Profile

As a faculty member, I am dedicated to fostering equity and inclusion for our diverse students, faculty, and staff at the University of Oregon. As a queer-identified person with a disability, I recognize the importance of being a positive role model and providing accommodations and personalized support for disadvantaged students to succeed. Like many in the UO community, I face daily personal and professional challenges negotiating a wide variety of social and workplace environments on campus, and I have used these experiences to to become a better mentor to and advocate for my students. By being open with my non-binary queer identity and challenges with disability and access, I hope that my students feel more comfortable coming to me about their own struggles, so I can provide better support and guidance to ensure their success in my classes as well as in their academic studies more broadly. I am deeply committed to accessible and inclusive course design and classrooms for our students and to DEI advocacy for our campus community.