Welcome!

I am Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan. Trained as a social demographer, I examine social inequality and state-market-family relations through the lens of gender, marriage, and reproduction.

My primary interests include gender, low fertility, authoritarian reproductive governance, union formation, and innovative methods. My work combines statistical analysis of survey data, original in-depth interviews, and agent-based computational modeling. Under the Research tab, you will find my current projects. 

I received my PhD in Sociology from Harvard University in 2017, and completed my postdoctoral training (2017-2019) at the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University. I received My BA in Urdu Literature from Peking University in 2011, during which time I lived and studied for a year in Islamabad, Pakistan.

If you would like to know more, here is a fun Q&A for the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies blog.