CONSULTING
I turn fragmented efforts into scaled, sustainable impact alongside organizations working in the democracy and civic engagement sector. I'm a systems thinker with 10 years of experience cultivating high-trust relationships with funders, coalition partners, and cross-sector teams.
Some recent partnerships include:
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I lead initiatives at both a strategic and tactical level (from planning and methodology selection to execution and presentation of findings).
I work across ideological lines and in bipartisan contexts, synthesizing complex ideas to produce actionable outcomes.
My portfolio includes projects that address:
(re)Building trust in elections;
Engaging conservative and progressive constituencies in shared democracy work;
Developing an intermestic strategy for democratic resilience; and
Collaborating with core social pillars to revitalize local civic life.
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Activating Faith: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Fights for Freedom
https://horizonsproject.us/2761-2/
Going Pro (Bono): Lawyers Provide Support Against the Muslim Ban
https://horizonsproject.us/going-pro-bono-lawyers-provide-support-against-the-muslim-ban/
“Ask your Doctor if Voting is Right for You!” American Doctors Speak Out on Voting
https://horizonsproject.us/ask-your-doctor-if-voting-is-right-for-you-american-doctors-speak-out-
on-voting/
US Lawyers Use Litigation Against Assaults on Democracy
https://horizonsproject.us/us-lawyers-use-litigation-against-assaults-on-democracy/
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
My dissertation considered how policies, practices, and narratives of citizenship are linked to cultural norms of belonging in the United States. My mixed-methods approach combined quantitative analysis with digital ethnography and social movement theory.
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“Adoption” in The Handbook of Religion and American Culture, edited by Chad Seales (Routledge, author withdrawn).
“Invisible, Til We’re Not” with Aixin Aydin for Religiology.
“Commemorating and Teaching about Sept. 11 in Texas Public Schools” religious and cultural literacy curriculum for the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life.
“Workplace Mosaics: A Guide to Cultural Observances” for the Institute for Diversity and Civic Lie.
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“‘What was I Made For?’: Transnational Adoption, the Going Home Barbie, and Manifest Domesticity” in the LGBTQIA+ Special Forum session at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas (November 18-21, 2023).
“Gathering, Spinning, Weaving: Negotiating Entangled Ethnographic Relationships and Commitments” a roundtable session of the Anthropology of Religion Unit at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas (November 18-21, 2023).
“When You’re Here, You’re Family: On Transnational Adoption, Religion, and Nation-Building in the U.S.” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, (April 6-8, 2023).
“To Be Longing for Belonging” at the Mirrors & Windows public forum for transnationally adopted persons hosted by BIPOC Adoptees (March 25, 2023).
“Leave No Child Behind: On Transnational Adoption, Religion, and Nation Building in America” at the 7th Biennial Conference on Religion and American Culture, (June 2-4, 2022).
“Welcome to the Club! Using the Clubhouse Platform for Netnography” in Innovating Research with Digital Methods, a roundtable session at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, (November 19-23, 2021).
“Here and In-Between: Race, Religion, & Adoption” at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion—Western Region, (March 19-21, 2021).