Experience

The DeVoe L. Moore Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Policy Team Leader

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  I mentor, manage, and lead undergraduate research interns on their projects. I assist them in writing, asking compelling questions, and output development.

• Researcher

  • Sep 2020 - Jan 2022

  Conducted research on zoning laws and their relationship with housing supply. To learn, I researched the legal history of zoning, the implications of zoning laws, and various implementations of zoning laws. I used GIS data from Social Explorer to gather data to compare a neighborhood in Houston to a neighborhood in Miami. I found that there was a statistically significant increase on housing supply, occupancy, and the number of total units in addition to similar increases on population and the median home value of owner occupied units after Miami ditched its old zoning code in favor of a comparatively deregulated code. Show less



American Institute for Economic Research - AIER

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Assisted senior researchers in research-related activities. While there, I also conducted research on corruption using a qualitative study. I compared countries (Mexico, Uganda, and Indonesia) on three different continents with different colonial, ethnic, and religious histories to countries (or self-governing areas) on the same continent or within the same cultural sphere that did not have corruption issues (Chile, Botswana, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Republic of Georgia). I performed this research to try to create the basics of an anti-corruption framework that can be adapted as needed to countries suffering from corruption. I found that in the three corrupt countries that corruption was seen as a way of life and was not inherently malicious. As for the framework, I found that the best way to fight corruption is to fight corruption with an ally at the top who will actively enforce anti-corrupt behaviors. Furthermore, the anti-corruption movement must start in a geographically small area. Finally, the most successful movements in my study came about following a public outcry; hence, the public must be on-board with fighting corruption as well. Show less