I am a political science and public administration scholar whose research interests focus on environmental policy, water policy, environmental and climate behavior, and heat governance. Currently, I am a postdoctoral research associate with Climate Assessment for the Southwest and College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona focusing on heat resilience and governance research. I am a core member of Heat Resilience Initiative. Previously, I held a postdoctoral position at the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment at Arizona State University, where I focused on behavioral research in an area of environment and climate. I earned my PhD in Government and Public Policy from the University of Arizona with a focus on collaborative governance and water management. I am a mixed-method scholar, employing game experiments, survey experiments, text analysis, and interview techniques. My work has been published in policy-oriented peer-reviewed journals, such as International Journal of the Commons, Ecology and Society, and Humanities and Social Science Communications, as well as disciplinary outlets, such as Public Management Review and Journal of Political Science Education.