Freelance Work

I am currently available for a wide range of freelance project management, copyediting, and proofreading work. As a freelance copyeditor for nearly fifteen years, I’ve worked on a variety of materials. In my position as Managing Editor at a research lab, where I run the lab’s blog and newsletter and manage all publications, I have copyedited, project-managed, and produced numerous publications, including:

Authored Articles & Blogs

Perseverance and Community Are Keys to Success For Punit Shah - Profile on UC Irvine’s Informatics and Computer Sciences Hall of Fame Awardee and alum Punit Shah. Shah is an entrepreneur, researcher, and consultant with an impressive resume that includes engineering, UX, marketing and developments in stroke rehabilitation.

2025 Aspirations in Computing Event Honors Local Student Innovation and Success - Article about the 2025 Aspirations in Computing event at UC Irvine, which recognizes students in grades 9-12 for their “unique talents, aptitude, and aspirations in technology and computing.” For UCI ICS News.

ICS Professor Among Three UC Irvine Researchers Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences - Announcement of the election of Rina Dechter, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Research at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS), to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025. For UC Irvine ICS News.

Youth-Powered Wellbeing in a Digitally-Connected World: Highlights from the Connected Wellbeing Symposium - Blog post about the 2024 Connected Wellbeing Symposium. For the Connected Wellbeing Initiative.

Authored Case Studies

YR Media: Elevating Youth Voice to Foster: School Engagement

This Teenage Life: Building Youth Connection, Community, and Sense of Belonging

Novelly: Youth-Authored Literature for Connection, Affirmation, and Healing

Games for Change Learn: Using Games for Learning and Positive Social Impact

Give Us The Floor: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Youth with Online Group Chats

ExperienceCraft: Meeting Grieving Kids Where They Are

Managed Editorial and Production Projects

Youth Wellbeing by Design: Integrating Research, Critical Perspectives, and Innovation (Multi-contributor essay collection - MIT Press, In Press (published on MIT Press’s Works in Progress platform in 2024)

Transformative Outcomes Through Community Engagement: How Public Library Leaders Foster Connected Learning Teen Services (Report - Connected Learning Alliance, 2024)

Making Connections to Support STEM Transitions (Managed production of new project page, new web content, and 8 affiliated case studies)

Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children (Multi-author essay collection - MIT Press, 2023)

Asset and Action-Based Approaches to Civic Learning: A Review of Frameworks, Evidence and Approaches (Report - Connected Learning Alliance, 2022)

Social Media and Youth Wellbeing: What We Know and Where We Could Go (Report - Connected Learning Alliance, 2020)

The Connected Learning Research Network: Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship (Report - Connected Learning Alliance, 2020)

Other Experience

Instructor in Creative Writing and Composition - University of California, Irvine (2016-2019)