As an urbanist, I tend to focus on the forces surrounding neighborhood change including location affordability, neighborhood satisfaction, and community resistance. I am keenly interested in how and why neighborhoods change and how communities and public policymakers create or react to those changes. 

As a professor, I look holistically at how students learn and grow. As a first-generation college student, I bring a unique, eclectic approach to teaching and pedagogy. Having numerous experiences within higher education administration, specifically within student and academic affairs, I employ a variety of techniques in the classroom that allow me to connect with students across all demographics.

With an emphasis on community development, my research, teaching, and service are centered on issues of equity and inclusivity.

“My overall goal is to change how people see themselves, to question their own positionality, and to work collaboratively with others to create a more inclusive, democratic society.”