I was honored to be invited to spend a week (June 2–6, 2025) at the American Institute of Mathematics on the campus of Caltech in Pasadena, CA, as a participant in the workshop “Mathematical Foundations of Sampling Connected Balanced Graph Partitions.” The redistricting analysis community was welcoming, and I learned several directions in which my dissertation research could build.

A banner reading Caltech's Merkin Center welcomes the American Institute of Mathematics.
Workshop participants posing together on a bridge over a reflecting pool at Caltech.