~ Portfolio ~
This writing and public-speaking portfolio is a select collection of technical writing, tutorials, and blogs, business writing, peer-reviewed academic publications, articles for a general audience, podcasts, photo-essays, and public speaking examples.
Technical Writing, Tutorials & Blogs
Personal byline:
Demystifying Natural Language Processing (NLP): A Beginner's Guide with Python
Intro to Text Analysis in Python, Fall 2023, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
From Dataphobe to Dataphyle, Tagging the Tower. November 2022.
Mapping Political Power in New York City With Public Testimony Files
Written on behalf of clients:
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“Virtual Dance Communities and the Right to the Internet,” Ethnologies. Spring 2023.
“Why is Income Inequality Growing?” Contexts. December 2020.
“Consent-Based Social Dancing Spaces and the Right to the City,” Metropolitics. June 2020.
“Consent-Based Spaces in New York City after the Repeal of the Cabaret Law,” Columbia Public Policy Review. October 2019
“Gentrifying a Superfund Site: Why Gowanus, Brooklyn is Becoming a Real Estate Hot Spot,” Consilience. July 2015.
Business
“The New CSR: Why actions speak louder than words,” International Association of Business Communicators’ Communication World Magazine, August 2017.
Lead author, written in collaboration with the McPherson Strategies team:
General
Interviews
“Educating with the Peaceful Puppets,” SIPA News. May 2016.
“Applied Peacebuilding: From Classwork to Fieldwork,” SIPA News. May 2016
Profiles
“Mei Fong Discusses New Book on China’s One Child Policy,” SIPA News. May 2016
Event Coverage
“The Trials of Constance Baker Motley,” SIPA News. May 2016.
“Celebrating Joseph E. Stiglitz’s 50 Years Of Teaching,” SIPA News. May 2016.
“Panel Considers Planning, Implementation of UN Development Goals,” SIPA News. May 2016
“Experts Discuss Paris Climate Negotiations,” SIPA News. May 2016
“Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General, Discusses World Order,” SIPA News. May 2016
“Nathan Sheets Examines China’s Rebalancing and Financial Reforms,” SIPA News. May 2016
“Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert Discusses State-Based Solutions to National Challenges,” SIPA News. May 2016.
“Experts Look Ahead to Business Climate for Iran After Sanctions Are Lifted,” SIPA News. May 2016.
“SIPA Experts Discuss Potential Impact of Trans-Pacific Partnership,” SIPA News. May 2016.
Podcasts
“Make Your LinkedIn Work For You with Rebecca Krisel,” The Second Shift podcast. October 2023.
I was a guest on The Second Shift podcast to discuss best-practices for creating and maintaining a LinkedIn profile. For the past decade, I have moonlighted as a resume and LinkedIn specialist (read more about it here).
Money Stories with LDT - co-produced podcast with McPherson Strategies team for client Linda Davis Taylor. Researched guests, developed interview questions, managed interview recordings, and edited episodes. Reached 5-stars on Apple podcast.
Public Speaking
“Refreshing the Psychedelic Policy Image: A News and Social Media Sentiment Analysis of the Psychedelic Renaissance.” A three-minute, in-person flash-talk, presented at Psychedemia, a psychedelic studies conference hosted by The Ohio State University, in August 2023. Received award for outstanding flash talk presentation.
“Internet Dance Communities and the Right to the Internet.” This is a 15-minute paper presentation. Part of the “Nightlife in the Augmented City” panel at the “Augmented Cities - Where did the night go?” online conference organized by The Berlin Institute for Migration and Integration Studies and the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University, in April 2021. Presentation starts at the 36:26 mark