Education

  • 2023, University of Minnesota

  • 2020, University of Minnesota

  • 2016, Beloit College

Recent publications

Recent research

  • Conducted a qualitative study that aims to describe current parental tobacco use screening processes in Twin Cities’ clinics.

    Led interviews with pediatric primary care physicians or other clinicians, clinical staff, and clinic leadership.

    Led the recruitment of interviewees and collaborate with Dr. Wilhelm to analyze and disseminate the findings.

  • Managed communication related to Design Justice initiatives and programming within the college

    In collaboration with the Director of Design Justice, created programming within the College of Design that connects BIPOC and/or queer students, faculty, and staff across the college.

    Co-organized a Juneteenth celebrate that served over 2,000 community members.

  • Conducted secondary research via Google, research databases and other sources.

    Assisted with qualitative and/or quantitative primary research projects, such as analyzing survey data, taking notes during focus groups/in-depth interviews, analyzing qualitative data and writing research reports.

    Assisted with media analysis projects by creating charts in Excel and developing insights to explain key findings.

  • Identified and surfaced collections across the Smithsonian Institution that were related to Haiti.

    Created a collection database and comprehensive summaries comprised of each collection that will provide a resource for scholars, curators and other researchers interested in Haitian collections across the Smithsonian Institutions.

    Conducted extensive research using primary and secondary sources to write a collection story for NMAAHC’s website on Haitian and African American connections during the Harlem Renaissance.

Invited talks

  • 2021, Community of Scholars Program Annual Writing Retreat, UMN, Minneapolis, MN.

  • 2021, Department of Anthropology, The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

  • 2021, Weissberg Program in Human Rights: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights, Beloit College, Beloit, WI.

  • 2020, Student Excellence and Leadership Sophomore Institute, Beloit College, Beloit, WI.

  • 2020, Department of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI.