Director, Falk College Office of Research Development

• Nov 2022 - Present

Manager of Research Administration

• Jan 2018 - Nov 2022

• Increased faculty grant and fellowship proposals six-fold in five years• Manage sponsored research portfolio of $2.2 million• Lead review of grant contracts, negotiating terms with funders and subawardees• Lead policy development for grant and research activities• Lead industry partnership building• Member, Crisis Management Team, responding to Covid-19 pandemic• Member, Financial Budget Task Force, navigating significant campus-wide budget reduction

Research Administrator

• Nov 2013 - Dec 2017

• Established research program with senior associate dean• Developed and maintained relationships with funding agencies• Managed all pre- and post-award grant activities • Led all departmental faculty and student research events• Advised faculty and undergraduate students on independent research• Ensured financial and regulatory compliance with university policies and U.S. federal and Qatar regulations

Adjunct Lecturer

• May 2015 - Jun 2015

JOURN390/MIT398 Undergraduate Research in Media (Summer 2015, 6 students)Special topics course in undergraduate research and gender representations in media. Taught basic qualitative research design, textual analysis, grant proposal writing. Included student travel to Evanston, Chicago, and Los Angeles to meet prominent researchers in gender studies.

Critical Language Scholarship Recipient

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

Received competitive fellowship to study Bengali for eight weeks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Achieved advanced fluency. Received competitive fellowship to study Bengali for eight weeks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Achieved advanced fluency.

Graduate Instructor

• Aug 2011 - May 2013

J2100 Newswriting (Spring 2013, 18 students) Introductory undergraduate course designed to teach the fundamentals of news writing. Laboratory section is writing intensive, provides training under deadline pressure in writing basic news stories. J7510 Visual Communication (Fall 2012, 6 students; Fall 2011, 10 students) Online graduate level course in visual communication designed primarily to acquaint secondary educators to the theory and ethics of visual communication, including photojournalism, graphic design, and typography. Show less

Critical Language Scholarship Recipient

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Received competitive fellowship to study Bengali for eight weeks in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Received competitive fellowship to study Bengali for eight weeks in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow

• Aug 2008 - Jun 2009

Received a U.S. Student Fellowship ($13,000) to complete a multimedia journalism project examining the effects of Nepali mass media on beauty, body image, and femininity in young Nepali women. Outcomes included a photography exhibit at Indigo Gallery, a multimedia website, and several journalistic pieces published in Nepali publications. Received a U.S. Student Fellowship ($13,000) to complete a multimedia journalism project examining the effects of Nepali mass media on beauty, body image, and femininity in young Nepali women. Outcomes included a photography exhibit at Indigo Gallery, a multimedia website, and several journalistic pieces published in Nepali publications.

Executive Director

• Jul 2004 - Aug 2006

Responsible for all operations, fundraising, grant writing, marketing, public relations, accounting, budgeting and programming tasks of the 33-year-old non-profit arts organization. Accomplishments include: significantly raising the visibility of the organization, establishing the Stronghouse Studios, an artists’ studio cooperative, increasing grant revenue by over $15,000, growing the Holiday Bazaar revenue by 50%. Responsible for all operations, fundraising, grant writing, marketing, public relations, accounting, budgeting and programming tasks of the 33-year-old non-profit arts organization. Accomplishments include: significantly raising the visibility of the organization, establishing the Stronghouse Studios, an artists’ studio cooperative, increasing grant revenue by over $15,000, growing the Holiday Bazaar revenue by 50%.