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Public Scholarship & Community Projects
Public Scholarship & Community Projects
When I was younger, I always knew I wanted to be a scientist. What I didn't know, however, was that being a scientist also meant communicating my work and thinking about how to make it accessible. I thought all I had to do was discover a creative solution to a modern problem, and boom, the world was saved. As I have since learned, the world is sadly a little less cooperative than that. Throughout my undergraduate journey, I have had the privilege of engaging in meaningful science communication and growing this skill set, and I hope to carry this work forward in my career.
❯❯❯ The Identity Project
❯❯❯ The Identity Project
My colleague Daria Tsybina and I are co-authoring an empirically grounded workbook for young people navigating identity and purpose. The project grew out of Memory, Meaning, & You, a class project that we have since expanded into a six-chapter workbook grounded in contemporary psychological science. We also created PsychedWorkbooks.com as a platform for publishing this and future projects.
❯❯❯ Terry and the Digital Forest
❯❯❯ Terry and the Digital Forest
Created in PSY 206: Cognitive Psychology, Terry and the Digital Forest uses an adventurous children's story to communicate research on the strengths and limitations of artificial intelligence. Our project uses storytelling to help children and their parents think about how they understand and interact with AI.
❯❯❯ Boxer's Hardcore Harm Reduction
❯❯❯ Boxer's Hardcore Harm Reduction
Alongside two colleagues, I co-developed an educational campaign focused on opioid harm reduction at Pacific University. We distributed nearly 500 educational bookmarks across campus, designed interactive games to spread awareness, and created a companion website. The project began in Ethics & Society, a course in which I later became a teaching assistant, where I now support students as they develop civic-engagement projects of their own.
Teaching/Mentorship
Teaching/Mentorship
I am serving my third term as a Teaching Assistant for Ethics & Society, supporting students through course material and civic-engagement projects and assisting instructors in course grading.
❯❯❯ My Call to Education
❯❯❯ My Call to Education
When I was younger, I was inspired by my teachers and often felt that the classroom was where I thrived. Toward the end of high school, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in clinical science that included teaching and mentorship. As a teaching assistant for Ethics & Society, I have been able to explore these interests by supporting students as they develop meaningful civic-engagement projects. I am incredibly passionate about teaching and look forward to continuing to grow as a mentor!
Campus Leadership
Campus Leadership
Through student organizations and university committees, I have worked on some of the gears that help an institution run. In doing so, I have gotten to know a different side of university life; I have come to see how much work goes into bringing people together and making community-based decisions.
❯❯❯ Pacific Undergraduate Psychology Society
❯❯❯ Pacific Undergraduate Psychology Society
As co-founder of the Pacific Undergraduate Psychology Society (PUPS), I have served as Treasurer, Vice President, and now President. My work spans leadership, programming, outreach, financial management, constitutional writing and maintenance, and coordinating with campus partners and faculty.
❯❯❯ Student Representation
❯❯❯ Student Representation
[1] University Standards & Appeals Board | 2026–Present
I serve as a voting member, reviewing student appeals related to academic standards.
[2] University Curriculum & Standards Committee | 2025–Present
I represent undergraduate perspectives in discussions and decisions about curriculum and assessment. Through this work, I have had the honor of speaking with NWCCU accreditors on campus and voicing student concerns to administrators, including the Dean of the Undergraduate College.
[3] Undergraduate Student Senate | Spring 2025
As Senator for Social Sciences, I represented social-science students and evaluated funding requests for student organizations and campus initiatives.
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