Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Learn more about my teaching endeavors, including information about my recent presentations at teaching and learning conferences.
Research
Teaching
Teaching
Learn more about my research endeavors, including my book,
Redefining Murder, Transforming Emotion, and other projects, including
"B.R.I.D.G.E.S.: Building Respect, Inclusivity, Diversity, Generosity, and Empathy among Students" and "Exploring Identity, Emotion, and Social Support after Traumatic Loss."
Service
Teaching
Service
Learn more about my service endeavors, including various service projects within the community, the discipline, CalStateLA, and the Sociology Department.
Newsworthy
“Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom: Slate, 2024
“Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom: Slate, 2024
“Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom: Slate, 2024
Read the August 2024 article in Slate about my Sociology of Forgiveness course within the Prison Graduation Initiative Program at the California Institution for Women, entitled “Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom."
Girls ‘Try’ and Boys ‘Aim High’: Forbes, 2021
“Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom: Slate, 2024
“Is There a Right Way to Forgive?” Lessons From One Prison Classroom: Slate, 2024
Read the March 2021 article in Forbes about my 2020 publication entitled “Girls 'Try,' Boys 'Aim High': Exposing Difference in Implied Ability, Activity, and Agency of Girls Versus Boys in Language on McDonald's Happy Meal Boxes."
TWiSP Interview: 2020
The Humanist Sociologist Summer 2013
The Humanist Sociologist Summer 2013
Listen to the August 2020 This Week in Sociological Perspective Podcast, during which Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas interviews me about my 2020 publication entitled “Girls Try, Boys Aim High: Exposing Difference in Implied Ability, Activity, and Agency of Girls Versus Boys in Language on McDonald's Happy Meal Boxes."
The Humanist Sociologist Summer 2013
The Humanist Sociologist Summer 2013
The Humanist Sociologist Summer 2013
Learn more about my Criminal Victimology class in the Humanist Sociologist newsletter (Summer 2013)
About Me
I joined the faculty at California State University, Los Angeles in 2017 after completing my doctoral degree in the Sociology Department at the State University of New York, Albany. My areas of specialization are social psychology, with a focus on the transformation of identity and emotion, and crime and deviance, with a focus on individuals' experiences of traumatic loss and criminal victimization. My research is largely qualitative in nature, often including phenomenological explorations using intensive interviewing and participant observation. My passion for understanding and explaining social experiences has led to the research, teaching, service, and honors included in these pages.
Here you will find information related to my research, teaching, and service endeavors, including my ongoing research projects:
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- B.R.I.D.G.E.S: Building Respect, Inclusivity, Diversity, Generosity, and Empathy among Students"
- Emotions on Campus
- Exploring Identity, Emotion and Social Support after Traumatic Loss
- Redefining Murder: A Qualitative Exploration of Emotion, Identity, and Social Support Following Loss of a Loved One to Homicide
I encourage you to reach out to me with questions or comments!
