I will finish a PhD. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma in Fall 2021. I recently accepted a position at Wabash College that focuses on helping students connect to community to through deliberation and dialogue events. My role also involves developing a research program from these events. The issues students work to address are broad, including environmental contamination, water resources, racial justice, mental health, and community well being to name a few. I hope to utilize my experience in interdisciplinary work, deliberative research, and multi-method evaluation to build more robust community engagement between science and community.