This dissertation, a social and cultural history of media and education in postwar Philadelphia, examines the concurrent struggles against racial discrimination on American Bandstand and …
Chapter 1 argues that the emergence of knowledge hierarchies in the U.S. firms since the late 19th century, expedited by huge progress in communication technology, …
I estimate productivity gains from iodine deficiency eradication. I look at the historical experience of Switzerland and the United States, where iodine deficiency was endemic …
In the 1910s, groups of middle-class women began organizing voluntary youth organizations to provide a blend of recreation, spirituality, patriotism, and character development for America's …
L'école de la maladresse questions the concept of clumsiness as it emerged in eighteenth-century France and as it evolved from constituting the utmost social disgrace …
Studies on the socioeconomic impact of U.S. migration in Mexico often focus on the investment of remittances in household assets and property. Little attention is …
Chapter 1 analyzes how market forces in the retail market for pharmaceuticals affect utilization of health care. Specifically, I study the impact of Walmart’s $4 …
The dissertation explores the social and cultural history of a sixteenth-century Roman institution, the Conservatorio di Santa Caterina. Linked to a local confraternity, the Compagnia …
This dissertation examines college aspiration as a lens onto Latino youth’s claims to socio-political belonging in a nativist United States. In 2012-2013, I conducted ethnographic …
How should liberal democracies craft citizens through civic education in schools? This dissertation offers a new answer to this pressing question. Typically, responses must negotiate …
This dissertation studies the economics behind two major education policy questions faced by many developing country governments. The first two chapters study the government policy …
In this dissertation, I contribute to the growing literature on discrimination against women using a survey experiment to empirically test bias against females in three …
Children in developing countries face a myriad of hardships including poverty, household economic shocks, and high disease burden. These adverse conditions curtail children’s human capital …
This dissertation evaluates disparities in economic outcomes by gender and ethnicity, with a focus on the underlying causes and the policies that can be used …
In this paper, I investigate whether higher levels of parental engagement may play a role in district variation in achievement. Research has shown that the …
This dissertation tackles gender-based price discrimination, education, and child well-being. Chapter 1 conducts a field experiment to identify gender-based discrimination and how it varies with …
This dissertation proposes the concept of a 'maternal education' as counterpart to both the established genre of the 'Bildungsroman' and the Freudian narrative of a …
This thesis explores the concepts that make up an effective classroom demonstration, derived the analytical form of gravitational wave emission from a binary system, and …
In mid-2018, I proposed designing and teaching a class focusing on modern Latin American history. After planning for a year, with guidance from professors at …