Curriculum Vitae

MA

Rhetoric and Writing Studies—Professional Writing Department of Rhetoric & Writing Studies, 2018

Advisor: Professor Linn Bekins

San Diego State University, California

BS

Marine Biology Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2014

Advisor: Professor Donald Potts

University of California at Santa Cruz, California

Other Institutions

Medical Regulatory Editor Independent Contractor,  2017–present

• Edit content and formatting for documents submitted to medical regulatory agencies

• Manage timelines, reviews, collate and incorporate multiple reviews into successive drafts

• Manage client and document confidentiality while ensuring timely and accurate editing

Data Research Assistant CSU, Chico Research Foundation, Chico, Summer 2014 

• Entered, formatted, and manipulated data in Microsoft Excel. Self-trained in use of STRUCTURE and GenAIEx population analysis software. Improved data entry efficiency by 300% by independently researching Excel functionality.

“Borrowing credibility: An exploration of scientific credibility in the pseudo-scientific, Live Water website.” K. P. Hunt (Ed.), Understanding the Role of Trust and Credibility in Science Communication: Proceedings from the 6th ISU Symposium on Science Communication. June 2018. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31274/sciencecommunication-181114-2

“Scientists as Audience: Science Communicators as Mediators of Wicked Problems.” Co-authored with Katherine McKiernan. J. Goodwin (Ed.), Confronting the challenges of public participation in environmental, planning and health decisions-making. Proceedings of the Iowa State University Symposium on Science Communication. June 2016. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31274/sciencecommunication-180809-9

“Being a Chapter Officer: Volunteering as Professional Development.” Co-presented with Erica Goodoff. American Medical Writers Association Medical Writing & Communication Conference, Denver, Colorado, November 2022. 

“SDSU RWS Alumni Career Panel: Life After Graduation.” Invited co-presenter. Rhetoric Society of America, Student Chapter at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, February 2021.

“A Rhetorical Examination of the Individualistic Ideology in the Pseudo-Scientific, Live Water Website.” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 2018.

“Borrowing credibility: An exploration of scientific credibility in the pseudo-scientific, Live Water website.” Iowa State Science Communication Summer Symposium, Ames, Iowa, June 2018. 

“Growing Alliances: Communicating Among Diverse Opinions and Disciplines to Facilitate Conservation.” California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles, California, February 2018.

“Images and Reshaping the Public-Science Border.” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. San Diego, California, October 2016.