Arizona State University

Research

Projects

  1. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

  2. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

  3. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

  4. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

  5. 2022–24

    Principal Investigator. Dad Together Evaluation. Arizona State University’s Center for Child Well-Being.

  6. 2022–

    Researcher. Dads Matter-Home Visiting, Dads Matter-HV (Co-PIs: Drs. Neil B. Guterman & Jennifer L. Bellamy). New York University & University of Denver.

    Child welfare and systemsFathers and fatherhood

  7. 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.

    Child welfare and systemsFathers and fatherhood

  8. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

  9. 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.

    Child welfare and systems

Awards

  1. 2020

    W. Allison Davis Research Award ($4,900 for dissertation research). Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

  2. 2019

    American Psychological Association Dissertation Award ($400 for dissertation research). Funded by the American Psychological Association.