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EDUCATION

University of Nevada, Reno | Reno, NVPh.D. Candidate in Political Science | Expected: 2024

Fields: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Dissertation Committee: Susanne Martin (Chair), Scott Kelley, Robert Ostergard, Nicholas Seltzer, Hugh Shapiro

Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PAPostbaccalaureate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence Applications | 2020University of Nevada, Reno | Reno, NVM.A. in Political Science | 2018

Thesis: Scripting Mass Atrocity: Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge
Committee: Susanne Martin (Chair), Xiaoyu Pu, Katharine Schweitzer

Rocky Mountain College | Billings, MTB.S. History and Political Science | 2014

Manga Cum Laude
First Team All American and Academic Team All American

RESEARCH INTERESTS

TerrorismCounterterrorismPolitical ViolenceGeopoliticsGeospatial IntelligenceSoutheast Asia

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellowship ($32,000) | 2022-2023Ozmen Institute Global Studies Graduate Student Research Grant ($2000) | 2021Crowley Political Science Endowment Fund ($2000) | 2021

TRAINING

Institute of Qualitative and Multi-Method Research | Summer InstituteSyracuse University – Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs | Summer 2022

Accepted through IQMR Open Pool competition

Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute | Filipino IUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison | Summer 2021

Recipient of a 2021 Tuition Scholarship

HONORS AND AWARDS

Beverly Jean Acton Endowed Scholarship | 2022GSA Travel Grant (University of Nevada, Reno) | Spring 2022 & Fall 2022 & Spring 2023Bill & Dottie Raggio Endowed Scholarship | 2021 & 2022Nevada Women’s Fund General Scholarship | 2021Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Tuition Scholarship | 2021Distinguished Teaching Assistant (University of Nevada, Reno) | 2021Graduate Assistantship (University of Nevada, Reno) | 2020-2022E.L. Cord Foundation Scholarship | 2020June Wisham Memorial Endowed Scholarship | 2020Graduate Assistantship | 2020-2021Graduate Access Grant (University of Nevada, Reno) | 2019-2021Pi Sigma Alpha Induction | 2016GSA Travel Grant (University of Nevada, Reno) | Summer 2016Graduate Assistantship (University of Nevada, Reno) | 2015-2016Biology Teaching Assistantship (University of Nevada, Reno) | 2014-2015Trustee Scholarship (Rocky Mountain College) | 2010-2012First Team All American (Rocky Mountain College) | 2011Academic All American (Rocky Mountain College) | 2011

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, CH203 American Experiences and Constitutional Change | Spring 2022Distinguished Teaching Assistant, CH201.1102 Ancient and Medieval Cultures | Fall 2021Distinguished Teaching Assistant, CH201.1101 Ancient and Medieval Cultures | Fall 2021Discussion Leader - CH203 American Experiences and Constitutional Change | Spring 2021Research Assistant for Laura Blume | Fall 2020Discussion Leader - CH202 The Modern World | Fall 2020Discussion Leader - CH201 Ancient and Medieval Cultures | 2016Teaching Assistant - PSC231 - Introduction to International Relations | Fall 2015Teaching Assistant - BIOL192 Principles of Biological Investigation | 2014-2015

PRESENTATIONS

American Political Science Association | Lightning Round | Accepted August 2023Personality Crisis: Terrorism in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement
American Political Science Association | Poster | Accepted August 2023At the Edge: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and Terrorism Research
Midwest Political Science Association | Panel | April 2023Down on the Street: A Local Level Comparative Analysis of Clusters of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
American Political Science Association | Panel | September 2022Co-Author (Sara Davis) - Terrorism in the Philippines: Machine Learning and Terrorism Datasets
American Political Science Association | Poster | September 2022And Just One Spark: Clusters of Terrorism in Northern Ireland
Midwest Political Science Association | Panel | April 2022The War on Errorism: Assessing the Accuracy of Existing Terrorism Datasets in The Philippines
International Studies Association | Panel | March 2022Clustering Terrorism: An Alternative Approach to Researching the Triggers of Terrorism
The International Academic Forum Conference on the Social Sciences | Poster | June 2016Incompatible Values: How Cultural Legacy and Regime Change Can Lead to Politicide

ACADEMIC SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Studies Association (ISA)Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)American Political Science Association (APSA)Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society

SKILLS

ArcGIS ProArcGIS DesktopArcGIS OnlineGeodaJapanese (Limited Working Proficiency)Filipino (Intermediate Reading Proficiency)Historical Comparative AnalysisArchival Research Process Tracing

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