MEF Associates
Principal Associate, January 2024 to Present
Senior Research Associate, June 2022 to December 2023
Evaluation of the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Operations, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Evaluation of the Tennessee Opportunity Pilot Program, funded by the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research (CLEAR), funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Sacramento County My Empowerment (M.E.) Project, funded by the Office of Child Support Enforcement.
Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs, funded by the Administration for Children and Families.
Integrating Financial Capability and Employment Services, funded by the Administration for Children and Families.
The Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse, funded by the Administration for Children and Families.
The Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
Research Associate V, April 2021 to June 2022
Research, Evaluation, and Learning Associate V, July 2019 to March 2021
Social Science Research Associate V, May 2013 to June 2019
Research study of Pathways taken by Opportunity Youth, funded by JPMorgan Chase.
Evaluation of the Building Construction Trades (BCT) grant, funded by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Data Linkage for the Texas Research Study, funded by the University of Notre Dame.
Research study of Austin Community College’s Rainy day Savings Program, funded by Austin Community College.
American Job Centers of California Evaluation, funded by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) and the Employment Development Department (EDD).
Community Workforce Plan Evaluation, funded by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Inc.
Central Texas Student Futures Project, funded by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.
Data Linkage for Padua Program Evaluation, funded by the University of Notre Dame.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for Nuru International’s programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria, funded by Nuru International.
Belmont Forum Collaborative Research, Protection Resilience Efficiency and Prevention for Workers in Industrial Agriculture in Changing Climate, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Belmont Forum.
Outcomes Evaluation of Project QUEST, funded by Economic Mobility Corporation, Inc.
Evaluation of Austin Community College’s (ACC) Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP).
Evaluation of the California Community College Chancellor’s Office’s Financial Literacy Pilot Initiative, funded by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
Child Care Cost of Quality Modeling Study, funded by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Evaluation of the Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce (GMACW), a TAACCCT grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Program.
Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (ADARE) Alliance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Study, research funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS).
Examination of Reproductive Health Services of Women, Female Youth, and Female Refugees in Northern Jordan with a Behavioral Economics Lens, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance for A Glimmer of Hope, funded by A Glimmer of Hope Foundation.
Outcomes Evaluation of GenesysWorks, funded by Genesys Works.
Development of M&E guidance for Nuru Nigeria programming, funded by Nuru International.
Evaluation of Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce, Expanding the Border for Lower Skilled Adults (GROW), a WIF grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Evaluation of the Gulf Coast IT Pathways Consortium (GCIT), funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Program.
Evaluation of the Texas Integrated Child Support System (ICSS), funded by the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE).
Evaluation of the Urban Fathers Building Assets Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE).
Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University
Research Associate, December 2010 to May 2013
Research Assistant, January 2007 to November 2010
Evaluation of Comprehensive Assessment Forms (CAF), funded by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
Evaluation of Developmental Education Demonstration Projects (DEDP), funded by the Texas Higher Education Board (THECB).
Evaluation of Healthy Texas Babies (HTB), funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Texas School Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use, funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Texas Youth Tobacco Survey, funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Comprehensive Review of P-16 College Readiness & Success Initiatives, funded by the Texas Higher Education Board (THECB).
Evaluation of the Developmental Education Scaling and Sustaining Success Project, funded by the Texas Higher Education Board (THECB).
Evaluation of Texas High Schools Project, funded by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
Evaluation of the Safe Schools Healthy Students grant in Round Rock ISD, funded by the the U.S. Department of Education.
Discipline and Juvenile Justice Involvement, funded by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.
Haskell Memorial Hospital Needs Assessment, funded by Haskell Memorial Hospital.
Title V 5-Year Needs Assessment, funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Texas Juvenile Justice system, funded by the Texas Office of the Governor Criminal Justice Division.
Environmental Epidemiology and Injury Surveillance Group, Texas Department of State Health Services
Project Intern, May 2006 to August 2006
Study of drowning injuries in Texas, funded by the Environmental Epidemiology & Injury Surveillance Group.
Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center
Graduate Research Assistant, September 2005 to January 2007
Evaluation of the Sacred Vocation Program©, funded by the St. Luke’s Episcopal Charities