Educator

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interested in making our universities more responsive to the diversity of students they serve.

Researcher

I am a Teaching Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to my appointment, I was a PhD student (‘24) in Developmental and Psychological Sciences at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.

My research helps higher education institutions improve their student affairs services and pedagogy to support their increasingly diverse student bodies. I have taught 11+ courses as an instructor and adjunct Psychology professor at Stanford and the University of San Francisco.

Research Areas

  • Drawing on cultural and social psychology, my scholarship identifies areas of tension between universities and their students of color, particularly international and immigrant students. In doing so, I can identify levers for intervention and change.

  • Both my research and teaching have worked predominantly with the developmental period of emerging adulthood (i.e., 18-24).

  • My research, teaching, and advocacy center the diversity of students’ experiences. All three ask: how can we, as members of a university community, change our approaches to meet our students where they are in terms of their experiences and identities?

  • Although I have published mixed methods works that utilize quantitative survey data, I consider myself a predominantly qualitative researcher. My expertise is in interview and focus group methodologies. I have also taught an advanced research methods course on qualitative methods.