Encouraging creative transformation.
Research
My research interests are focused on relationships within systems through the lens of trauma, especially within the context of torture. Additionally, my research focuses on how human beings navigate through networks of violence, conflict and disastrous events. I am fascinated by relational and dynamic intersections and am in relationships with people who inhabit and dwell within subjectivities that require them to navigate through treacherous landscapes of violation, dehumanization, and transgression. I employ several mixed methods study designs with an eye toward decolonizing community-based participatory research processes.
Teaching
Teaching is a privilege that I take seriously. I appreciate highly interactive, supportive but critically engaged pedagogical approaches that push students to work through challenging cases, real-life examples, meaningful exercises, and readings that highlight specific learning objectives. I enjoy classrooms where debate and exchange not only support knowledge acquisition but invite students to care for each others' learning and evolution over time. I also believe in teaching applied skills that connect to sociocultural and philosophical theories to re-imagine solutions to intractable problems.
Service
My service work encompasses a myriad of roles and responsibilities. I serve foundations, civil society organizations, and faith-based institutions in several capacities.
Spirituality
As a student of theology, I have been finding ways to integrate spiritual practices and methods into public health intervention design and implementation. Additionally, I am an ordained minister in a multi-vocational ministry.