With more than a decade of experience as a researcher and teacher, I have worked on just about every type of project that you can imagine. I especially enjoy online learning projects, which is the subject of my doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins, and working in collaborative teams, with researchers, and graduate students.
Current Writing Projects
- Instructional design of online science and education courses as a consultant;
- Edit online educational scripts, curricula, and content;
- Design and deliver custom research writing workshops about papers, proposals, and statements for scientists, post-docs, and graduate students
- Write, edit, and provide quality control of research-based reports for an education policy institute based at a leading U.S. university
- Edit online content for international humanitarian organizations.
If your type of project is not listed, please send me a note and start a conversation about how I might be able to you or your organization.
Previous Writing/Editing Projects
The writing and editing projects detailed below are only a few examples of my collaborative work in science, medicine, and education, including online education. If you’re looking for something specific or by-lined articles, please visit the articles archive, or just message me.
Beach Physics
This online educational video series aimed to engage middle school girls in learning physics through inquiry and play at the beach. I was the project’s science writer, editor, and project manager. This project launched the career of the YouTube star, Physics Girl, who served as co-host on the series.
CervicalHealth.com
Advances in cervical screening and vaccine technology have failed to stop the deadliest forms of cervical cancer. This APGO project started as an e-newsletter, grew into a webzine, and became an online learning portal for physicians and residents to gain new knowledge about women’s cervical health issues. I was the senior editor from inception with APGO through buyout from Hologic two years later. I was also on the website concept design team, contributing expertise in online content engagement and management.
Cool Careers in STEM
Engaging girls in science is the core mission of Sally Ride Science. This project was a series of books aimed at middle schoolers, describing all of the amazing careers in science. Sally Ride Science sponsored the series in 2010. The books are now digitized. Â I was a contributing writer and editor, including the video interview scripts for participating scientists.
One Health Compelling Stories
Scientists who specialize in human or animal around the world achieve more by working together than alone, evidenced, for example, by the progress made in Tanzania using cell phones to report disease outbreaks and in Thailand, where community-led mapping changed local people’s minds about burning plastic. I worked with the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota to report a six-part series of One Health stories published in 2013. I led the reporting and then served as writer, editor, and project manager working with an international team.
Signposts and Pathways: Multi-Dimensional Care for People with Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a leading cause of illness in the U.S. This online education project was jointly sponsored by Duke University to address a need for medical clinicians to receive updated information in an engaging, online format about the growing epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes. I was the senior medical writer and editor on the project. I worked with program faculty to develop the case studies, and I designed the interactive curriculum elements. Unfortunately, a public link to this program is unavailable.
