Denver Metropolitan Area
With a Master's degree in Public Policy and Administration from Colorado State University, my journey has led me to serve as a Military Intelligence Officer with the Colorado National Guard, a Research Director at the Firearms Research Center, and policy analyst at the Colorado State Patrol. I enjoy quantitative research and applying rigorous scientific methods to analyze complex issues.
Direct a team of research interns for firearms law projects establish data collection protocols, managing project workflows, and overseeing the rigorous analysis of historical legal records. Author and published original, peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary quantitative scholarship on firearms law and policy. Execute deliverables pertaining to a Department of Education research grant.
• As a Research Fellow, I have published peer-reviewed academic journals articles on the impact of gun control laws on violent crime. • The Firearms Research Center (FRC) has sponsored me to attend three academic conferences co- hosted by the FRC as well as Duke Center for Firearms Law to present research on criminological and legal topics. • I contribute to the Center’s forum which distills academic research into popular bite sized portions.
• Advisor on agency policy initiatives analyzing state-level legislation, coordinating interdepartmental input, and preparing briefing and whitepaper materials. • Conducted data-driven policy research and drafted official communications, memos, and policy recommendations aligned with public safety and CSP law enforcement priorities. • Liaised with internal stakeholders and external partners, including state legislators and policy analysts, to track legislation and support timely compliance with legislative mandates. • Authored and established the CSP’s official policies and regulations on generative AI use in the department, wrote whitepapers supporting CSP’s official position on proposed legislation, and directly assisted CSP liaison efforts regarding Colorado’s gross vehicle weight standards.
Platoon Leader (Unmanned Aircraft Systems), Company D, 572nd Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
• In my role as Defensive Gun Use Database Consultant, I established a standardized format for capturing and categorizing instances of defensive gun use within the Heritage database. • Once standardization was complete, I worked to expand the existing data points and capture new data. • After the dataset had been improved, I assumed co-authorship and lead data analyst responsibilities of an academic research publication empirically analyzing the Defensive Gun Use Database expanded dataset. The paper is now currently under review and production. • The contract signed covered a 6-month period and ended in July 2024.
• As the primary researcher constructing a historical database of all weapon regulations instituted before the year 1900 at a local, state, and Federal levels in the United States, I successfully identified 1500 laws. • Research duties for the database included collating relevant laws from primary and secondary sources, checking for accuracy, accurately summarizing and transcribing said laws, database management, and using the research for legal briefs and academic publications. • In December 2023, the project was completed.