Awards & Honors

Research Funding

• We're Not in Dreamland Anymore: How Regional Opioid Use Rates Affect Industrial Composition — Hammer Fund Travel Award, NARSC Annual Research Conference, $750 (2021); Graduate Student Transportation Grant, NARSC Annual Research Conference, $400 (2021)
• Small Business Activity in Banking Deserts — Kenan Institute Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Small Grant, $10,000 (2018)
• The Snowball Effect of Federal Research Funding — Hammer Fund Travel Award, APPAM Annual Research Conference, $500 (2018)

Applied Research & Consulting

• Town of Clayton Economic Mobility Study — Lookout Analytics, $37,346 total project (role: consultant; lead consultant: Jen Yip), 2026
• Cost-Benefit Analysis for Clayton, NC — Lookout Analytics, $65,000 (awarded; in progress), 2025

Honors & Recognition

• Special Sworn Status — US Census Bureau, 2023–2026
• Elected Member — Frank Porter Graham Honor Society, UNC Chapel Hill, 2021
• Emerging Scholar — Community Banking in the 21st Century Research Conference, 2020
• Eagle Scout Award — Boy Scouts of America, 2006

Service & Editorial Roles

• Founder/Administrator — Academic Job Market Report, a free public dashboard of open faculty and public-service positions, 2026–Present
• Committee Member — Ph.D. in Public Administration Exploratory Committee, Texas State University, 2026
• Discussant — APPAM Annual Research Conference, 2025
• Selection Panelist — APPAM Equity and Inclusion Fellowship, 2025
• Co-Principal Investigator — US Census Bureau, Federal Statistical Research Data Center, 2022–2026
• Associate Editor — Academy of Management Annual Meeting, TIM Division, 2021
• Senator, Public Policy — Graduate and Professional Student Federation, UNC Chapel Hill, 2019–2021

Referee Service

Climate Resilience & Sustainability · Public Budgeting & Finance · Public Management Review · Nature Energy · Cambridge University Press · Research Policy · Southern Economic Journal · Papers in Regional Science · Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2020–2023) · Journal of Urban Affairs · Journal of Small Business Strategy · Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development