Oversee public affairs/communications for the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.

Managed communications for the The University of Texas System Population Health initiative.

Author of Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art, the first book on the legendary art critic and essayist.

Provide long-term strategic assistance in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin.

Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century, was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2016. The book is a political and intellectual history of six prominent American intellectuals who journeyed from the left to the right of the political spectrum. It's been reviewed favorably in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Atlantic, and other publications. Excerpts were published in Salon.com and Tablet Magazine.

• Manage College of Natural Sciences social media strategy, including high growth Facebook and Twitter accounts.• Manage student interns.• Produce short films and audio slideshows about science, scientists, and academic programs.• Write magazine and web features, press releases, and academic brochure copy.• Edit content from colleagues, faculty, and interns. • Place faculty research coverage in regional and national print and online media. • Collaborate with designers on the look of communications material.

• Write magazine and web features, press releases, and academic brochure copy for 10,000-student College of Natural Sciences. • Edit content from colleagues, faculty, and interns. • Place faculty research coverage in regional and national print and online media. • Produce short films and audio slideshows about science, scientists, and academic programs.• Coordinate teams that develop brochures for the Advising Office, the Multicultural Academic Initiative, the Freshman Research Initiative, the Office of International Study, and other groups.• Recruit contributors for social media accounts. • Collaborate with designers on the look of communications material.

• Co-wrote the screenplay for The Invisible Highway, a documentary (currently in production) about the global impact of aviation.• Worked closely with Brian Terwilliger, the highly regarded director and producer of One Six Right: The Romance of Flying, which was the first independent film ever distributed in HD DVD and was shown worldwide on the Discovery Channel’s HD channel.

• Wrote more than 25 cover stories. • Edited freelance writers and bloggers. • Wrote weekly content, including film and music reviews, political columns, and news reports. • Pioneered the Advocate’s social media presence by creating and co-authoring “Masculinity and its Discontents,” one of the paper’s first blogs. • Created and wrote “Dear Dexter,” a weekly pop culture advice column. • Presented the weekly “Valley Arts Report” on the local NPR radio station.