Sociology Graduate Students
- Title
- PhD Student
- Division Graduate Studies Division
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Affiliations Feminist Studies Department, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
- Phone 831-459-0111
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, Office #129
- Mail Stop Rachel Carson College
Summary of Expertise
Research Interests
African Diaspora; Race and Ethnicity; Urban Sociology; Black Girlhood, Youth, and Education; Black Feminism; Postcolonial Sociology; Tourism Studies; Cultural Studies; Ethnography and Mixed Methods
Biography, Education and Training
I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in December 2016 with a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish with a minor in International Relations.
My current project seeks to understand the process of youth racial identity formation in a transnational context.
Honors, Awards and Grants
University of Californa Regent's Fellowship, Fall 2017
I have presented original work at the following conferences:
Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA, March 2019
Issues in Critical Investigation Biennial Symposium, "The Environment, the Anthropocene, and the African Diaspora.", Vanderbilt, October 2018
American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 2018
I have presented workshops or served as a panelist at the following conferences:
National Women's Studies Association, Atlanta, November 2018
Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach, March 2018
AAUW National Conference of College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), June 2017
Teaching Interests
Past TA appointments include:
Spring 2019: Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY105b)
Winter 2019: Issues and Problems in American Society (SOCY10)
Fall 2018: World Society (SOCY15)
Summer 2018: Evaluation of Evidence (SOCY3A)
Spring 2018: Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY105b)
Winter 2018: Race and Law (SOCY128i)
GSR appointments include:
Summer 2018: Middle School Breaktime Study Data Analysis, under the instruction of Dr. Rebecca London
