Experience

Research Experience

Washington State University

• Research Assistant – Dr. Jen Schwartz – Spring 2021 – Present

• Graduate research assistant on the Washington Rural Jails Network project, which uses a collaborative, data-driven approach to understand better the factors that impact local jail population trends and to develop data-informed policy and practice solutions.  
• Further aims include bringing these rural-focused policy solutions to the attention of state and national policymakers.
• Assisted in preparing county-level data-driven reports.  

Illinois State University

• Undergraduate Research Assistant – Dr. Ralph Weisheit – Spring 2020
• Undergraduate Research Assistant – Dr. Winfred Avogo – Spring 2020
• Undergraduate Research Assistant – Dr. Susan Sprecher – Spring 2020

Other Experience

• Speech on cannabis legalization at the 2023 Hemp Fest in Moscow, Idaho
• Sociology Ambassador – Spring 2020 | Illinois State University

Teaching Experience

Washington State University

• Graduate Teaching Assistant – Deviance (SOC 360) – Spring 2020
• Graduate Teaching Assistant – Criminology (SOC 361) – Fall 2020

Illinois State University

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – Sociological Inquiry (SOC 206) – Spring 2019