GRANTS

U.S. Department of Energy’s Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER); Grant Contributor – Contributions to Successful Grant Writing (PI: Dr. Kristopher O. Davis); Award #DE-EE0010418 – $1,000,000; The interdisciplinary group at the University of Central Florida’s Resilient, Intelligent, and Sustainable Energy Systems Cluster received the award from the Solar Energy Technologies to fund the project “Clean, Affordable, and Resilient Energy Systems (CARES) for Socially Vulnerable and At-Risk Communities

CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Science Research; Grant Contributor – Contributions to Successful Grant Writing (PIs: Dr. Tanya B. Corbin & Dr. Samantha Montano); Award #1841338 – $1,000; The group received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create and fund the research activities of the Working Group Emergency Management and Policy Analysis in a Pandemic to examine the ways policies affect capacity and the interrelated effects on community outcomes. This includes partnering with emergency management professionals, organizations, community members, and others to build knowledge, increase capacity, and improve public policy in future disasters

UCF Doctoral Research Support Award; Individual Grant; Award – $750; I received a grant from the University of Central Florida’s College of Sciences to support dissertation data collection expenses. My investigation involved a multi-methodology approach combining qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial analysis



ORIGINAL DATA COLLECTION

Households Decision-making Towards Mobility and Migration in Light of Climate Change, Qualitative, 2023

Extreme Weather-related Power Outages in Florida, Qualitative, 2022

COVID-19 Policies Evolution in Florida, Qualitative & Quantitative, 2020 – 2021

The Impact of Hurricane Maria: The Urban San Juan vs. The Coastal Area of La Perla, Qualitative, 2020

The Evolution of Civil-military Relations: From Peacekeeping to Humanitarianism, Qualitative, 2019 – 2021

TEACHING

INR 4074 – Immigration Policy
Spring 2022
University of Central Florida
School of Politics Security and International Affairs
Student Perception of Instruction (SPI) Evaluations: 5.0/5.0

INR 4502 – International Organizations
Fall 2021
University of Central Florida
School of Politics Security and International Affairs
Student Perception of Instruction (SPI) Evaluations: 4.8/5.0