Designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Special study of 20th Century American environmental and agricultural literatures
PhD Candidate in English, University of California Davis, 2020

Develop and implement an integrated organization-wide marketing and communications strategy that builds visibility and drives engagement for both LaVerne’s and The Village Ballroom. This includes identifying and engaging priority audiences, defining and maintaining brand voices across multiple channels, and cultivating relationships with the public and press.

Developed an actionable design plan by refining client vision, selecting and sourcing materials, interfacing with subcontractors, and executing the build out.

Provided content and marketing support for nonprofit and public agency clients, including website maintenance, copywriting, interview facilitation and publication, and the creation and execution of social media calendars.

Edited journal articles, essays, and Lincoln’s forthcoming manuscript. I also provided big-picture conceptual feedback, technical copyediting, and line editing.

Project Manager: From fielding inquiries to guiding clients through the design and building phases, to ensuring client satisfaction post delivery, I am the touchstone for client communication and relations. I convey customer needs to our internal team and write and test internal policies and procedures to keep the company, its subcontractors, and clients in harmony. I create and maintain contracts, write and file reports, and communicate with the press. I also compose legal documents, performance reviews, internal reports, advertisements, social media posts, and press releases.

Marketing and Administration: I create brand content, produce events, and garner press opportunities. This includes writing copy, creating and maintaining websites, SEO, social media marketing, and commercial and narrative video production. I get this work broadly published on digital and analog platforms (The New York Times, Dwell, 1859, Apartment Therapy, and more) to portray Perpetually Devastated in its best light and introduce new potential clients and community members to the brand.

With appointments in the English and University Writing Departments, I offered writing instruction and mentorship to international students, English language learners, and advanced undergraduates. I developed course curriculum, conducted seminars, facilitated discussion sections, and provided feedback. In 2020, I transitioned to a fully online mode of instruction and received positive feedback for maintaining a supportive and responsive remote learning environment.

Edited 50 years of Dr. Dawkins’ collected manuscripts and helped him self-published two volumes of short stories, poetry, and personal essays. This work involved extensive rewriting alongside Dr. Dawkins and reformatting many hundreds of pages to comply with self-publishing format requirements.

Created copy and maintained a marketing calendar for a proprietary language learning software.

Facilitated work between the sales department and service providers, managed inbound and outbound marketing campaigns, and provided client consultation for Salesforce implementation and HubSpot marketing services.

Managed email marketing campaigns and social media accounts, publicized season programming, and facilitated daily operations including checking students into class and communicating with instructors.

Created promotional and marketing material for nonprofit clients including print, online, and radio content. Managed social media accounts and provided assistance on production days (photoshoots, interviews, etc.).

Conducted research, analyzed surveys, and wrote reports on the effectiveness of and access to the Oregon Arts Commission’s grant programs including Operating Support, Grants for Arts Learning, Arts Services Grants, and Arts Recognition Grants.

Wrote press releases, author biographies, and promotional content for print, radio, and television coverage.

2024 - The New York Times, “In Need of a Change, He Bought a Bespoke Airstream Trailer”
2024 - Apartment Therapy, “This 186-Square-Foot Airstream Reno Has a Must-See Pressed Flower Detail”
2023 - 1859: Oregon’s Magazine, “Art and Craft in an Airstream”
2023 - Dwell, ”This Revamped 1968 Airstream Is a Love Letter to the American Arts and Crafts Movement”
2023 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, review of Petra Kuppers' Eco Soma: Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters
2022 - Dwell, “Two Farmsteading Oregon Activists Give a Vintage Airstream a Glowing Update”
2021 - Northeast MLA (Modern Language Association) - presented, "Critic as Contact Zone: From Ecocritical Theory to Embodied, Environmental Practice"
2020 - UC Davis Feminist Research Institute - Asking Different Questions Scholar
2020 - Association for the Study of Literature and Environment - presented, "Embodied Ecocriticism: Action and Agriculture as Environmental Texts"
2019 - Society for Social Studies of Science - presented, "Those Who Can’t Do, Teach? Reuniting Material and Semiotic By Way of Feminist Science and Technology Studies"
2019 - Association for the Study of Literature and Environment - presented, “It Matters in the Field: Grounding Speculative Agricultures in New Materialist Theory”
2017 - UC Davis Feminist Theory and Research Symposium - presented, “Are We There Yet? Cruising Regiontology in a 1978 Airstream Ambassador Land Yacht”