Welcome!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration at Syracuse University, with field concentrations in Education Policy and Urban Economics. I study how neighborhood conditions and urban policies affect educational and economic outcomes, with a particular focus on children and youth, using applied microeconomics, large-scale administrative data, and spatial methods.
I am on the 2026-27 academic job market.
You can contact me at mscervan@syr.edu or samanthacbrav@gmail.com
