Welcome to my Writing Page!
I didn’t grow up knowing I would be a writer, but I did grow up being a reader. I was a quiet, rule-following kid, but I used to get in trouble for rushing through my school assignments so I could get back to my book. Such a rebel!!
Features are articles I have written over the years. Feel free to browse!
Profiles are the kind of writing I like best. Check out these cool people I got to meet and chat with! Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It makes for great reading!
Like Water for Dancers
“Experiment and see what happens” when art mixes with science Illinois Alumni June 2011 For Jennifer Monson, the whole world is her classroom, from bird migration patterns that tie the corners of...
Unsilent Night
Snyder Hall’s Dial-A-Carol remains alive and ringing after half a century Illinois Alumni magazine December 2010 \Want to be serenaded with “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” at 2 a.m.? No...
Physician, Educate Thyself
At Illinois, students inject the study of medicine with other disciplines Illinois Alumni June 2010 The bioengineer wants to develop a cure for blistering skin disease, and the neuroscience student...
Regenerative Biology
Helping the Body to Heal Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Regenerative medicine in the 1990s promised simple and dramatic cures, but these cures remain the stuff of fiction....
Teacher Advocacy: Teachers Speaking Up
Through Advocacy Day — and Other Grassroots Activities — We Can Make a Difference in Literacy Education NCTE Council Chronicle January 2010 Teachers don’t typically enter their profession for...
Education for Every Generation
IGB + OLLI = Great Fun, By Golly! Biomarker December 2009 IGB faculty members are not only advancing life sciences research and stimulating bio-economic development in the state of Illinois, they...
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