Marquette County, 2018 - 2020: With the help of others from my local LWV branch, helped process Marquette county voters in ward 4 through the midterm election's polls during polling hours. Washtenaw County, 2022 - present: In absentee-voter counting board (AVCB) 3, assisted a team of four following city, state, and national checks and balances election laws to check voter signatures, city clerk team initials, and dates on envelopes; paper jog and slice groups of ballot envelopes, and pass finished groups of 50 to the high-speed tabulator teams from 11 am until midnight for Michigan State Primary. Helped duplicate MOVE, damaged, and some unfinished assisted-voter ballots with a team member of AVCB 3 of Ann Arbor from different political party.

Helped write formal request for grant funds for IPSA doings, stewarded grant from International Policy Center (IPC) for IPSA supplies and events over an academic year. Completed end-of-year report describing use of IPC grant funds itemized by event type and event date. In weekly meetings, helped plan catering and speakers for IPSA events at the Ford School. In particular led the ordering of food for lunch-hour events with professors and alums Ford and not with international policy career backgrounds. Frequently took the lead on managing the online paperwork and records to secure reimbursement for IPSA supplies and food for our events. Developed international policy questions for trivia events, and helped devise thought-provoking questions to ask speakers in our events.

The topic for the 2024 competition was entitled, "Ethics, AI, and the future of work." I contributed proofreading, wordsmithing, and clarity editing throughout along with taking a large role in researching and writing the introduction, background and sections 1.1 (the current regulatory landscape in the US and Canada) and 3.3 (linking immigration outcomes to adoptions of AI-assisted technology at the US’ and Canada’s borders). I worked in a team of eight total, with five others from the Ford School, as you can see in the attached case booklet.

"Storage Full of Sunshine" was a research project under the State Dept's Diplomacy Lab program concerning the next steps for the Caribbean energy transition under the auspices of the PACC 2030 agreement. I worked with a team of four other fellow student researchers under the guidance of PACC 2030 coordinator Shannon Rooney and Director Katherine Beamer of the Office of Caribbean Affairs. According to the State Dept's own definition of the Caribbean, my team and I divided up the work by country. We each worked on three countries, with my three consisting of St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. The semester project culminated in a 36-page long report summarizing targeted policy prescriptions by country and broader recommendations for the entire Caribbean region. In mid-December, an overview of the paper was presented to PACC 2030 implementers and stakeholders, including current ambassadors and USAID officials, among others.

I familiarized myself with the stakeholder coalition supporting the MI Healthy Climate Plan package. In addition, I observed meetings past and present of the Michigan Public Service Commission, Michigan's state-level utility regulator, to get a sense of how Michigan energy providers large and small would react to certain provisions, ensuring we keep them onboard while working towards our climate goals. Taking advantage of the Democratic trifecta in Michigan, there was heavy movement towards pushing Michigan to be a national leader on climate commitments, especially on EVs with our heritage in automobile manufacturing. I analyzed directives and bills outlining the best practices for mitigating different greenhouse gases, and completed a 10-page comprehensive transport electrification scorecard for Michigan, comparing it to other leaders nationally and in the Midwest (e.g. California, Oklahoma, Minnesota). The backbone of my work was provided by the ACEEE's 2023 Transport Electrification Scorecard. Environmental justice metrics appeared throughout, and updates were inserted manually by me with what the authors didn't give Michigan points for in its 310 pages. A large portion of my work concerned writing and researching persuasively to achieve utility buy-in on energy policies such as time-of-use (TOU) rates, on- and off-the-hood EV purchase incentives, low-carbon fuel standards, and fighting range anxiety by improving charger station availability per capita, among many others.

For two sections each semester of the two classes Introductory Sociology from Dr. Alan McEvoy and Methods of Social Research I from Dr. Renxin Yang. Evaluated pre-/post-/ regular quizzes, aided those struggling with course material during my office hours. Gave out and graded all extra credit assignments. Led exam review sessions in front of up to 120 students. Over the years, my services were available to 634 students total, according to course registration records. Assisted department head Dr. McEvoy with comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis for all class exams in order to compile his annual general education report to NMU administration, assessing efficacy of professors university-wide.

- Project 1- A Sociological Critique of Cognitive Deviance: Unconventional Beliefs Reconsidered. Integrated disparate multidisciplinary theories into more cohesive whole, creating Double Echo Chamber theory and Divided States of America postulate, a new lens to think about conspiracy theories and misinformation. Presented work at North Central Sociological Association conference, published work in peer-reviewed journal. - Project 2- How Intervention Affects Students' Self-Efficacy and Well-Being. Designed planner and pre-/post-surveys, administered to treatment/ control groups. Planner designed in line with findings from lit review, e.g. found backwards planning more effective than forward, therefore designed planner pages for treatment group listing goals first before steps to reach. Treatment group took part in weekly emotional intelligence workshops. Synthesized multidisciplinary research into a lit review; along with survey findings, created research poster for presentation at NMU's Student Research Week, with poster/ lit review functioning as deliverables. Event moved online via pandemic, but was exciting knowing we were working on some of the first undergrad research in the US about the pandemic- Project 3- Independent project in which two self-designed surveys asked about respondents’ demographics, belief in various conspiracy theories, media consumption, and included abridged California F Scale. Sought to disprove the myth of a generational divide in belief in various conspiracy theories, with H0 that younger generations have less belief in conspiracy theories than do older generations. Was finishing this work as the January 6th insurrection unfolded and presented another opportunity to design a second study specific to the range of conspiracy theories that precipitated/ were created from events of January 6th. The conference I would've presented this work at was canceled due to COVID-19, but I attached the program below.

One of my proudest moments during my time there was collecting signatures in support of establishing a redistricting commission to de-gerrymander our districts. I am pleased to say it got enough signatures in order to get on the statewide ballot in 2018 as Michigan Proposal 2! I also took part in the more regular LWV activities of getting anyone and everyone registered to vote in various events around town, as well as attending meetings of local government groups and the LWV itself. As its leadership highly skewed towards older/ retired generations that had more time to do volunteer work, I was eventually tasked with duties relating to canvassing for our events around campus to increase cross-generational engagement and ensuring we have the next generations of leaders on a local level.

Catered at a wide variety of NMU events and weddings with attendances from 5 people to 1,000+. Decided coworker splits across simultaneous events to ensure proper staffing. Answered phones from other NMU offices daily. Organized contracts and receipts, enforced hygiene standards, and assisted laundry sorting.