Resume

Freelance

  • MIT Video Productions; Editor and Producer 2018 – Present
  • Marine Biological Laboratory; Editor, Writer and Video Producer 2017 – Present
  • Joslin Diabetes Center; Editor, Writer and Video Producer 2017 – Present
  • MIT Spectrum; Writer Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Winter 2019
  • The Master Theorem Games; Writer 2017-Present
  • MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Writer Winter 2019 Newsletter
  • In Good Company (hospital magazine of Providence Little Company of Mary); Writer, 2018 to present
  • MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Writer 2018
  • MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative; People and the Planet Lecture Coverage 2017
  • American Scientist; Editor July/August 2017 Issue
  • ConsultMates; Photographer and Video Editor 2016
  • How We Get to Next  2014 -2016
  • Boston Globe Magazine; 5 big ideas that just might transform the classroom: Take the Really Long View Oct. 2012
  • Technology Review; The Go-To Guy March/April 2012
  • Popular Mechanics; How Battle-Tested Robots Are Helping Out at Fukushima April 18, 2011

Fiction

  • “The Ghost of Luther Lashaway,” Landfall: Best New England Crime Stories 2018 (2018)
  • “The Affair of the Green Crayon,” Baker Street Irregulars: The Game is Afoot (2018)

Experience
JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER BOSTON, MA
Senior Marketing Communications Specialist 2013-2016
Marketing Communications Specialist 2011-2013

  • Identify science and research story ideas as sole staff science writer and video producer
  • Videographer, writer and photographer producing content highlighting achievements in research and care
  • Manage freelancers and interns: assign and edit stories, provide guidance

PBS NOVA BOSTON, MA
Web Intern Summer 2011

  • Produced interactive multimedia content for publication in conjunction with documentaries
  • Wrote posts for the Inside NOVA blog

PRI’S LIVING ON EARTH SOMERVILLE, MA
Production Intern Summer 2011

  • Found and pitched story ideas for Q&A and Science Note sections
  • Scripted and recorded segments of science news; Produced Q&As for national broadcasts

OFFICE OF THE DEAN FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION, M.I.T. CAMBRIDGE, MA
Science Writing Fellow 2010 – 2011

  • Created multimedia packages of published M.I.T. graduate research including video, audio and article
  • Identified, contacted and drew up proposals on students with exceptional publications

THE ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MA
Primary Student Writer 2008 – 2010

  • Selected professors and faculty conducting environmental research to profile in publications and video
  • Acted as reporter, writer, editor, photographer, videographer, and publication designer

WORCESTER TELEGRAM AND GAZETTE WORCESTER, MA
News Intern 2008

  • Summer internship at approximately 85 thousand circulation daily newspaper covering Central Massachusetts
  • Reported and wrote 18 stories published in both News and Living sections; pitched and followed-up on unassigned stories; featured story on lost weather balloon on front page of Sunday edition

Projects
ACIDOPHILES: A NOT-SO-BASIC LIFE
Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010 – 2011

  • Researched and wrote 10 thousand word thesis on acidophiles, microbes thriving in highly acidic conditions

AMERICA’S ORIGINS: HOW AMERICANS BELIEVE LIFE CAME TO BE
Senior Honors Thesis, University of Massachusetts 2009 – 2010

  • Produced 30 minute documentary on public perception of evolution and intelligent design
  • Filmed and interviewed authorities on evolution and intelligent design, including Carl Zimmer, Kenneth Miller and Michael Behe; wrote script, independently filmed and edited footage taken throughout one year

Education
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (M.I.T.) CAMBRIDGE, MA
Graduate Program in Science Writing, S.M. 2011

  • Contributing author on Scope, the Student Publication of the Graduate Program in Science Writing at MIT
  • Relevant course work: Advanced Science Writing Seminar, Thesis, Making Documentary, Studies in Film

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MA
B.A. in Journalism, Concentration in Science; Commonwealth Honors College 2010

  • Took classes in physics, astronomy, biology, anthropology, psychology, & geology departments
  • Teaching assistant for “Cosmos to Humanity,” covering topics including physics, geology, evolution & robotics
  • Magna cum laude, Honors with Distinction

Skills
Final Cut Pro; ProTools; Adobe Creative Production Premium Suite; Microsoft Office Suite

Affiliations
New England Science Writers
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime