RESUME
Professional
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Public affairs scholar and educator with fifteen years in higher education at UT Dallas and Dallas College. Ph.D. in Public Affairs (2026) with a dissertation on anti-DEI legislation across all fifty states. Prepared to teach Federal and Texas Government, Public Policy, Public Administration, and Public Budgeting, with a career spent building workshops, orientations, and curriculum for first-generation and working-adult students.
Skills
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Public Policy and Policy Analysis
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Public Budgeting and Finance
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Quantitative Research (Stata, R)
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Program Evaluation and Assessment
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Curriculum and Workshop Design
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Academic Advising
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Leadership and Change Management
Work
experience
Researcher
2020 - 2026
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Completed and defended the dissertation (July 2026), refreshed a fifty-state panel dataset for follow-on publication, and submitted a paper to the AERA 2027 Annual Meeting.
Program Manager
2024 - 2025
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Directed operations, student advising, and faculty coordination for the Alliance for Physician Leadership Executive MBA program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas; co-authored AACSB and SACSCOC assessment reports.
Academic Support Coordinator - Doctoral Programs
2021 - 2024
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Advised and supported almost 80 students' progress in the Ph.D. Psychology and Cognition and Neuroscience programs.
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Coordinated program evaluation to develop and implement initiatives to collect and analyze data for continuous improvement.
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Worked across academic departments to ensure that academic activities are completed promptly. This includes registration, graduation tracking, and milestone completion.
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Developed data-driven admissions/ recruitment strategies and coordinated retention initiatives to ensure student success.
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Managed projects, including program review, annual assessment, and student evaluation reporting
Graduate Coordinator/Program Manager
2012-2021
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Provided administrative support to 250+ graduate students; Including policy adherence, writing memos, program evaluation & assessment; auditing degree plans, administering Ph.D. qualifying exams (~20 semester),
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Managed 70+ Teaching Assistants, including onboarding, assignments, etc. Worked with Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Department Chairs, Program Heads, and Deans to resolve unique and academic matters. Maintained all data on Doctoral students to allow for rapid reporting as needed. This included admissions data, milestone achievement, and TA/RA information.
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Developed and implemented a new student orientation program for incoming graduate students in the fall semesters and directed its marketing efforts and other onboarding activities
Education
The University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D., Public Affairs, 2020 - 2026
Dissertation: A State-Level Analysis of the Economic, Political, and Social Equity Dimensions of Anti-DEI Legislation in Higher Education. A fifty-state panel study (2019-2025) using difference-in-differences and event-study methods in Stata. Coursework in public policymaking and institutions, public budgeting and fiscal policy, public management, nonprofit management, and quantitative and qualitative research methods. Cumulative GPA 3.65.
The University of Texas at Dallas
Master of Public Affairs, GPA 3.78
2016 - 2018
A professional diploma designed to prepare students to build competencies and develop creative solutions for challenges in finance, leadership, human resources, and project management.
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts, Human Ecology
2010
The Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences focuses on the study of human development, individuals in a family context, relationships, and well-being within the family and the broader social, economic, community, and governmental environment.