I graduated in December 2016 with Honors and degrees in Biology and Printmaking from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana). During my time at Ball State, I combined my interests in art and science to conduct a two-year independent study on bird-window collisions (advised by Dr. Kamal Islam) and to create a body of glass intaglio prints (advised by Sarojini Johnson) that responded to my research. Beyond my research on window collisions, I also participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program to study breeding biology of Gray Vireos on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico (advisor: Kathy Granillo). My other experience includes serving as a technician to help with research on Cerulean Warbler post-fledging ecology and microhabitat preferences in southern Indiana, and independently investigating sustainable arts across Iceland. I was also fortunate enough to study fine arts in Nottingham, England as a US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute Scholar.
 
My interests broadly include studying songbird evolutionary ecology and management and how research-based art can engage the public in wildlife conservation. I am particularly interested in investigating migration and the full annual cycle of little-studied species, such as the Gray Vireo. In 2017, I joined Dr. Streby’s lab as a graduate student to explore post-fledging ecology, migration, and habitat use of Gray Vireos as a continuation and expansion of my previous work as an REU. We have since advanced the goals of this project to explore aspects of parental investment theory. I am also producing a series of artwork in conjunction with this research because I believe that art can be an effective vessel for making scientific research accessible to the public.