Cristobal works in the overlapping fields of economic sociology, stratification, and quantitative methods. He studies the sociological dynamics surrounding public policies that moderate income inequality, ranging from millionaire taxes to unemployment insurance. More Methodologically, Cristobal specializes in analyzing large scale administrative and survey data. Drawing on modern computational power, he is developing new methods for addressing model uncertainty and improving the robustness of social science research. He double majored in Economics and Sociology at the University of Victoria, receiving his BA for both in 2001. Afterward, he received his Masters in Economics from the University of Victoria in 2004, another Masters in Sociology from Princeton in 2007, and his PhD in Sociology from Princeton in 2010.