Member of the board of directors of Sanctuarium, a US-based organization aiming to address gaps in the US asylum system between legal representation and "expert" witnessing while offering critical insights into reform through research-informed policy advocacy.

Assisting projects for i) Malu Gatto and Mariana Borges Martins da Silva (Politics), ii) Ridhi Kashyap and Valentina Rotondi (Sociology/Demography), and iii) Jane Gingrich and Alex Kuo (Politics).

Assisting projects for Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore (Economics).

Assisting projects for Emma Zang (Sociology).

Working with the Federal Policy and Advocacy Team located in Washington, DC.

Key assignments include preparing a chapter for a regional report, assisting in the political mapping for an outcome document for the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting in November 2019, and supporting a project on innovative financing for women entrepreneurs.Funded by the Class of 1960 Travel Fellowship granted by Branford College and the Les Aspin Fellowship granted by the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs.

Working with 1) Dr. Frances Rosenbluth on women in the media, 2) Dr. Paola Bertucci on the history of science/medicine, and 3) PhD candidate, Hikaru Yamagishi, on Japanese electoral politics. Paid as a research assistant on mixed qualitative, quantitative, and archival methodologies.