Curriculum Vitae

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Political Science
    University of California - Irvine, California | June 2025
    Dissertation: Culture of Democracy: Community, Norms, and Technology in the United States

    Master of Arts - Communications, Specialization: Research & Theory
    California State University - Fullerton, California | May 2017
    Thesis: Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association: Union Security Agreements, Campaign Finance, and the First Amendment

    Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy, Specialization: Law & Society
    California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, California | December 2011
    Capstone Paper: Deliberative Democracy and the Media it Requires

    Associate of Science - Behavioral Science
    Citrus Community College - Glendora, California | May 2009

  • Research Assistant | 2023-present
    Princeton University
    - I assist Dr. Sara Constantino and Dr. Alicia Cooperman with a National Science Foundation funded project on climate change and local politics
    - Cleaned and merged several large-scale data sets including a public meeting database including over 100,000 transcripts from government meetings, election returns from 2008-2024, the climate vulnerability index, demographic data from Census' the American Community Survey, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural and Urban designations, extreme weather events from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Agency, and disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with geographic boundaries from the United States Census.
    - Cleaned and summarized L2 Consumer, Voter, and Mover data using Python, PySpark, and SQL on the Databricks platform
    - Design and create interactive ArcGIS and QGIS maps that visually represent voter turnout, disaster exposure, and keyword use in local public meetings at the place, county, and state level
    - Cleaned transcript data from 103,350 local government meetings and used topic modeling to find common themes within the transcripts

    Research Assistant | 2022
    University of California, Irvine
    - Assisted Dr. Sara Wallace-Goodman on a project investigating citizenship and democratization
    - Cleaned, merged, and created several visualizations using a nation’s historical immigration policy with electoral and liberal indices

    Research Assistant | 2021
    University of California, Irvine
    - Assisted Dr. Mary McThomas with legal research and analysis on transgender sports bans and the legal implications of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Bostock v Clayton
    - Co-presented Transgender Rights and the Tyranny of the Majority at the Western Political Science Association Conference in 2022

  • "News Deserts and the Threat to Democracy"
    Midwestern Political Science Association
    Spring 2022, Political Consequences of Media Consolidation

    "Local News Access and Political Participation"
    Western Political Science Association
    Spring 2022, Political Participation and Media in a New World

    "Transgender Rights and the Tyranny of the Majority"
    Western Political Science Association
    Spring 2022, Sexuality and Gender in the Law

    "Unions as a Counterbalance to Corporate Citizenship"
    Midwest Political Science Association
    Spring 2021, Tensions Between Law and Democracy

    "Corporate Citizenship and the Threat to Democracy: Unions as a Counterbalance"
    Western Political Science Association
    Spring 2021, Judicial Review, Litigation Reform, and Political Speech

    Featured Alumni Panel
    California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
    Fall 2018, World Philosophy Day

    “Union Security Fees, Campaign Finance, and the First Amendment"
    California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
    February 2018, Colloquium Speakers Series: Labor, Justice, and the Future of Work

    “Speech Rights in the Public Sector”
    California State University - Fullerton
    September 2016, California Teachers Association, Union Meeting

  • Outstanding Service Award
    University of California - Irvine
    June 2022

    Outstanding Graduate Student, Research & Theory
    California State University – Fullerton
    May 2017

    Pai Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Philosophy Department
    California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
    May 2012

    Valedictorian
    Arroyo Pacific Academy
    May 2005

  • Ethics Center Fellowship | $4,000
    University of California - Irvine

    Brython Davis Fellowship | $7,000
    University of California - Irvine

    Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy Fellow | $1,500
    University of California - Irvine

    Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | $11,000
    University of California - Irvine

    Diversity Recruitment Fellowship | $7,500
    University of California - Irvine

    Minority Serving Institution Enhancement | $7,500
    University of California - Irvine

  • American Political Science Association
    2020 - Current

    The Society for Political Methodology
    2019 - Current