Technical

Academic

Marketing

Creative

Reading

I've included these examples of writing from graduate school and later for two reasons.

First, much of my academic writing broke the mold of research paper or class essay. I believe in letting personal experience inform, but not overwhelm, any good writing. And I believe in using plain, direct language that's free of unnecessary jargon, but considers the audience at every turn.

Second, these pieces—and indeed, my successful academic career—highlight many of the skills needed to create good marketing and technical communications: rapid learning of complex concepts, intellectual organization, high verbal abilities, mental flexibility, dogged research, perceptiveness, and a breadth of life experience.

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• An essay on Instructional technology, one of a series published on the web site describing the lab/services I provide for Reed College.
• A book review written for an academic journal.
• A journal article, expanded from a paper: “Figure On a Landscape: Masculinity and Ideology from Cowboys to Climbers."
• My Doctoral Dissertation: Figures on The Landscape: The Social and Literary Practice of Nature in America.
• A journal article: Henry Thoreau's Cult(ivation) of Nature: American Landscape and American Self in "Ktaadn" and "Walking".
• Encyclopedia entries: “Edward Abbey” and “Outdoor Magazines”.