Evaluation | Learning | Human sovereignty
I work at the intersection of evaluation, data, and human judgment. My professional life has been shaped by the practice of monitoring, evaluation, and learning in complex environments —- often in places where institutions are fragile, evidence is incomplete, but decisions must proceed. My training is in applied economics, mixed-methods evaluation, and communications. I am interested in how assumptions, models, and evidence combine to produce claims about the world —- what can legitimately be inferred, but also with what level of inherent uncertainty. My work has largely taken place in international development, including evaluations funded by USAID, the U.S. State Department, World Bank, and other bilateral donors. These projects have ranged from perception surveys and governance assessments to large program evaluations in fragile and conflict-affected settings. I'm currently focused on the application of quantitative methods within the framework of qualitative inquiry, the computational grasp of natural language, and how generative AI can deepen the scope upon which evaluators exercise human judgment.
- Independent evaluation
- Finding meaning in parameters
- Applied generative AI for program monitoring & evaluation
- What can be wrought from data + assumptions
- Empirical methods in qualitative inquiry
- The computational grasp of natural language
- Failed and fragile states
- Human frontiers