Research
Projects
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2024–27
Co-Investigator. Arizona State Opioid Response (PI: Dr. Natasha Mendoza). Arizona State University Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, sponsored by Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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2024–26
Research Consultant. Extended Foster Care Success Coach Program: Development and Implement an Evaluation Plan (PI: Dr. James Herbert Williams). Arizona State University Center for Child Well-being, sponsored by The Arizona Department of Child Safety.
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2024–25
Co-Principal Investigator. Adapting myPlan for the Child Welfare Context (Co-PIs: Drs. Ijeoma Ogbonnaya & Jill Messing). Arizona State University Office of Gender-Based Violence, Sponsored by Watts Public Service and Community Solutions.
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2022–25
Principal Investigator. Expectant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care (Co-I: Dr. Kristen Ethier). Arizona State University School of Social Work, made possible with $40,000 grant from The Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
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2022–24
Principal Investigator. Dad Together Evaluation. Arizona State University’s Center for Child Well-Being.
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2022–
Researcher. Dads Matter-Home Visiting, Dads Matter-HV (Co-PIs: Drs. Neil B. Guterman & Jennifer L. Bellamy). New York University & University of Denver.
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2016–22
Research Assistant. Dads Matter-Home Visiting, Dads Matter-HV (Co-PIs: Drs. Neil B. Guterman & Jennifer L. Bellamy). University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
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2017–23
Project Coordinator. California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study, CalYOUTH (PI: Dr. Mark E. Courtney). University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
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2015–23
Research Assistant. California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study, CalYOUTH (PI: Dr. Mark E. Courtney). University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Awards
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2020
W. Allison Davis Research Award ($4,900 for dissertation research). Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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2019
American Psychological Association Dissertation Award ($400 for dissertation research). Funded by the American Psychological Association.

