Administration

Executive Director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College

Managing daily operations and oversight as well as assisting in areas such as long-range planning, inter-office relations, stewardship, and partnerships with other campus organizations.

Interim Director of the College in Prison Program, January 2023-June 2023, Newcomb Institute, Tulane University                                                           

Recruiting and supporting faculty in virtual and in person instruction, managing relationship between Tulane University School for Professional Advancement, community partner Operation Restoration, and Louisiana Department of Corrections officials, determining course offerings to fulfill degree requirements, and managing shared teaching assistant.

Director of Research at Newcomb Institute, August 2016-2023, Newcomb Institute, Tulane University                                                           

In this role, I facilitate the production and dissemination of academic research to the broader community. I encourage faculty to work with undergraduate women research assistants and to translate their academic research into reports that are easily digestible by a non-academic audience. Among other initiatives, this work has led to the development of the New Orleans Maternal and Child Health Coalition.

Co-Chair of the New Orleans Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, 2018-2023 

Along with my co-chair, I create and execute programming for local scholars to encourage public scholarship and engagement between university researchers and local policymakers. Recent programs have included media training, workshops for scholars to participate in judicial proceedings, and a self-promotion workshop for graduate students. In 2020, our chapter co-hosted a state-wide voter summit for undergraduate organizers across Louisiana to prepare for the 2020 election.

Administrative Associate Professor of Women’s Political Leadership, Newcomb Institute Tulane University, July 2021-2023

Serving as the advisor for Newcomb Institute Women and Politics organization, I have worked with student leaders on campus to host voter registration drives and carpools to the polls, as well as bringing to campus Elect Her, a program designed to encourage young women to run for student government. Following the 2016 election, I organized the trip of over 50 of our students to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. and in spring of 2018, I supervised a trip to Washington for our Spark Residential Learning Community. In 2021, I hosted the first CAWP NEW Leadership program in Louisiana to train undergraduate students for political engagement. In Fall 2022, I entered a partnership with LSU’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs to facilitate undergraduate research with students completing oral histories with Louisiana women electeds. Under Newcomb Tulane College, I have previously served as a Residential Faculty Mentor and currently serve as a Faculty Principal in the College Scholars Program.