Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Research Interests: My primary research focus is food policy; specifically, I am interested in food governance, safety,
market information asymmetry, and retail channels, as well as social mobility among those using food assistance programs. I am currently exploring how US Food Policy Councils define and engage with governance at a regional level and how these fit under a broader conception of regional governance in various industries. I am interested in using my professional background in grocery retail operations to assess food safety policy adoption from the point of federal
mandate to manager-associate training, and the impact this information ladder has on the effectiveness of the policy. My retail background also gives me a foundation in food assistance programming and certifications, informing continuing work on how the self-sufficiency of recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is addressed at various retail channels. Through my research, I hope to build tools for food industry professionals to use in multistakeholder, and cross-jurisdictional, collaboration that will better serve the consumer.
Undergraduate Institution and Major:
B.A. Public Policy and Religious Studies, Albion College
Teaching Experience:
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, PLSC 312: American Political Development, Albion College, Spring 2018
Relevant Professional Experience:
Community Action Network (CAN), AmeriCorps VISTA, 2021-2022
The Kroger Company of Michigan, 2018-2021
- Division Labor, Scheduling, Expense, Sanitation, and Sustainability Manager
- Regional Operations Field Specialist
- District Associate and Customer Experience Coordinator
- Store Management (in-store)
City of Albion Food Hub, Aggregation Intern, 2016-2017
Honors and Awards:
Early Offer Eminent Scholar Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2023-2026
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2022-2023
ENGIE-Axium Supplemental Incentive Recruitment Scholarship Award, 2022
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, 2022
Albion College Board of Trustees Member, 2018-2020
The John and Willimae Cheek Award, 2018
The Gerald R. Ford Leadership Award, 2018
Phi Beta Kappa, 2018
Omicron Delta Epsilon, 2018
This commentary is intended as an addendum and recent update to the original research article published in World Affairs, “The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Unusual Institutional Arrangement of a Non-Authoritarian, yet Controlled, Democracy”