I am interested in two primary areas of research: 1) Understanding the socio-cultural influences which drive the unique spatial patterns of diverse, immigrant, and/or traditionally difficult-to-survey communities; both delineating the factors which affect their timelines of formation and dissolution, as well as their levels of segregation and diversity, and 2) Developing new statistical models which can incorporate sparse datasets in order to allow for more robust statistical analysis of these aforementioned neighborhood types, thereby giving us better tools to glean insights about the individuals who reside in these communities, and how they become incorporated into the fabric of our society over time. Ultimately, in order to serve under-surveyed people and direct aid to them, you must first prove they exist.