Ph.D., Economics — University of New Mexico
Assistant Teaching Professor
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Studying what markets fail to price, and what that costs the communities that live with it.
About
I am an economist working at the intersection of environmental health, agricultural externalities, and energy policy. My research quantifies the social costs of air pollution from dairy farming operations, examines the welfare consequences of ozone exposure below federal regulatory thresholds, and evaluates the financial viability of biogas energy systems.
My teaching spans principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics, natural resource and environmental economics, energy markets, and graduate-level statistics and data analytics. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Mexico (2023).
Forthcoming
Forthcoming — Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Health and Economic Impacts of Dairy Air Pollution: Evidence from New Mexico
Estimates county-level morbidity and mortality damages from dairy concentrated animal feeding operation emissions in New Mexico, combining atmospheric dispersion modeling with dose-response functions from the epidemiological literature. Finds that the social costs of dairy air pollution are substantial relative to the economic value the sector generates.
Under Review
Revise & Resubmit — Applied Economics Letters
Beyond the Threshold: The Hidden Economic Costs of Safe Ozone Pollution
Estimates the welfare costs attributable to ozone exposure at concentrations below the current National Ambient Air Quality Standard, contributing to the policy debate over whether existing standards adequately protect public health. Examines how functional form assumptions in the dose-response relationship affect damage estimates.
Published
Energies, 18(23), 6286 — 2025
The Tipping Point: Economic Viability and Resilience of Dairy Manure Bioenergy Under Market and Policy Shocks
Develops a Financial Resilience Index framework to evaluate combined heat and power versus renewable natural gas systems across a range of dairy farm sizes. Uses Monte Carlo simulation to characterize viability under variability in energy prices, carbon credit markets, and capital costs. Finds that policy instruments calibrated to average conditions may fail the farms that most need support.
Working Papers
Working Paper
Distributional Impacts of Exposure to CAFOs: A Case Study of Large Dairies in New Mexico
Examines whether income and racial disparities exist in the distribution of dairy air pollution damages across New Mexico communities, contributing to the environmental justice literature on agricultural externalities.
Working Paper
Aligning Private Incentives and Public Health: A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dairy Anaerobic Digesters
Asks whether the public benefits of anaerobic digester adoption, including reduced methane emissions and improved local air quality, are sufficient to justify public subsidy of systems that are privately marginal.
Grants
NSF Award 2520791 — Co-Principal Investigator, 2025–present
Harnessing AI for Spatial Environmental Risk Modeling and Mitigation
Applies machine learning and satellite imagery to detect and characterize environmental hazards associated with agricultural operations at spatial resolutions that conventional monitoring networks cannot achieve.
Undergraduate
Principles of Microeconomics
Undergraduate
Principles of Macroeconomics
Undergraduate
Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
Undergraduate
Fundamentals of Accounting I & II
Graduate
Engineering Statistics
Graduate
Engineering Data Analytics
Graduate
Energy Markets
Undergraduate
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Interactive Teaching Resource — Principles of Macroeconomics
Chair the Fed: Monetary Policy Simulation
Students take the role of Federal Reserve Chair and set interest rates each quarter to manage inflation and unemployment across a simulated economy. Used as an assessed activity for the Phillips Curve unit, the game makes the short-run tradeoff tangible before students put numbers on paper.
Play the Simulation →I welcome inquiries from students, collaborators, and search committees.