Education

• University of South Florida St. Petersburg, M.A., Journalism and Media Studies (2010 – 2012)
• University of Florida, B.A., Political Science (2006 – 2010)
• International Baccalaureate Program, Diploma Recipient (2006)

Professional Experience

• University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg FL – Director of Operations, Department of Journalism and Media Studies (September 2011 – present)
• The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg FL – NewsU Technical Assistant (September 2011 – May 2012)
• University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg FL – Graduate Research Assistant (August 2010 – May 2012)
• Florida Scholastic Press Association, Gainesville FL – Office Manager (August 2008 – May 2010)
• Florida Scholastic Press Association, Gainesville FL – Intern (December 2007 – August 2008)

Other Cool Stuff I’ve Done

• Dunedin Blue Jays Baseball Club, Dunedin FL – Entertainer (April 2005 – August 2005; April 2009 – August 2010)
• Smokin’Notes, Inc., Gainesville FL – Notes Accuracy Editor (December 2007 – August 2008)
• Aftermath Yearbook Staff, Palm Harbor University High School – Editor-in-Chief (August 2005 – May, 2006)

Some Things I’m Particularly Proud Of

• Socially Conscious Bird, a not-so-detailed account of my adolescence where I write things that I will eventually come to regret (2003 – present) #recreationalwriting
• IfIWereCommish, sometimes-updated joke Twitter account (2010 – present) #justforkicks
• Constructing Space: Behind the Headlines of the U.S. Space Program, an applied research project completed for my M.A. program at USF St. Petersburg (2012) #rocketshipsandmovabletype
• Did Minorities that Did Not Participate in 2004 Participate More in the 2008 Election?, a short research paper submitted for POS 3204:Political Participation at the University of Florida (2010) #academiathatneedsworkinretrospect
• (41.43707625753898, -88.42245876789093), or where I want to be buried when I die (2010) #recreationalwriting
• Ohio State’s 2008 Football Schedule, national Collegehumor.com article (2008) #justforkicks
• POWW! Right in the kisser!, or the most famous my blog’s ever been (2008) #poorearlyattemptsatjournalism
• History of the World According to Tim Tebow, Part One, in which I trace the Chosen One’s long and storied history (2007) #recreationalwriting
• UpperCasey, the font I created in an attempt to save my handwriting for posterity (2003) #justforkicks

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