I am an experienced public health researcher with expertise in multiple methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, systematic reviews, and conducting work in the field.

 

My family and I arrived at Kent State University in late 2019, after living overseas for 13 years. I’ve had the opportunity to work with numerous research groups on a wide range of topics in several countries (Taiwan, France, and New Zealand), which has provided me with diverse experiences. These have ranged from leading a team of researchers investigating sleep and diet in children (my post-doctoral fellowship), planning and conducting my own research on well-being and transport in older adolescents (my PhD work), as well as working within the world-renowned Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development study on drug use (as a research assistant), and advising colleagues working with traditional birth attendants about appropriate research design (as an advisor). I also obtained competitive funding to co-author a chapter on reproductive health in women early in my career.

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I began my lab at KSU in Fall 2023. My current research content focus is on vulnerable road users, but I have a wide range of content interests and welcome new topics, ideas, and approaches. I relate my public health and research expertise in a geographical context to teach courses such as Urban Transportation, Health Geography, and Nature and Society. I also advise graduate students on study design and methods in the course Research and Presentation of Geographic Data.