Welcome!
Teaching
As of Fall 2017, I have been employed as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida International University in Miami, FL. I have taught Introduction to American Government, Legislative Process, Politics of Voting Rights, and State Politics (online) at FIU.
At UF, in the Fall 2015, Spring 2016 and Spring 2017, I was the instructor of record for POS 4424 (Legislative Politics). In Fall 2016, I was the instructor for POS 4275 (Modern Political Campaigns), in which we focused as a class on the competing campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
I as a graduate teaching assistant for POS 2041 (American Federal Government) and POS 2112 (State and Local Government).
Background
I’m a doctoral student with a focus on American politics and political institutions. A proud native of the Mountain State, West Virginia, I completed my B.A. in political science (summa cum laude) at West Virginia University in 2010 and my M.A. here at UF in 2014.
Active involvement in campus life is important to me; I’ve served as co-director of Out & About (an LGBT graduate student social group) in 2012-2013 and as social chair (2012-2013), American Politics field chair (2013-2014), and president (2014-2015) of the Political Science Graduate Student Council. I have also worked as Communications Chair and as Chief Steward for UF Graduate Assistants United. As an undergraduate, I served as president of WVU’s LGBT student organization and participated every year in an annual student lobbying program. I was also a columnist and opinion editor for The Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student-run campus newspaper, where I was the winner of a Society of Professional Journalists award in 2010.
Additional Contact Information
Mailing Address
Department of Politics and International Relations
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
SIPA Building, Room 410
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199