Specifically, my work addresses three core following questions:

1. How do individuals select romantic partners across ethnic, racial, and class boundaries?

2. What happens to people’s understanding of social difference after they enter these mixed unions?

3. How do individuals navigate their unions’ interraciality across different social contexts?

I use an intersectional lens to analyze various race and gender pairings, expanding empirical scholarship about interracial intimacy beyond a White/non-White paradigm. In particular, I demonstrate how behaviors and attitudes in the private sphere can entrench or dislodge a broader constellation of interrelated social inequalities.

My methods are primarily qualitative, with a complementary interest in experimental approaches to analyzing assortative mating. In addition to publishing research in Ethnic and Racial Studies and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, I have received several paper awards and honorable mentions from the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), and the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS).

Before earning my Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2025, I executed marketing campaigns at UBS Investment Bank and consulted on new product launches at Nielsen. I received my B.S. in Sociology and Business Administration from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2015.