Writing

Digital history / data viz

As a grad student I created a project applying various digital humanities tools and approaches to do a “distant reading” of slave narratives in UNC’s “Documenting the American South” online library.

• Topic Modeling Equiano and the Slave Narrative Genre

Harvard Kennedy School

Before my teaching career, I worked at the Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation as a research assistant and writer for the Project on Municipal Innovation.

• From Comment Cards to Sentiment Mining
• With Form Comes Function
• Managing for the Soul of the City
• Regulating Rideshares
• Stretch Goals

I also contributed reporting and writing to a few chapters in The Responsive City. And I designed the cover!

Harvard Gazette

When I worked for Harvard’s office of Public Affairs & Communications, I had the opportunity to write a few stories for the Harvard Gazette, mostly on the arts and culture beat.

• Where art blends with activism
• Sweeping gestures, divine power
• An art exhibit replete with diversity
• Snapshots of the past
• A measure of redemption
• Award honors beloved mentor