Work History
education policy, public administration, GIS, geospatial information systems, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, data science, statistics, quantitative research, SUNY Albany, education governance, education finance, computational social science, public policy, econometrics, Python, R programming, statistical modeling
"The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, New England Reformers
Research & Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
SUNY Albany, Department of Public Administration and Policy
May 2024 - Present | Albany, NY
Research Assistant to Dr. Melissa Arnold Lyon
- Produced 30+ scripts (R, Python, Stata) analyzing 75M+ school board voting records; managed cloud computing workflows on SUNY's Linux systems
- Created 20+ reproducible statistical tables and visualizations across 4 research projects; supervised additional research staff
Additional Summer Position (May 2025 - Aug. 2025): SUNY Research Foundation
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Oklahoma, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
Feb. 2023 - May 2024 | Norman, OK
Research Assistant to Dr. Deven Carlson
- Supported NIH and DHHS/ACF grant applications for an RCT through literature synthesis and quality editing
- Drafted and edited 50+ national survey questions on education policy, incorporating original MA thesis research
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Oklahoma, Department of Political Science
Aug. 2022 - May 2023 | Norman, OK
PSC 1113: American Federal Government
- Led 4 weekly discussion sections for ~100 students; graded coursework and delivered guest lecture on Political Parties
Core Competencies
Research Methods
Quasi-experimental designs, spatial statistics, text analysis, survey design
Technical Skills
Python, R, Stata, SQL, GIS, cloud computing, web scraping, data visualization
Academic Writing
Grant writing, literature synthesis, reproducible research
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