(Sociology, May 2023)

Thesis Title: Feeding the Need: Charitable Food-Providing Organizations and Gaps in the Social Safety Net

Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), Christina Ciocca Eller, Mario Luis Small (Columbia University), and Margaret Weir (Brown University)

Initial Placement: Turpanjian Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California (July 2023–July 2024); Provost Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California (August 2024–July 2026); Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Southern California (effective July 2026)
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(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2023)
Thesis Title: The Worldbuilders: Pedagogy, Practice, and Politics in Black Power-era Independent Schools
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Jarvis Givens, Mario Luis Small (Columbia University)
Research/Teaching Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Education, Qualitative Methods, Political Sociology, Social Movements, Social Policy, Archival Methods, Gender and Sexuality
Current Position: Self employed, Racial Justice Strategist and Coach-Consultant, New Haven, Connecticut

(Sociology, May 2023)
Thesis Title: Race, Place, and the Politics of Urban Austerity in Michigan, 1970s-2010s
Committee: Mario Luis Small (Chair, Columbia University), Robert J. Sampson, and Thomas Sugrue (New York University)
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, and Assistant Professor in Sociology and Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor