Professional Experience

Senior Staff Writer, Office of Research Publications, Arizona State University (1997-present)

• Write articles about research and creative activity for ASU Research Magazine
• Write articles for Chain Reaction, a science magazine for children
• Provide copy for other university publications and Web sites as needed
• Cultivate contacts and generate story ideas
• Create Web pages as part of office Web team

Writer/Webmaster, PLP Digital Systems (1995-1997)

• Wrote and designed technical manuals for reprographics
  hardware/software systems
• Planned and designed product release packages
• Produced eight-page customer newsletter
• Wrote company press releases
• Created a sales proposal package
• Produced online Help files for seven system applications
• Generated text, graphics and HTML code for company Web site
• Coordinated contract work as needed

Editorial Assistant, Nephrology News and Issues (1994-1995)

• Wrote and edited stories about kidney dialysis and transplantation, the medical industry and health care policy
• Laid out magazine articles and photos
• Designed cover artwork
• Created and maintained monthly stock market update
• Designed the semi-annual "Renal Technology Update"

Awards

2005 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award
Features Writing, "A Spoonful of Vinegar"

2005 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award
Features Writing, "Set in Stone"

2005 IABC/Tucson Cactus Quill Award
Feature Writing, "With Every Breath You Take"

2003 IABC/Tucson Cactus Quill Award
News/Interpretive Writing, "Set in Stone"

2003 IABC/Tucson Cactus Quill Award
Feature/Human Interest Writing, "Unraveling the Stress Within"

2002 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award
Features, "A Case for C"

2002 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award
Personality Profiles, "Getting to Be the Mars Guy"

2000 ASU Web Developers' Group Award of Distinction
Web Design, University Career Women Web site

2000 IABC/District 5 Silver Quill Award
Interpretive/Expository Writing, "Getting a Grip on CTS"

2000 IABC/District 5 Silver Quill Award
Feature Writing, "Extinction on the Steppes"

1999 Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Award of Distinction, Chain Reaction Web site

1998 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award of Excellence
Internet Sites, ASU Research Magazine

1997 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award of Excellence
Interpretive/Expository Writing, "Hip New Hips"

1996 Women in Communications EPIC Award, Honorable Mention,
Feature Writing, "Signs of Change"

1996 IABC/District 5 Silver Quill Award of Merit
Interpretive/Expository Writing, "Signs of Change"

1996 IABC/Phoenix Copper Quill Award of Excellence
Interpretive/Expository Writing, "Signs of Change"

Education

Master of Mass Communication
Arizona State University
August 1995
GPA 4.0

Bachelor of arts in sociology, minor in Spanish
Boston University
May 1992
Magna cum laude

Memberships

National Association of Science Writers
University Research Magazine Association