Professional Interests and Research

• Specializes in Environmental Policy and Justice: Committed to unraveling the complexities surrounding environmental justice and policy, with a recent focus on the environmental implications of energy production methods, such as fracking and oil extraction, in the U.S.
• Passionate about Collaborative Governance: Particularly engaged in understanding how collective decision-making shapes water policies.
  Ongoing Research Project on Collaborative Watershed Management: Actively working on a project that evaluates the impacts of joint watershed management efforts on policy outputs and outcomes. The project’s ultimate goal is to deepen understanding of how collaboration influences water quality.
• Nationwide Scope: The ongoing project extends beyond local boundaries, comprehensively analyzing various watershed collaborations throughout the U.S.
• Extension of Dissertation Research: The current national-scale investigation builds upon and extends the foundational work done in my dissertation.