January 2007–Present
The Independent Florida Alligator
Gainesville, Fla.

Research blogger (January 2008–Present)

• Writing a weekly blog on university research activities, mainly from UF news releases.

Alligator Writer (August 2007–December 2007)

• Contributed stories, mostly to the university beat.

Copy Desk Chief (May 2007–December 2007)

• Managerial duties included supervising copy desk, hiring copy editors.
• Edited the entirety of each day’s paper for AP Style, content, grammar and accuracy.
• Wrote and selected headlines for online edition.

Copy editor (January 2007–May 2007)

• Edited stories for AP Style, grammar and accuracy, wrote headlines.

January 2007–May 2007
UF Office of Research Communications
Gainesville, Fla.

Writer

• Contributed to Excel, a biannual newsletter on outstanding graduate student research.
• Interviewed graduate students, wrote profiles of them and their research.

June 2006–August 2006
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Undergraduate Researcher

• Participant in competitive B-SURE (Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program.
• Completed a research project studying bone growth proteins.
• Wrote and presented a paper at the closing symposium of the program.