C.V.

EDUCATION

Middle Tennessee State University — Expected May 2027
- Doctor of Philosophy, Economics
Hampden-Sydney College — Graduated May 2023
- Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, GPA: 3.6434/4.00
- Majored in Mathematical Economics & Philosophy
Richmond Christian School — Graduated May 2019
- Valedictorian, Advanced Diploma, GPA: 4.68/4.00

Defense Logistics Agency – Aviation, Richmond, VA — May 2021 – Current
- Post-Award Contract Specialist (Trainee)
  - Received extensive training on cradle to grave procurement process & trained other post-award specialists
  - Worked with customers and OEM vendors to resolve government contract issues
  - Obtained “Fully Successful” Rating on DPMAP appraisal FY22 & “Outstanding” Rating for FY23
  - Employee of the Month, October 2022
Tyger Strategies Consulting Group, Midlothian, VA (Remote) — June 2020 – August 2020
- Business Analyst Intern
  - Consultant for Tyger Strategies 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Group
  - Performed market research, data collection and evaluation & provided actionable marketing solutions

H-SC Student Honor Court Investigator, 2022-2023
Editor for the H-SC Journal of the Sciences, Vol. XVII
Vice Master Alchemist (2022) and Historian (2023) of the Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Fraternity, Beta Chi Chapter

Member of Pi Mu Epsilon, US honorary mathematics society, inducted Spring 2022
Member of the Student Museum Board at H-SC’s Atkinson Museum, 2022-2023
Junior Member of the Union Philanthropic Literary Society, 2021-2023
Member of the Undergraduate Philosophical Association of Virginia, 2022-2023
Fellow of the Wilson Center’s Leadership in the Public Interest Four Year Program, 2019-2023
Fellow of the Center for the Study of Political Economy (CSPE), 2019-2023

MTSU Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Summer Ph.D. Fellow (2024)
Published in Vol. 10, Spring 2021 Journal Of The Sciences: Effects of COVID-19 on the Retail Industry
Participated in 2022 H-SC Summer Research Program: Public Choice analysis of Rent-Seeking behavior in Progressive Era Whiskey market. Paper: The Bottled-In-Bond Act of 1897: How whiskey distillers and dealers utilized public policy for competitive advantages
Presented “Bottled in Bondage” paper at The Political Economy of the Spirits World session of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2022
Presented “Distillers and Chemists” in Undergraduate Poster Competition at the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) Conference, 2023