Strategic Communications
I help interdisciplinary institutions, research groups, and international societies develop strategic communication plans, build online communities, recruit new members, and promote their research.
Work Experience
Consultant science Writer (2021 - present)
John Templeton Foundation
John Templeton Foundation
I am leading a white paper project that will synthesize research conducted under the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis umbrella. The project will include a critical historical and philosophical analysis of EES as a research program, a section on the scientific topics under the EES, and a media and education toolkit for science writers, journalists, and educators.
Communications Manager and Officer (2019 - present)
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
I am in charge of creating and building the communications wing of the KLI Institute, designing strategies, channels, databases, and products to help them construct an interdisciplinary identity and a community of philosophers, historians, evolutionary biologists, and sustainability scholars.
Design overall communications strategic and content marketing plan
Create and maintain an interdisciplinary contact database of stakeholders and community
Create, design, and write-up seasonal newsletter
Strategize and execute recruitment campaigns
Develop the "news" and maintain "event" sections of the website (https://kli.ac.at/content/en/the_kli/news)
Strategize and execute social media campaigns (@KLIAustria)
Media and Communications Officer (2019 - present)
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Research Program
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Research Program
Working with Kevin Laland at the School of Biology at University of St. Andrews, I develop resource websites, social media content, and print materials to promote and distribute their research.
Design and maintain resource websites in collaboration with website designers:
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
Niche Construction TheoryCreate graphical final report with desktop publishing software Affinity Publisher
Manage social media (@EES_Update)
Founder and Co-leader (2019 - present)
Philosophy of Science Communication Network (PhilSciComm)
Philosophy of Science Communication Network (PhilSciComm)
Create a resource website for philosophers and science communicators
Interview philosophers and science communicators
Build an online community through social media initiatives (@philscicomm)
Social Media Manager (2019 - present)
Philosophers for Sustainability (Phil4Sustain)
Philosophers for Sustainability (Phil4Sustain)
Lead online community building through social media initiatives (@phil4sustain)
Website Event and Social Media (2017 - 2018)
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilinBioMed)
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilinBioMed)
Develop strategies for social media (@philinbiomed)
Help with website management and updates
Committee Member (2016 - present)
Philosophy of Science (PSA)
Philosophy of Science (PSA)
Media Committee (2017 - present)
Draft guidelines for PSA web presence & social media strategies
Report from PSA virtual poster events (2021)
Future Goals Committee of the Women’s Caucus (2016-2018)
Write for outreach blog Science Visions
EvoSt
Co-Principal Investigator (2010 - 2013)
Evolutionary Studies Group (EvoSt)
Evolutionary Studies Group (EvoSt)
As Co-Principal Investigator, co-lead the Mizzou Advantage seed grant (Collaborative Portals for Interdisciplinary Working Groups: Evolutionary Studies and Science Studies)
Created newsletter Evo-Mizzou
Organize events for a pan-departmental Evolutionary Studies Group, funded by the Mizzou Advantage seed grant (Proposal to Establish Evolutionary Studies and Science Studies on Campus)
EvoBlitzes: organize regular flash presentations of faculty across the campus
EvoSt Colloquium: host invited external speakers
Director of Communications (2011-2014)
Newsletter Officer (2009-2011)
Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC)
Newsletter Officer (2009-2011)
Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC)
Lead the Student Spotlight Interview Initiative: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Yao-Wen Hsieh, Miguel Sebastián to highlight early career researchers
Design a SoCal Consciousness Research Network Map ASSC17 to connect conference-goers with local researchers and institutes
Manage social media (Facebook & Twitter: ASSC Students, ASSC, ASSC16, ASSC17)
Write monthly internal newsletter