Curriculum Vitae
A PDF version of my CV can be found here.
Education
2021 - Present
University of Colorado-Boulder
Ph.D. in Political Science expected May 2026
Concentration: Political Theory, International Relations
Advisor: Michaele Ferguson, PhD.
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2021 - 2023
University of Colorado-Boulder
Master of Arts in Political Science
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2017- 2020
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Minor in History
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2015 - 2017
Oakland Community College
Teaching
University of Colorado-Boulder
Teaching Assistant
PSCI 2223 Introduction to International Relations: Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
PSCI 2004 Western Political Thought: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2024
Research Experience
University of Colorado-Boulder
Graduate Research Assistant
Studied conflict in the Ukraine and its reception on TikTok with Dr. Lorraine Bayard De Volo (May 2022-August 2022)
Assisted Dr. Alan Kahan on his forthcoming book on the history of liberalism (September 2021-May 2022)
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Assisted Dr. Georgina Hickey on her book, Breaking The Gender Code: Women and Urban Public Space in the Twentieth Century United States (2024) and completed undergraduate research project on the public breastfeeding movement and subsequent legislation (September 2018-May 2020)
Works in Progress
“Migration as a Correlate of War: The Role of Immigration in Wartime Myth”
“The Gendered Landscape after the Nuclear Age: Applying a Critical Feminist Framework to Environmental Justice”
Conference Presentations
“The Organic International Care Ethic: A Grassroots Movement Towards a Global Politics of Care”, American Graduate School International Graduate Student Conference, Paris, France, April 28th, 2023.
“The Organic International Care Ethic: A Grassroots Movement Towards a Global Politics of Care”, Four Corners Conflict Conference, Moab, UT, April 8, 2023.
“The Breastfeeding Movement and Labor,” poster presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 16-19, 2020 (Conference canceled due to the pandemic)
“Public Breastfeeding: Perception and Policy at the Turn of the 20th Century,” poster presentation for New Directions Conference on Women’s and Gender Studies at Notre Dame, March 27-28, 2020 (Conference canceled due to the pandemic)
Other Presentations
“Union Density and Labor Laws: Waging Worker Power in Contemporary America” poster presentation at University of Colorado - Boulder, December 2021
“Public Breastfeeding: Perception and Policy at the Turn of the 20th Century,” poster presentation at Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Symposium, University of Michigan-Dearborn, August 2019
Pedagogical and Professional Development
Monthly Course Design Series: Proactive Course Design (June 9, 2022)
Racial Identity Awareness Training (February 15, 2023)
NCFDD 14- Day Writing Challenge (October 7-10, 2023)
Neurodiversity in the Workplace (May 6, 2024)
Grad+ Summer Intensive: Get SMART (May 13-15, 2024)
Anti-Racism Course, CU Boulder Center for Teaching and Learning (June 25, 2024-Present)
Professional Affiliations
Member of Midwest Political Science Association (2019-Present)
Member of National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) (2020-Present)
Member of Western Political Association (2022-Present)
Member of Peace Sciences Society (International) (2022-Present)
Service
Vice President Graduate Students in Political Science (2022-2023)
Mentors Of Political Science (MOPS) Coordinator (2023-Present)
Honors, Grants, and Awards
Third Place: Graduate Student Poster Presentation 2022-University of Colorado-Boulder
Teamwork Grant-University of Colorado-Boulder, 2022
Certificate of Merit-University of Michigan, 2019
History Departmental Award-Oakland Community College, 2017
Destination Blue Scholarship: $7,500-University of Michigan, 2017
