Current Research
UCI: Expanding Latinx Students' Opportunities to Develop Complex Thinking in Secondary Science Classrooms through a RPP
Expanding Science Opportunities Program
Expanding Science Opportunities Program
Doctoral Research
UCSB: University-community partnerships that encourage STEM-underrepresented students
Curie-osity Project with Girls Inc. and McEnroe Reading Clinic 2016-2019
MakerSpace at the St. George Youth Center 2014-2019
Click here for more info on our projects blending science, art & activism
Curie-osity Project with Girls Inc. and McEnroe Reading Clinic 2016-2019
MakerSpace at the St. George Youth Center 2014-2019
Click here for more info on our projects blending science, art & activism
Undergraduate Research
Psychology
University of Arizona Anxiety Research Laboratory 2007-2009
Research group interests: self-regulation, social deviance, social relationships, life history theory, evolutionary and behavioral theories in clinical science. Trained as a psychometrician, administered battery of tests at Job Core Center. Devised and implemented senior Honors thesis research at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum to monitor and report back guest circulation and park use patterns.
Ecology
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research 2008-2009
Research group interests: Study of past and present forest ecological form and function, including topics such as fire and/or insect dynamics and forest composition history, using tree-ring data to understand long-term trends in climate, particularly in the mountains of western North America.
Papaj Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Lab 2008
Research group interests: reproductive dynamics of insects in co-evolved interactions. Plant-insect relationships, in particular plant-pollinator interactions.
Kekoldi Bird Conservation and Monitoring Project Summer 2007
Program in Limon, Costa Rica offers training on bird identification, constant effort mist-netting, bird banding techniques, and data entry. Built foundation for environmental center and trails through the reserve.
University of Arizona Anxiety Research Laboratory 2007-2009
Research group interests: self-regulation, social deviance, social relationships, life history theory, evolutionary and behavioral theories in clinical science. Trained as a psychometrician, administered battery of tests at Job Core Center. Devised and implemented senior Honors thesis research at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum to monitor and report back guest circulation and park use patterns.
Ecology
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research 2008-2009
Research group interests: Study of past and present forest ecological form and function, including topics such as fire and/or insect dynamics and forest composition history, using tree-ring data to understand long-term trends in climate, particularly in the mountains of western North America.
Papaj Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Lab 2008
Research group interests: reproductive dynamics of insects in co-evolved interactions. Plant-insect relationships, in particular plant-pollinator interactions.
Kekoldi Bird Conservation and Monitoring Project Summer 2007
Program in Limon, Costa Rica offers training on bird identification, constant effort mist-netting, bird banding techniques, and data entry. Built foundation for environmental center and trails through the reserve.