I occasionally get emails from students who want to work with me or request a letter of recommendation for an REU, graduate school, internship, etc. Information on both of those is here.
Mentorship Opportunities
Research
As of Summer 2026, I do not expect to have the bandwidth to mentor new students in a research capacity for the Fall 2026 semester given my travel schedule, scholarly requirements of research and being enrolled in my final course at NC State, and applying for academic jobs.
General
As of Summer 2026, I expect to have the bandwidth to mentor ONE new student in a general capacity for the Fall 2026. If you are interested in working together, please send me an email to my NCSU email (see CV page for that email) with your resume, why you are interested in mentoring, and times you would be able to meet virtually between M-F 9am-4pm EST. I believe that mentorship relationships work best on a weekly or biweekly meeting basis.
Letters of Recommendation
Interested Students
I recommend you read the following pages by Dr. Jason King and Dr. Batista de Melo on recommendation letters as it provides guidance on what information a letter writer needs, why, and other general information about LORs.
I am happy to write a letter of recommendation for you if we have worked together in any of the following capacities:
You participated in an REU program where I was your main research mentor,
We have worked together in a research capacity not related to an REU where you were an undergraduate student at that time, or
You are a member of the Sorority I volunteer with and we have worked together for an extended period of time in an informal context (9+ months)
If this applies to you, send me an email to my NCSU email with the following information:
Programs applying to, with links preferably
Timeline on when you need this LOR completed
Who your other recommenders are and how they know you — this is to ensure I can speak to your strengths that these others may not know about.
Your resume