Hello & Welcome!

I am thrilled to have you visit my academic website, a space dedicated to exploring my interest for political science, agnotology & epistemology, public health, and more.

I am a political science researcher currently attending University of California, Davis as a PhD graduate student. I graduated from California State University, Fullerton first in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Political Science then again in 2023 with a Master of Arts in Political Science. I have also worked in managed healthcare and finance at startups. Most recently, I was the Senior Corporate Development Analyst at Excelera Health. I led an MAPD Eligibility & Enrollments Department, the Prescription Drug Event Reconciliation Program and served on the Social Analysis & Minority Health Team to develop a Medicare-tailored SDOH data plan, an ACO REACH Health Equity program, and a cost-controlled CRCCP for HEDIS/STARS COL measure strategy.

I currently focus my studies on political agnotology (the study of ignorance) and its many-fold applications from theory to praxis. My master’s thesis examined agnotology in the context of Platonian and Machiavellian philosophy, Arendtian theory, Loneliness, Public Health, Trans Medicalization, Business, the Nixon Presidency, and Nuclear Epistemology. I also invest myself in political psychology, misinformation, consumer technology, health politics and policy, Post-9/11 US grand strategy, and Russian revanchism.

I am currently an American Political Science Association Diversity Fellow for the 2023 - 2025 cohort and have been awarded the UC Davis Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences as a first-year PhD student. Currently, I serve as the Social Coordinator for the Graduate Association of Political Science Students (GAPSS) at UC Davis. Throughout my PhD program, I will be designated a CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) Fellow and work with a mentor within the CSU system to enhance my scholarship. I have also been awarded fellowships within CSU Fullerton’s Elevar and Grad Equity Scholars and Pa’lante Fellowship and was the 2022-2023 Outstanding MA Student in Political Science in the PAJ Division.

Here’s my CV to get the full scope of my academic and professional experience.