RECENT UPDATE

ASA 2024 Annual Meeting

I will be attending the ASA 2024 Annual Meeting (August 9-13, 2024) in Montreal, Canada. I will present "The Life Course of Queer Migration in the United States." I look forward to meeting with new people interested in the demographic behaviors and internal migration outcomes of sexual minority individuals.

SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

I will be attending the SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting (August 9-11, 2024) in Montreal, Canada. I will present "STEM Work Hour Disparity Based on Sexual Orientation: Heterogeneity across Gender, Relationship Status, and Parenthood" in a Critical Dialogue session. This is my first time attending the SSSP annual meeting, and I look forward to meeting with new people interested in LGBT sociology, social stratification, and family.

Demography Research Fellowship

I will be receiving the Demography Research Fellowship (2024-2025) from the Demography Program at The Pennsylvania State University. I am honored to receive this fellowship and look forward to using this time to further my research projects.

WFRN 2024 Conference

I will be attending the 7th Biennial Work-Family Researchers Network Conference (June 19-22, 2024) in Montreal, Canada. I will present "Occupational Characteristics and Egalitarian Division of Housework among Different-Sex and Same-Sex Couples." This is my first time attending the WFRN conference, and I look forward to meeting with new people interested in the domestic labor and care work division within different-sex and same-sex households.

6th-Year Funding

The Department of Sociology and Criminology has approved my 6th-year funding request. Thanks to their generosity, I will have one more year to prepare myself before entering the job market in Fall 2025.

Penn State Sociology Paper Competition

It is my honor to announce that my work with Elena Pojman received an honorable mention in the working paper category of the 15th Annual Sociology Paper Competition in my department. This paper is under R&R at Journal of Marriage and Family. I want to thank the competition committee members and the reviewers!

PAA 2024 Annual Meeting

I will be attending the PAA 2024 Annual Meeting (April 17-20, 2024) in Columbus, OH. I will present two papers: "Caring Community for Whom? Heterogeneous Effects of Racial and LGBT Community Belonging on the Mental Health of Sexual Minorites" and "Sexual Minority Workers and Occupational Disparities in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields: Beyond Perceived Inequalities and Interpersonal Challenges." I look forward to meeting with new people interested in the social and health outcomes of sexual minority individuals.