Research

2019 University of Colorado, Denver - School of Public Affairs
Graduate Research Assistant, Principal Investigators: Geoffrey Propheter, PhD and Sebawit Bishu, PhD

Systematically evaluated and coded data using content analysis. Reviewed 1,095 Board of Assessment appeals in
  the state of Colorado for analysis of the role of representative bureaucracy in public finance.

2015 University of Denver - Morgridge College of Education
Graduate Research Assistant, Principal Investigators: Julie Sarama, PhD and Douglas H. Clements, PhD

Part of research team on $2.1M NSF-funded grant project: Comprehensive Research-Based Early Mathematics
  Ability Test (CREMAT). Conducted interviews with elementary school children to profile their understanding of early
  mathematical ideas, including counting, arithmetic, spatial relationships, geometry, and measurement.

2013 Florida International University - Honors College
Student Researcher, Principal Investigators: Jim Riach, PhD and Devon Graham, PhD

Conducted ethnographic research with the indigenous residents of three rural communities located along the Orosa
  River of the Peruvian Amazon. Worked with Campesino and Yagua Native communities in the development of a bio
  cultural protocol (life plan) for each community, focusing on the importance of natural resources and the knowledge
  and capacities they have to manage these. Supported indigenous and campesino communities set terms of
  engagement with external entities including non-governmental organizations, governmental agencies, and
  commercial interests.

2023 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Conference - Pittsburgh, PA
Institutionalized DEIJ Backlash: The Academic and Training Experiences of Public Affairs Graduate Students

Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) - Utrecht, The Netherlands
Bureaucracy Meets Democracy: Election Officials' Perceptions, Mobilization, and Turnout 

Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA) Conference - Athens, Georgia
The Impact of Voting Rights Restoration on County and Neighborhood Level Turnout in Florida

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference - Virtual
Belonging, Deservingness, and Civic Identity: A Content Analysis of the Feedback Effects of Voting Rights Restoration

2022 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Conference - Chicago, IL
Toward a More Reflexive and Deliberative Public Affairs: A Critical Reimagining of Doctoral Training

Election Science Research & Administration (ESRA) Conference - Charlotte, NC
Shifting Administrative Burdens: The Role of Partisanship in Diluting Voter Restoration and Undermining
Democracy in Florida

American University Summer Diversity Academy - Washington, DC

Motor Voter or Motivation?: Measuring the Effectiveness of AVR on Voter Registration in Colorado

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference - Jacksonville, FL

Desperate Times Call for Drastic Measures – Examining Citizen-Legislator Congruence in Abortion Policy

2019 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference - Denver, CO
Reconstruction Reconsidered: How Florida Passed its Voting Rights Restoration Amendment

Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC) - Newark, NJ
Reconstruction Reconsidered: A Case for Voting Rights Restoration Upon Prison Release

Public Administration Theory Network (PATNet) Conference - Denver, CO
Racial Amnesia and the Fate of Affirmative Action in the Post-Truth Era

2018 University of Denver Public Policy Forum - Denver, CO (with Lydia Supplee, MA)
Advancing Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Across the P-20 Pipeline: Recommendations for State
Policy and Practice

2022 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program
Introduction to Python
Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables
Race, Ethnicity, and Quantitative Methodology

2020 University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs
Quantitative Methods II (PUAD 8070)

University of Colorado Denver, School of Education and Human Development
Advanced Methods of Qualitative Inquiry (RSEM 7100)

2019 University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs
Quantitative Methods I  (PUAD 8050)
Seminar on the Conduct of Empirical Inquiry (PUAD 8060)

2015 University of Denver
Research in Higher Education (HED 4232, Winter and Spring Quarter)

2014 University of Denver
Research in Higher Education (HED 4232, Fall Quarter)

2024 University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Virtual; May 2024)
The New Directions Workshop: Multi-Disciplinary Explorations of Inequity and Injustice (By Invitation)

2023 The Sentencing Project & Chicago Votes
CIVIC POWER: Challenging 50 Years of Mass Incarceration (By Invitation)

University of Colorado, Denver - School of Public Affairs
Research Workshop: Frontiers for Administrative Burden Scholarship by Dr. Elizabeth Bell

2022 Harvard University's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
We Have the Right to Vote! Now What? A Workshop on Returning Citizens for Organizers and Scholars (By Invitation)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Section on Class and Inequality
Class and Race Online Seminar Series (CROSS)

University of Colorado, Denver - School of Public Affairs
Public Management Case Study Research by Dr. Michael Barzelay
Social Equity and Public Policy by Dr. Andrea Headley

2021 University of Colorado, Denver - School of Public Affairs
Methods of the Policy Process Workshop
- Narrative Policy Framework  by Dr. Mallory SoRelle
- Policy Feedback Theory by Dr. Michael D. Jones
Research Workshop: Conducting Surveys by Dr. Leah Stokes

2019 University of Colorado, Denver - School of Public Affairs
Seminar on News Media Analysis (Discourse Network Analysis) by Drs. Deserai Crow, Jennifer Kagan,
Stephanie Bultema, and Laura Wolton
Common Method Bias Workshop by Dr. William Swann
Introduction to GIS for Public Policy and Administration Research by Dr. Serena Kim
Research Data Management by Dr. Serena Kim
Experiments in Public Administration by Dr. Amanda Rutherford

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
Human Research - Group 2 Social and Behavioral Research
CITI Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) for Students and Instructors
Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research