Support for Navigating the Academy

I’ve been through every stage of the academic ladder, from assistant to associate to full professor, and I’ve served as Department Chair of a high-demand, high-enrollment graduate program. Along the way, I’ve secured over $3 million in external grant funding and led initiatives focused on student access, equity, and program development.

I moved through the ranks quickly, propelled by a mix of strategy and a personality attuned to the unspoken demands of the system. That pace came with both benefits and costs. It taught me how to navigate the emotional and political terrain of academia, especially as someone holding marginalized identities. I’ve made mistakes, learned from them, and carry a deep respect for the vulnerability it takes to lead with integrity inside institutions that often weren’t built with us in mind.

I understand both the visible and invisible labor required to survive in higher education, and I support others in doing so with more clarity, care, and sustainability.

More than any title or metric, I hold close the relational and ethical complexity of this work: the tensions of leading, teaching, and staying rooted in one’s values within systems that can be both generative and extractive.