About Me

I am a fourth year PhD student in

George Mason University’s economics department. I have taken my field exams in Constitutional Political Economy and Austrian Economics. My research is focused on the economics of law enforcement, criminal justice, the economic history of incarceration, and prison systems. But how did I get here?

My family is originally from Demarest, New Jersey, but we moved to Boca Raton, Florida when I was very young. I grew up in South Florida until I graduated from Pope John Paul II High School in 2000 and moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University.

I double majored in economics and marketing. I received a Bachelors of Business Administration and completed my honors thesis under Walter Block. I tried to provide an explanation for how prisons could be provided in a free market economy. As you can see, I’ve been interested in the topic of prisons and free markets for some time.

Aside from economics, my interests vary. I have passions for both independent music and film. I started listening to punk rock in middle and high school, but now I like a wider range including old time mountain music, garage rock from the 1960s and 70s, and most recently Northern Soul. I own a banjo, an accordion and a harmonica but sadly don’t play any of them very well.

In general I like strange stuff and my friends accuse me of being fascinated by people doing weird things. I don’t deny it, my preferences are predictable but unexplainable.

I have finished my course work at George Mason, and am finishing my dissertation under Peter Boettke. I hope to begin the job search for tenure track economics positions this year and hope to be teaching at an American university in the Fall of 2008.