Research · Scholarship · Inquiry
Independent research and graduate scholarly work across counseling, psychology, ethics, political life, and the systems through which people understand suffering and change.
Scholarship is one way of staying with a difficult question long enough for it to become clearer.
Clearly labeled work
Independent research · 2026
An interdisciplinary examination of food as both an instrument of governance and a language of resistance. Drawing on entitlement theory, moral economy, historical uprisings, contemporary conflict, and U.S. food policy, the paper argues that hunger is often politically produced rather than merely accidental.
Graduate program design · Academic exemplar · 2026
A research-grounded design for an eight-week career-development pilot serving young adults ages 18–24 who are transitioning from foster care. Created for MCC 645 at Bellevue University and selected as an exemplar for future students, the project integrates participatory needs assessment, measurable objectives, trauma-informed delivery, near-peer mentoring, employer standards, barrier-removal support, and 180-day evaluation planning. Pathways Community Resource Center is fictional; this is a program-design case, not an operating service.
Graduate research paper · 2025
A synthesis of philosophical, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological research on auditory-verbal hallucinations. The paper examines failures of inner-speech self-monitoring through predictive coding, temporal synchronization, and dopaminergic modulation, then considers trauma-informed and humanistic implications for counseling practice.
Graduate literature review · 2026
A review of classical birth-order theory alongside large-scale contemporary personality research. The paper finds little support for deterministic personality effects while preserving the clinical importance of family roles, sibling relationships, personal narratives, and perceived identity within the household.
Graduate theory application · 2026
A comparative clinical formulation of panic, unemployment, cultural expectations, financial instability, and identity disruption. Existential therapy illuminates meaning and authenticity, while REBT offers structured tools for catastrophic beliefs; the paper ultimately proposes an integrated approach.
Graduate evidence review · 2026
A critical review of Cognitive Processing Therapy, EMDR, and Prolonged Exposure across randomized trials and meta-analyses. The paper evaluates effectiveness, research quality, outcome measurement, and clinical implementation, finding strong support for trauma-focused approaches as first-line treatments.
Graduate policy analysis · 2026
An examination of involuntary commitment at the intersection of suicide prevention, legal authority, clinical uncertainty, client autonomy, and trauma-informed care. The paper considers Colorado law, ethical duties, possible unintended consequences, and the need for careful case-by-case judgment.
Graduate ethics assessment · 2026
A structured application of an eight-step ethical decision-making model to suicidal ideation. The analysis balances confidentiality, client participation, beneficence, nonmaleficence, consultation, safety planning, and the counselor’s duty to respond to serious and foreseeable harm.
Independent research is labeled separately. Graduate papers, reviews, assessments, and program designs are presented as scholarly development—not as peer-reviewed publication or evidence of implementation.