I'm a writer, illustrator, and educator who lives in the Midwestern US with my partner and our two large cats, Tuna and Sardine.
I've been publishing research and academic materials since 2020, writing technical documentation since late 2018, and writing on the internet since the days of Blogspot, Livejournal, Scribble.nu, and Greymatter (my beloved).
In college, I studied medieval art history—Viking-Age artwork, to be more precise—and went so far as to earn a Ph.D. in the field in 2022. Many people imagine art history to be a practice of, well, memorizing PowerPoint slides for a quiz. But, it's actually much more than that: art-historical work helps us understand cultures by identifying the ideologies that underwrote, and contexts that surrounded, their visual remains. For me, this often involved translating complicated concepts written in non-English languages into English and, subsequently, putting them in conversation with hard archaeological data, historical events, human psychology, and the works of art themselves to reveal new understandings of the communities of the past. I presented research nationally and internationally (even at the University of Cambridge!), published several peer-reviewed articles, and taught many university classes along the way. I also won a teaching award in 2019, which made me feel cool. Overall, it was a lot of work and I am proud of everything that I accomplished.
The pursuit of this field equipped me with many skills: not only were my critical thinking, research, data analysis, problem-solving, and teaching faculties exercised to their extremes, but I also uncovered my love of creating content that connects readers with new and intersecting topics. Now, I write user-friendly deliverables that meet clients' communication needs. Producing digestible language for instruction manuals, qualitative and quantitative reports, informative articles, blog posts, website and marketing copy, community outreach initiatives, course syllabi and teaching materials, and other professional content brings me a lot of satisfaction.
Technical writing, editing, copywriting, and educational writing are my strongest skills, and I love learning everything that I can about a new topic in order to more effectively discuss it. For example, from 2022–2024, I worked as a policy developer for a private entity, during which time I used my research and writing skills to strengthen the institution's professional integrity (among other administrative responsibilities). I've also done freelance work for clients ranging from private individuals, to small businesses, to major companies like Thames & Hudson, covering topics that span from the humanities to cybersecurity. You can find some examples of my work in the Writing section or email me for a copy of my resume. I love email.
When I'm not working on a project, I like to run, lift weights, watch professional wrestling, cook gluten-free meals, read horror stories and non-fiction, and draw.