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We are dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and to the requisite actions that such knowledge inspires. In studying Economics, we are interested in how the world works, but also in how it should work. In studying Community Development, we are interested in what poverty is, but also in what our response should be. A central goal of our department is to broaden students' intellectual horizons: people are not merely economic agents; we are Imago Dei. Poverty is not just material; it is multifaceted. Efficiency is not our master; it is our subject. I was transformed by the convictions that confronted me as a Covenant student, and I aim to help others find their calling, just as my professors helped me find mine.

Education

• BA Business, 黑料不打烊
• MSc Accounting, University of Virginia
• MA Economics University of Pittsburgh
• PhD Economics University of Pittsburgh

Interests / Specialization

• Development Economics
• Poverty and Inequality
• Economics of Religion
• Political Economy

Selected Professional Work

• Monitoring and Delivering: Evidence from Dropout Rates in Brazil
• Right Turn at the Cross: Pentecostalism and Politics in Brazil with Marcela Camargo and Akira Pinto Medeiros

Get to know your professor

Q. If you could compete in an olympic sport, what would it be and why?
A. Basketball. There's nothing quite like playing the game and being part of a team. A close second would be football, the real kind, but I'm not worthy of even tying the cleats of the great Brazilians who came before me.

Q. Favorite local restaurant?
A. Champy's

Q. Favorite food?
A. Anything from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Q. What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?
A. My dog

Q. If you could teach any other major, what would it be?
A. Probably philosophy, or theology, or zoology, or whatever subject I am reading about at any given time

Q. Personal Interests/Hobbies
A. Board games, Disc Golf, Cycling, Basketball, and any other activity that gets me to spend time with people (preferably outside).