the terminal: powered by caffeine, conference talks, and endless boarding announcements.

Celebrating a birthday with friends and colleagues at UT Dallas.

Visiting the Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas.

The “Life is a Cosmos” installation at the Crow Museum.

Successfully defended! So grateful for my dissertation committee: (L-R) Dr. Elizabeth Searing, Dr. Pengfei Zhang, Dr. Clint Peinhardt, & Dr. Patrick Brandt.

San Francisco’s iconic trams. Pretty sure this was also a sign.

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony with Pengfei and our colleague Robert Geibler.

All smiles at the hooding ceremony. The hat is more aerodynamic than it looks.

We did it! Celebrating with fellow graduates Dohyo and Ricardo.

Found a serene lake just outside Rotterdam. My new favorite thinking spot.

It’s not truly the Netherlands until you find a traditional windmill. Check.