About
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. My research focuses on issues of citizen attitudes toward public policy framing, public administration, and bureaucratic neutrality. Currently, my work is in the context of higher education through diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and social inequities.
Education
Expected 2024
2022
Ph.D. Political Science--University of Oklahoma
Concentration: Public Administration, Public Policy, American Politics.
Master of Arts; Political Science--University of Oklahoma
2019
Research Experience
July 2020-December 2022
Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
January 2021- December 2022
NSF Grant: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Geosciences.
March 2020-April 2021
OU COVID-19 Agenda Project
Bachelor of Science; Political Science--Florida Southern College
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record: Making Public Policy, Higher Education Policy, Administration and Society
Co-instructor: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Administration
Graduate Teaching Fellow: Introduction to American Federal Government
Working Papers
Shortle, A., A.H. Fryar, M. Woodle, “Support for Converting College Promise Scholarships to Loans: An Experimental Analysis” 2022. Midwestern Political Science Association. Chicago, IL. April 2022.
Skills
Coursework: Quantitative Methods, Regression, Maximum Likelihood, Research Design, Qualitative Methods (Attended Institute for Qualitative and Multimethod Research, May 2021).
Software: R, Excel, Python (data visualization), Stata, SPSS
Research Interests
Citzen Attitudes
Behavioral PA
Social Equity
Representation
Higher Education Policy
Mixed Methods
DEI