Assistant Professor | Data Analytics & Geography
Bard College
I am an educator and multidisciplinary researcher whose work bridges geography, planning, data science, and economics. My scholarship and teaching center on questions of spatial and environmental justice, integrating data science methodologies with critical analysis of social and spatial processes. I am Chicano and a Kansas Citian at heart, with roots in the historic Westside of Kansas City, Missouri, and in the Mexican railroad worker communities of eastern Kansas.
Bio
I am a geographer and data scientist studying how social, economic, and environmental processes structure the uneven distribution of resources essential to a dignified life. Starting in July 2026, I will be joining Bard College as an Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Geography. I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Environmental Studies at Bard College. Previously, I was a Visiting Instructor for Geographic Information Systems at Bard College and Research Associate with the Open Society University Network (OSUN) Economic Democracy Initiative. My research examines how economics, planning practice, and data infrastructures shape disparities in housing, infrastructure, and environmental quality—and how communities respond to them.
Urban Futures Data Lab
Launched in the summer of 2025, the Urban Futures Data Lab is the home for my ongoing academic and applied research work. As of fall 2025, five undergraduate research assistants from Bard College have participated in the lab, gaining training in interdisciplinary research and data analysis focused on formal eviction, gentrification, and displacement. The lab is the home of my ongoing academic research and engages with communities in New York and in the Kansas City KS–MO region to conduct applied quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
Current and previous partners include the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County, KS, Hall Family Foundation, Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, Groundwork NRG, and Radio Kingston.
Education
University of Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics & Geosciences | Dec 2025