Education
May 2020
Ph.D. in Political Science
University of Missouri - St. Louis
May 2013
M.A. in International Relations
Webster University, Bangkok, Thailand
December 2010
B.A. in Political Science; Minor in French
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Experience
January 2022 - Present
April 2020 - February 2022
Learning Analytics Coordinator, University of Missouri – St. Louis
January 2020 - Present
Adjunct Instructor, University of Missouri – St. Louis
June 2018 - December 2019
Graduate Assistant, University of Missouri - St. Louis
May 2018 - September 2018
Project Manager, Scholars Strategy Network
August 2015 - May 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri – St. Louis
August 2013 - November 2013
Intern/Organizer, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)
Presentations
June 2019
The Split of St. Louis: How St. Louis Splits Along Borders and Beyond
Talk presented to Civitas-STL on
St. Louis City and County Divide, St. Louis, MO.
April 2019
The Political Context of Polarizing Cues
Paper presented at the MPSA Conference, Chicago, IL.
Co-authored with David C. Kimball of the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
April 2019
State Policy Diffusion: Federalism and Transportation Regulation
Paper presented at the MPSA
Conference, Chicago, IL.
April 2019
Chaos Constructed Silos and How Punctuation Leads to Policy Monopolies
Paper presented at the MPSA
Conference, Chicago, IL.
April 2019
Language and Change: Effects of Discourse on Uber Regulation
Paper presented at the MPSA
Conference, Chicago, IL.
March 2020
Qualitative analysis in R - Virtual Workshop
Workshop for RLadiesSTL; first workshop dedicated to qualitative research in R; first RLadiesSTL workshop held virtually.
April 2018
Intro to R - Part 2
Second part of Introduction to R workshop, including importing data, cleaning data, and basic data visualization.
November 2017
Importance of Public Transportation in Megacities: Dhaka and Climate Change
Paper presented at the ISA – Midwest Conference, St. Louis, MO.
April 2017
Megacity Solutions: The Role of Mass Transit in Mitigating Pollution Emissions
Paper presented at the
MPSA Conference, Chicago, IL.
October 2016
Luxury Consumption and Development: The Case of Beer Consumption and Gender Equality
Paper
presented at the GPPSA Conference, Overland Park (Kansas City), KS.
Awards
2019
University of Missouri – St. Louis Social Science Dissertation Fellowship
2019
UMSL Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 1st Place
2018