Graduate Student
Specialization:
LGBTQ+ Inequalities, Public Opinion, Health Disparities, Demography, Gender, Sexuality
Education:
B.A., UC Berkeley
Bio:
My dissertation research is focused on sexual and gender minority health disparities. Specifically, I am researching how structural stigma influences trans/gender minority health outcomes and how access to a robust gender minority community can moderate the negative effects of prejudice and stigma. I am also interested in health policy, and I am currently working a project that studies the effect of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on HIV/AIDS rates across states. In past research I have examined the social determinants of prejudice and tolerance toward gay men and women.
I am involved in two other ongoing research projects: 1) designing and analyzing an original nationally representative survey on attitudes toward synthetic biology, an emerging technology, and 2) studying differences across gender and ethnicity in STEM aspirations in Israel.
Courses:
Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2019)
Quantitative Methods of Research (Winter 2020, Spring 2022)
Qualitative Methods of Research (Spring 2020)