Undergraduate Research
2023
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Joined the Geoscience Education Research Lab at IU Indianapolis as an undergraduate researcher.
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Began working on an inclusion-focused project that examined equitable practices, and student identity within geoscience.
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Independently developed a phenomenological study focused on academic sustainability among women in geoscience.
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Wrote and submitted a successful proposal that secured $10,000 in IU UROP research funding.
2024
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​Conducted 400+ hours of phenomenological interviews with participants across the United States.
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Grounded theory analysis, developing an early framework hypothesis that helped shape the lab’s broader research direction.
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Presented palimerty work at GSA Connects 2024
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Women in Geology (CACC Geology) Scholarship recognizing reasurch and community work
2025
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Furthered analysis and developed a framework specific to service and outreach in geosciences, examining the effects of science efficacy
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Expanded my interdisciplinary research background by enrolling in psychology coursework to strengthen my learning-sciences perspective
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Recipient of the National Iris Moreno Totten Geoscience Education Research Award
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Co-designed a national survey instrument to test the emerging framework, including survey logic, flow, layout, pilot testing, and refinement for large-scale implementation
