I am a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I am also affiliated with the Center for Demography and Ecology, the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE), the Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL), and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. As a social demographer and medical sociologist, I study adolescent and early adult health and violent insults as stratifying experiences that affect many outcomes across the life course, including participation in social life, fertility, family formation processes, and educational opportunities. My work has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLOS One, Women’s Health Issues, Journal of American College Health, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, among others. See my Google Scholar page here.

I hold an MPH from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education and an MSW from the University of Michigan School of Social Work in Mental Health Interpersonal Practice. I completed my undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University, where I received a BS in Neuroscience and Psychology, with a minor in Criminology. Prior to commencing my PhD studies, I worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the University of Michigan School of Nursing for two years.

My research is funded by an F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, an Emerging Scholars in Family Planning grant from the Society of Family Planning, and the Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice from the University of Wisconsin Center for Research on Gender & Women.

In my free time, I love to cook, bake, cross stitch, read, hike, kayak, and play pickleball.