I am a political scientist of education who uses mixed methodologies and community-engaged research approaches to understand the politics and policy of civic education in a pluralistic and multiracial U.S. democracy.

In Fall 2024, I began as an Assistant Professor of Public and Community Service Studies at Providence College, where I teach courses about civic participation and civically-engaged research methods. I am a Civil Discourse Faculty Fellow at PC’s Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy Lab and am a researcher with the Civic Engagement Research Group.

Informed by more than a dozen years of teaching at the postsecondary and K-12 level, I research the politics of civic education curriculum and policy as sites for political socialization and engagement. New projects include field work on the role of teachers as street-level bureaucrats, pedagogies for and implementation of knowledge democracy, and the civic identity development of students. I aim to contribute to academic and public research that is co-created in mutually beneficial partnerships.

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