Research

My research focuses on the application of creativity and the arts to address societal and community problems. My research practices draw on my training in data analysis, oral history, gender and race-theory, and a pedagogy grounded in compassionate humanism.

Education

2018 Master of Science, Family Youth & Community Sciences, University of Florida.

2015 B.A., History, Summa Cum Laude with a Minor in Music History, University of Florida

2006 International Baccalaureate Program, Eastside High School

Conferences

2021 “Guitars, Rockets, and Robots!: Broadening Participation in STEM through Creativity and Participatory Learning” Florida-Caribbean Louis Stokes Regional Center for Excellence Mindsets for STEM Conference.

2021 “Guitars, Rocketry, Robotics ATE” at 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase (Received Facilitators’ Choice Award for presentation 2nd year in a row).

2020 "Guitars, Rocketry, Robotics Advanced Technological Education" at 2020 STEM for All Video Showcase. (Presentation won Facilitators Choice Award.)

2019 “Broadening Participation: How Gender and Race Theory Informs Our Work” at National Science Foundation Advanced Tech Education PI Conference, Washington, D.C.

2015 “Forgetting Stephen Foster: An Examination of the Great American Hero Mythology” at UF History Department Honors Conference

2014 “Lock Stock & Paradox: Armed Self Defense in Mississippi’s Black Communities” at the National Oral History Association Conference, Madison, Wisconsin

Publications