Research
Areas of Research
Energy and Environmental Governance, Policy, and Justice
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
Advisor: Dr. Ali Vakili Ardebili