University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA, Geography (honors within major); Minor
in German , expected graduation 2023
- Senior Honors Thesis: Indigenous Resurgence Movement, Performativity, and the Politics
of Recognition
- Courses: Critical Social Theory, Introduction to Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges,
Environmental Policy, Weird Geographies, Introduction to Geopolitics, Visual Storytelling in
Cartography
- 4.0gpa
Research Assistant for Dr. Carey McAndrews
Toward A Gender Inclusive Complete Streets Movement
- Assisted with literature review, data collection, and data coding
- Reviewed city Complete Streets plans and discussed direction of project in weekly
meetings
- McAndrews, C., Schneider, R. J., Yang, Y., Kohn, G., Schmitz, A., Elliott, F., ... &
Purisch, H. (2022). Toward a Gender-Inclusive Complete Streets Movement. Journal
of Planning Literature, 08854122221087472.
Undergraduate Achievement Award for excellence in Advanced German 2022
Undergraduate Achievement Award for excellence in Intermediate German 2021
Undergraduate Research Scholar 2019-2020
- Accepted into a competitive program for first and second year undergraduates that places
students into research labs with professors across campus. Scholars meet weekly with
other undergraduate researchers to discuss ethics of research and creative work, and
present their work at a symposium.
Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program 2018-2019
- Lived with a host family and attended Gymnasium in Northern Germany as part of a
competitive scholarship program administered by the German and US Departments of
State
House Fellow (Resident Advisor), UW Madison 2021-Present
- Live and work with students residing in university residence halls to help foster inclusive
communities
- Plan community events, field questions from residents, and aid students by plugging them
into community events
- During the 2021-2022 academic year I had the privilege of working in the International
Learning Community - a community with a specific focus for students learning about
global cultures
Student Assistant, Interlibrary Loan 2020-2021
- Located and distributed scholarly articles and books to libraries across the world
Youth Democratic Socialists of America, Steering Committee 2019-2021
- Led meetings, participated in reading groups, administered responsibilities for tabling and
outreach sessions, and planned participation in local actions
Boxing Club, member 2021-Present
- Conversationally fluent in German
- Basic competence with Stata, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Suite Products
- Experience in working in environments that require high degrees of teamwork,
cooperation, and communication especially between people from a diversity of cultural
background
- Basic competence with ArcGIS Pro, Esri Story Maps, and HTML/CSS