I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University, here in St. Louis Missouri. 

My research centers around three, often overlapping, areas: environmental policy, local government, and gender. My research can be found in a wide variety of outlets, from the American Review of Public Administration, a top public administration journal, to Journal AWWA Water Science, an interdisciplinary peer-review journal focusing on the science and social aspects of potable drinking water. If you ever have questions or want to get in touch about something I have written, please reach out! I am always happy to chat about my work and it's real-world implications. 

At Saint Louis University, I teach a range of courses from introductory methods in political science to seminars in public policy, gender, and environmental policy. 

Prior to becoming a professor, I served as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. I worked on a team of evaluators who planned, assisted with, evaluated, and conducted evaluations for HHS. 

I supported the Data Council run through HHS, led the creation of a Data Linkage Primer to standardize the way HHS thought about record and data linkage projects, and used social science research techniques to develop case studies of teams engaging in evaluation best practices. 

I earned my PhD in Political Science from Texas A&M University (Gig 'Em!) in 2022. There I focused on public administration and methods and my dissertation committee consisted of Dr. Manny Teodoro (now at Wisconsin), Dr. Scott Cook (now at University of Ohio), Dr. Robert Greer, and Dr. Erik Peterson (now at Rice). 

My dissertation focused on the way local government institutions shape workforce quality, with an emphasis on the workforces of water utilities and city managers. 

Prior to attending Texas A&M, I worked as a management consultant for Booz Allen on a wide range of civil projects. I was a the deputy project manager on a contract that calculated the error rate for Medicare Part D for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which is a complex and highly technical project that required coordinating across statistical teams, pharmacrueitcal teams, and data analysis. 

I also earned a MPA from Indiana University and spent a year working for the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in Washington, DC. My undergraduate degree is from Northwestern University in Environmental Science.