I am an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Masters of Science in Economic Analytics Program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. I am also an NBER research associate, a J-PAL affiliate and an AALIMS faculty fellow. My research focuses on empirical microeconomic topics related to human/social capital and urban economics in low-middle-income countries. I have papers published or forthcoming in, among others, The American Economic Review, AER: Insights, AEJ: Applied Economics, and The Review of Economics and Statistics.