Projects

Doctoral Dissertation, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas

Utility Justice: A Study of Electric Utilities and Their Regulatory Environment through the Lens of Energy Justice in the Context of Integrated Resource Planning (IRP)

• Advisor: Dr. Rachel M. Krause

Graduate Research Assistant, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, Summer 2024

Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructures Driven by Social Equity (ARISE)

• Grant: National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Principal Investigators: Dr. Rachel M. Krause

• Activities: Research design, network data collection, network data modeling, interview instrument development and administration 

Government Policy Advisor and Wind Energy Specialist Intern, Steelhead Americas, Vestas, Summer 2023

Wind Farming In Kansas: Considerations for Local Governments and Communities

• Exploring Solutions to Value Conflicts in Stalled Wind and Solar Projects in Rural Kansas: The Osage County Moratorium and Grassroots Resistance to Renewable Energy Expansion in the Midwest

• Client Liaison: Maida Pearce, Public Engagement Associate, Americas Region, Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.

• Project Manager: Sara Taliaferro

Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR), University of Kansas, 2021-2023

Dealing with Disruption: Investigating the Micro-level Underpinnings of City Response to the Climate Crisis

• Grant: National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Principal Investigators: Dr. Rachel M. Krause, Dr. Gwen Arnold

• Activities: Data collection, survey instrument development, survey modeling in Qualtrics, managing dissemination of surveys, building and analyzing statistical models, writing literature reviews, conference papers and journal papers, presenting at conferences, conducting systematic literature reviews, newspaper archival search, developing websites, network data collection, developing interview instruments, conducting interviews, qualitative data coding and analysis

Principal Investigator, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, Spring 2022

Energy & Environmental Justice Educational and Advocacy Program: The administrative burden of applying for energy assistance programs

Lawrence, United States

• Grant: Sierra Club Kansas Chapter, $5,000

• Advisor: Ty Gorman, Sierra Club

• Undergraduate Research Assistant: Sophia Pascente 

• Activities: Educating and engaging an undergraduate student at the University of Kansas in energy justice scholarship and advocacy, conducting qualitative interviews

Master's Capstone Project, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Developing a Climate Action Plan for Illinois State Parks, the Rock Cut State Park, 2020

, Champaign-Urbana, United States

• Client: Illinois Department of Natural Resources

• Supervisor: Dr. Brian Deal, Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC)

• Advisor: Dr. Sean Kennedy

Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2019

• Advisor: Professor Asef Bayat

• Activities: Developing a personal website

Master's Thesis, Department of Architecture and Energy, School of Architecture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2017

Developing a Sustainability Rating System for School Buildings by Analytical Network Process (ANP) analysis (in Farsi)

• Advisor: Dr. Ali Vakili Ardebili