Education

2019 Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut.
Dissertation: The developmental evolution of the treehopper pronotum.

2011 M.S., Biology and Society, Arizona State University.
Thesis: The “History and Nature of Science” in the era of standards-based reform.

2009 B.S., Biology, Arizona State University.
Thesis: Telling a different story: the history of science as a web of relationships in the Embryo Project.


Academic Appointments

2019–2020 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Connecticut.

2012–2018 Graduate Assistant, University of Connecticut.

2011–2012 Adjunct Instructor, Roger Williams University.

2011 Intern, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

2009–2011 Graduate Assistant, Arizona State University.


Fellowships and Grants

2019 Greg and Mona Anderson Award for Best
Doctoral Dissertation $400

2017 UConn Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship $2000

2017 UConn Doctoral Student Travel Award $750

2017 EEB Departmental Grant $1000

2015 EEB Departmental Grant $650

2014 Society for the Study of Evolution Rosemary Grant Award $2,500

2014 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research $1,000

2014 EEB Departmental Grant $400

2013 EEB Departmental Grant $400

2012 University of Connecticut Outstanding Scholar Fellowship $40,000

2009 ASU SoLUR HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship $7,000