LATEST PROJECTS
Project | 01
Research | Dissertation
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For my Ph.D. in Public Affairs at UT Dallas (2026), I built a fifty-state panel dataset (2019–2025) to study anti-DEI legislation in public higher education: who passes these laws and what changes afterward. Using difference-in-differences and event-study methods in Stata, I found that adoption was driven entirely by party control, while the predicted economic and enrollment effects have not yet appeared. I also turned the findings into an interactive public guide with an animated legislative map and self-assessment quizzes. See the full summary on my Research page.
Project | 02
Research | AERA 2027 Paper Submission
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In July 2026, I submitted a paper to the 2027 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting: "A Solution in Search of a Problem: Anti-DEI Legislation Across the Fifty States." The paper extends my dissertation research, drawing on a refreshed fifty-state panel dataset updated with 2025 federal data releases. It examines the political drivers of anti-DEI legislation in public higher education and asks whether the measurable problems these laws claim to address can be found in the data. Status: under review.
Project | 03
Research | Next Project (TBD)
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Details coming soon. My next research project will build on my work in higher-education policy, anti-DEI legislation and policy diffusion, and public-sector organizational behavior. Check back for updates, or get in touch if you are interested in collaborating.
Project | 04
Research | Conference Paper
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In April 2024, I co-presented original research at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in Minneapolis. Our paper, "The Influence of Managers' Gender, Leadership Styles, and Organizational Justice on Gender Equity in Public Organizations," co-authored with Jaeyoung Choe and Jisoo Suk, examined how the gender and leadership style of managers shape employees' perceptions of fairness, and how those perceptions in turn affect gender equity outcomes in public-sector workplaces. The study drew on my broader research interest in public-sector organizational behavior, including gender, leadership, and organizational justice.