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CV

Education

2022 - Present

MPhil Economic & Social History
University of Cambridge

2018-2021

B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies – History & Philosophy

University of Southern California (USC)

Research foci:

History of astronomy and the plurality of worlds theory; history of probability and gaming; economic growth and development measurements; Keynesian economic theory; early scientific classification.

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Magna cum laude
Thesis: “Automata and the Man-Machine: Physiological Transformation and Societal Progress in Julien Offray de La Mettrie and Jacques Vaucanson’s Enlightenment Philosophy”

Grants, Honors, & Awards

  • Fulbright U.S. Award Scholar 2022-2023 (Declined)

    • Selected to attend Master’s Degree Programme in Futures Studies, University of Turku, Finland

  • USC Presidential Scholarship, 2018-2021

    • $132,000 tuition scholarship

  • Stone Family Research Fellowship, 2020-2022

    • $2,000 stipend for Digital Vatican Project

  • Roberta Persinger Foulke Endowment Fellowship 2019-2021 

    • For exceptional accomplishments and aspirations in the field of history

    • $6,000 tuition scholarship

  • Bitzer Family Scholarship Award, 2019-2021

    • ​For outstanding research contribution to the humanities

    • $3,000 tuition scholarship

  • ​Wynne Family Student Fellowship, USC Office of Overseas Studies, Awarded 2020
    • Funded work abroad in Dublin, Ireland

Societies & Volunteering

  • Cambridge Existential Risks Initiative (CERI)​

    • Member of the Executive Committee with a focus on outreach strategy and event organization​

    • Long-term focus on engaging a wider range of disciplines in X-risk, particularly from humanities and social sciences 

  • Ethical Society of Saint Louis

    • Participated in bi-weekly meetings to discuss life questions, promote individual dignity and respect without scripture or religion.

    • Advocate for eco-sustainability in St. Louis region, corresponding with Climate Action Now! to expand effective action in the local community

  • Humanist Student Fellowship, USC Branch

    • Led student community focused on science, compassion, and creativity by engaging with perennial human questions, hosting speakers, and supporting university-based events.

    • Arranged and hosted 2019 Secular Student Alliance National Conference for hundreds of humanist student leaders.

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Research

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  • National Endowment for the Humanities

    • Researcher on interdisciplinary project with USC Dept. of Art History to digitally reconstruct Pope Julius II’s papal library, the Stanza della Segnatura, in the Vatican.

    • Created virtual “room” to annotate and tag connections between library books, images, and themes, allowing visitors from museums and classrooms to open window shutters, move furnishings, and select books.

    • Provided historiographical context to philosophical and theological literary works for use within the software program. 

  • Department of Art History

    • Assist research on personal and professional networks of Renaissance artist Raphael. Includes developing familial pedigree charts, charting collaborations and influences in primary literature, organizing presentations and conferences, and corresponding with other researchers on behalf of department.​

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A section of Raphael's "School of Athens" (1509-11) in the Stanza della Segnatura. The fresco depicts the Renaissance interest in music, art, optics, physics, geometry, mathematics, astronomy, and architecture.

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