Editor in Chief

• Aug 2023 - Present

Manage a staff of around 100 editors, writers, illustrators, and videographers for an independent student publication with a typical monthly readership of 20,000. Conduct outreach to ensure coverage is representative and inclusive and recruit new staff. Coordinate with legal counsel to work within a unique press legal environment in the UAE and still meaningfully cover sensitive topics.

Lead Satire Columnist

• Sep 2021 - Present

The Gazelle's lead writer for the Satire Column, publishing most weeks from fall 2021 onwards. Have published over 40 articles for the publication including my Satire Column

Senior Opinion Editor

• Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

Economic Modeling & Analytics Intern, Ginnie Mae

• Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Supported efforts to revamp economic modeling infrastructure and validation procedures for the Office of Enterprise Risk. Updated model governance framework and worked with data analysis and time series clustering for a large quarterly dataset of mortgage bankers' financial reporting forms. Worked to examine current macroeconomic trends to present recommendations for how GNMA should adapt its risk modeling approach to the environment. Supported efforts to revamp economic modeling infrastructure and validation procedures for the Office of Enterprise Risk. Updated model governance framework and worked with data analysis and time series clustering for a large quarterly dataset of mortgage bankers' financial reporting forms. Worked to examine current macroeconomic trends to present recommendations for how GNMA should adapt its risk modeling approach to the environment.

Climate Policy Intern

• Jan 2023 - May 2023

Worked alongside a dedicated team and contributed to significant research in climate policy and environmental justice. Collaborated across different teams working with Congressional officials and fully drafted policy briefs to communicate important background information. Conducted extensive research on local, national, and global policy initiatives while analyzing data to identify the best approaches forward in a competitive landscape. Worked alongside a dedicated team and contributed to significant research in climate policy and environmental justice. Collaborated across different teams working with Congressional officials and fully drafted policy briefs to communicate important background information. Conducted extensive research on local, national, and global policy initiatives while analyzing data to identify the best approaches forward in a competitive landscape.

CoronaNet Student Research Assistant

• Sep 2021 - Jan 2023

Worked under Prof. Robert Kubinec as an officially selected student researcher for CoronaNet, encoding all Covid-19 policy changes and updates for several Middle Eastern countries. Also managed new research assistants and data progress as co-manager for the Western Africa region. CoronaNet is a worldwide collaborative effort to compile a database of policy responses to Covid-19 Worked under Prof. Robert Kubinec as an officially selected student researcher for CoronaNet, encoding all Covid-19 policy changes and updates for several Middle Eastern countries. Also managed new research assistants and data progress as co-manager for the Western Africa region. CoronaNet is a worldwide collaborative effort to compile a database of policy responses to Covid-19

Research Assistant

• Sep 2020 - Dec 2022

Worked in Andrew Harris’ research group on a variety of projects related to election fraud and politics in Africa, using R and Python for data analysis. Co-started a project textually analyzing the sentiments of election observation reports in the Global South, working on Malawi election fraud paper. Worked in Andrew Harris’ research group on a variety of projects related to election fraud and politics in Africa, using R and Python for data analysis. Co-started a project textually analyzing the sentiments of election observation reports in the Global South, working on Malawi election fraud paper.

NYUAD Arete Fellowship

• Sep 2021 - Nov 2022

Completed the Arete Fellowship, a competitive in-depth introduction to Effective Altruism cause areas, as well as the In-Depth Fellowship diving further into decision theory and global health among other topics. Completed the Arete Fellowship, a competitive in-depth introduction to Effective Altruism cause areas, as well as the In-Depth Fellowship diving further into decision theory and global health among other topics.

Research Intern

• Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

Interned in the lab of Dr. Jijun Tang under the mentorship of William Hoskins. Utilized machine learning algorithms in Python to successfully design and execute a research project titled "Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Model Political Outcomes". My project constructed a 92% accurate model to predict the winner of any given county during the 2016 Presidential Election using demographic factors alone. Interned in the lab of Dr. Jijun Tang under the mentorship of William Hoskins. Utilized machine learning algorithms in Python to successfully design and execute a research project titled "Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Model Political Outcomes". My project constructed a 92% accurate model to predict the winner of any given county during the 2016 Presidential Election using demographic factors alone.