Mentoring and student success are what drive me as Director of Undergraduate Research and Mentoring here at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. I completed my Ph.D. in 2017 at Oklahoma State University working in Dr. Don French's science education research lab in the Department of Integrative Biology. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, I postdoced at Baylor University, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and the University of California Davis. My current research interests are in STEM Inclusion Perceptions and Behavior. I have also previously been interested in researching student motivation and behavior as a measurement of the effectiveness of the flipped classroom and active learning techniques. I have also conducted research that looks at undergraduate persistence in life science courses and majors through participation in undergraduate research. It is my goal to inspire and develop students' interests in biology research and education. My research team is comprised of mostly undergraduates (for previous lab members click here).