Kate recently received her master’s degree and is in the early stages of her career in research. Her background is in economics with an applied microeconomic emphasis. Having a specific interest in using research to improve the well-being of disadvantaged individuals, she wrote her master’s thesis on how limiting access to abortion affects domestic violence, where she used abortion clinic closures in Texas as a natural experiment. As a graduate research assistant at Montana State University, Kate was involved in research projects concerning a variety of topics such as public welfare programs, concealed carry policies, and wildfire health effects.

Kate’s focus is quantitative research, where she is primarily interested in causal identification and econometric modeling. With her skills, she enjoys conducting policy analyses with the goal of better informing policy makers.

Kate grew up in Littleton, Colorado and received her BA in Economics from Colorado State University. Wanting to continue her education and remain near the mountains, she moved to Bozeman in 2018 and completed her MS in Applied Economics in May 2020 at Montana State University. Kate loves trail running, skiing, biking, and anything that allows her to explore the mountains around Bozeman.