Algorithmic risk scores at the bureaucratic frontline: With Maria Fitzpatrick and Chris Wildeman, I examine how frontline workers in Child Protective Services offices incorporate algorithmic measures of maltreatment risk into child welfare investigations.

Childhood adversity and health outcomes among US children: With Chris Wildeman and Garrett Baker, I examine joint patterns of childhood maltreatment and foster care placements.

Consequences of jail and prison incarceration: With Chris Wildeman, Robert Apel, and Alexandra Gibbons, I am investigating how jail vs. prison incarceration shapes long-term economic, health, and family outcomes in the era of mass incarceration. This research, which requires extensive updates to the data infrastructure of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, is generously supported by the Russell Sage Foundation.

Child welfare system contact among indigenous children: With Peter Fallesen, Chris Wildeman, Brielle Bryan, Alexander Roehrkasse, Alexandra Gibbons, and Mikkeline Munk Nielsen, I am estimating (1) the cumulative dosage of confirmed childhood maltreatment among US children (2) disparities in child welfare system contact between indigenous and non-indigenous populations across multiple countries.

Demobilization in a decentralized social movement: Social movement scholars have focused increasing attention on “networked” social movements: decentralized forms of collective action with relatively short organizational life-cycles. Using email data and meeting records, I reconstruct movement networks and investigate mechanisms that drive movement contraction and organizational fissure.