• Managed and oversaw team of undergraduate research assistants.• Collected data on the structure, status, regulatory output, and leadership of state executive agencies.• Researched and wrote summaries of literature related to state executive agencies and representation within stateand federal level agencies.

Pursuing my PhD in Political Science with a focus on American Institutions

•Researched topics and wrote reports on federal agencies including, but not limited to performance, strategic planning, and control by the Executive Office of the President (EOP).•Collected data on federal agency strategic goals.

•Collected data for the Center for Effective Lawmaking to calculate legislative effectiveness scores.•Researched individual members of Congress, Congressional district characteristics, and campaign expenditures.

• Researched state supreme cases regarding governor veto power.• Collected data on characteristics of individual court cases.

•Research and analyze state and national legislation pertinent to the mission of Carle. •Track committee hearings and other legislative communications on upcoming policy. •Assist in management of relationships with local government officials and community partners.

•Coded and categorized religions for the SERAPH Cross-Walk Project, a project to create a data-set of religious demographics cross-nationally using a group of national surveys. •Edited and revised source document for the Coup Project, a project to create a data-set of every coup cross-nationally for the last 80 years. •Researched topics related to federal agency leadership, the Census Bureau, fixed terms for agency leadership, and delegation of authority to and within federal agencies.•Conducted statistical test to measure the quality of data collected by the Census Bureau and the impact of Census Bureau Director tenure on data quality.

•Conducted data collection and coding on executive agencies within the federal government.•Collaborated with Professor Selin on a paper regarding the use of “for cause” and “fixed term” appointments by Congress to federal agencies. •Researched various topics related to federal agencies and synthesized information into literature reviews to assist in the updating of the Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies. Topics included: fixed terms, agency independence, litigating authority, agency funding, agency transparency, agency management.

•Completed database maintenance and periodic updating.•Kept record of fundraising and assisted in new fundraising efforts.

•Assisted a PhD candidate in dissertation research on the impacts of subnational fragmentation.•Conducted data collection and coding of Brazilian municipality election results.•Performed data analysis to discover trends within the data set.

•Unseated Assistant Majority Leader and Chair of the House Revenue and Finance Committee.•Recruited, managed, and led a team of over thirty interns.•Headed strategy and execution of a field program that produced over 97,000 doors knocked; 32,500 calls.•Worked with the Campaign Manager in facilitating fundraising, press relations, and social media operations.

Senior Advisor to 5th Appellate Court Candidates•Advised judges on campaign strategy in areas of field, media, fundraising, and campaign messaging.•Provided insight on the political landscape of each race.•Led and organized voter outreach plan.

•Led the development of the field program with numbers of over 120,000 calls; 6,000 doors knocked.•Led effort of recruiting, training, and managing a team over thirty interns.

Senior Constituent Services Intern at the Champaign District Office of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis: •Head intern in Champaign District Office•Performed constituent correspondence•Organized and assisted in events

Constituent Services Intern at the Champaign District Office of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis•Performed constituent services through listening to and addressing concerns and needs of constituents •Led operation to track the Congressman's local media presence •Organized advisory boards, meetings, and other events•Assisted staff with constituent case work

•Organized parades and other campaign events•Reached out to and coordinated campaign volunteers

•Worked on the winning campaigns of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner in the Champaign County Field Office•Made voter contact through phone surveys and canvassing•Top 3 Intern for September out of 26•Top 2 Intern for October out of 93

•Worked on the winning campaigns of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner in the Champaign County Field Office•Made voter contact through phone surveys and canvassing•Top 3 Intern for September out of 26•Top 2 Intern for October out of 93