EDUCATION

2018. M.A., University of Washington Seattle, WA.
2012. J.D., with honors. Emory University School of Law Atlanta, GA.
2009. B.A., cum laude, in Italian Literature & Culture and Gender Studies. University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN.

PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming “Souvenirs & Travel Guides: The Cognitive Sociology of Grieving Public Figures.”
2014 Substantive Versus Procedural Criminal Law, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ed. Jay S. Albanese (Wiley-Blackwell)
2012 A “Fundamental” Problem: The Vulnerability of Intellectual Property Licenses in Chapter 15 and the Meaning of §1506, EMORY BANKRUPTCY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL, V28

PRESENTATIONS

2019 “Souvenirs & Travel Guides: The Cognitive Sociology of Grieving Public Figures.” Graduate and Professional Academic Conference: Inter(connected), Graduate and Professional Student Senate, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington), April.
2018 “North Stars, Companions, and Pure Wisdom: The Cognitive Sociology of Grieving Public Figures.” The Roots & Branches of Interpretive Sociology: Cultural, Pragmatist, & Psychosocial Approaches, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), August.
2012 “Unpopular Constitutionalism: Balancing Constitutional Duties and Public Opinion in Controversial Decisions.” Gender, Sexuality, and The Law Student Paper Conference, Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, Georgia), May.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2008 Genevieve D. Willis Senior Thesis Grant, University of Notre Dame, $1000

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 Excellence as a Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Department of Sociology
2012 Burt and Betty Schear Book Prize, Emory University School of Law
2012 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Gender, Sexuality and the Law, Emory University School of Law 2011 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Constitutional Morality, Emory University School of Law
2011-12 Dean’s List, Emory University School of Law
2009 Genevieve D. Willis Senior Thesis Prize, University of Notre Dame
2004-09 Dean’s List, University of Notre Dame

ACADEMIC SERVICE

2016-present Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Washington (Secretary 2019-2020, Faculty Meeting Representative 2018-19, Undergraduate Program Committee Representative 2017-18, Graduate Student Research Symposium Coordinator 2016-7).
2016-present UW TA Conference, Workshop Facilitator, University of Washington.
2009-12 OUTLaw, Emory University (1L Representative, 2009–10; Vice President 2010–11).
2007-09 Member, Gender Studies Honor Society, University of Notre Dame (Vice President 2008-2009).
2006-09 Member, Italian Honor Society, University of Notre Dame
2006-09 Member, Core Council for Gay and Lesbian Students, University of Notre Dame

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-2015 Friedman & Springwater LLP San Francisco, CA Associate Attorney
2011-2011 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta, GA Judicial Intern for Judge Mary Grace Diehl
2011-2011 Emory University School of Law Atlanta, GA Research Assistant for Professor Martha Fineman
2010-2010 Lambda Legal Defense Fund Atlanta, GA Legal Intern