I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. My primary fields of interest are the economics of the family and labor economics. Currently, I am studying the economics of child custody reform in the US, the economics of sexual orientation, the impact of unemployment spells on employment propsects, and racial discrimination in various market settings. I will be teaching Introductory Microeconomics and Econometrics in Fall 2012.