I am an assistant professor in the Business and Public Policy Group at University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellow. I am affiliated with BREAD, CEGA, CEPR, EGAP, IFS, JPAL, NBER, and STICERD. My research interests are at the intersection of political economy, development, and public economics. My primary research agenda explores the role of state capacity in development with a focus on taxation. A second agenda explores the relationship between culture (especially religion) and institutions. My field work is based in the D.R. Congo, where I run a research organization called ODEKA, as well as Haiti and Myanmar. I completed a PhD in Political Economy and Government at Harvard in 2018. I also worked as a researcher at Partners In Health from 2010-2012.