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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Collaborated with subject matter experts to create rigorous and engaging online courses.

Evanston, IL

Mentor students in the Master of Science in Project Management program to personal bests in communication as they write their final capstone reports.

Evanston, IL

Trained 100+ students to communicate effectively and analyze persuasive communication in a variety of modes and media.

Chicago, Illinois

Coached people from the executive level to the general workforce to achieve demonstrable positive growth in their communication skills.

Greater Chicago Area

Enhanced 50+ undergraduate students’ appreciation for the comics medium by designing and teaching courses on International Comics and the Visual Rhetoric of Comics.

Chicago

Taught civic literacy and communication skills to students on academic internships in the non-profit and business sectors.

Evanston, IL

Improved efficiency of selection and on-boarding process for Engage Chicago, NUPIP, and Graduate Assistantship programs by managing applications and conducting initial interviews.

Chicago, IL

Developed clients' leadership capacities through on-on-on coaching, goal-setting, and strategy development.

Evanston, IL

Trained students at the undergraduate and Master’s levels to communicate effectively in a variety of written, oral, and visual modes.Developed students’ leadership, critical thinking, and civic engagement skills through course design, effective instruction, and constructive feedback. Reframed current thinking on underground comix as a symbol of the 1960s.

Evanston, IL

Created opportunities for Northwestern undergrads and graduate students to be more involved in their communities through experiential learning initiatives. Raised profile of engaged scholarship on campus by revitalizing faculty fellows program. Improved data management by implementing Insightly CRM database system.

Evanston, IL

Developed student leaders through one-on-one coaching, strengths assessment, and 360 evaluations, helping them set and achieve measurable goals for their organizations.

Chicago, IL

Worked with 25+ Chicago-area partners in the non-profit, consulting, arts, and other sectors to create more than 40 seminars and workshops, helping 29 PhD students explore non-academic career paths.

Chicago, IL

Maintained high levels of efficiency while with Programming team to conceive, curate, and execute dozens of events. Enriched festival experience for CHF website users by curating relevant website content for more than 60 programs.

Evanston, IL

Increased visibility of public lectures, symposia, conferences, and other events by designing and circulating posters and other promotional materials, both digital and print.Ensured positive relationships between the Center, its partners, and guest presenters by effectively managing site bookings, catering needs, reimbursements, and other logistics.

Provided professional writing services, specializing in persuasive marketing and web copy, optimized for search engines.

Coordinated the efforts of an interdepartmental and interoffice team in charge of managing firm-wide use of Stikeman Elliott's client resource management database. Team's efforts facilitated networking initiatives, mailing list generation and other data pulls, and maintenance of complete and accurate data.

Co-ordinated production, distribution, and maintainance of content for all firm's electronic channels (web, intranet, email, social media).

Improved user experience for MHS psychological testing products by writing easy-to-use help files and quick-start guides. Further improved various software products by testing and proofing digital interfaces.

Phd, Communication Studies - Rhetoric And Public Culture, 3.965/4.0

Activities and Societies: Center for Civic Engagement; Center for Global Culture and Communication; Center for Leadership; Public.

Ma, English: Rhetoric And Communication Design

Ba, English: Rhetoric And Professional Writing