Work Experience

August 2007-Present--Graduate Research Assistant

Virginia Tech Content and Knowledge Management Group

• Main duties consist of editing and revising Knowledge Base articles as part of the computing.vt.edu service

To visit the Knowledge Base, go to Content & Knowledge Management

May 2006-Present--Sports Freelance Writer

The Roanoke Times, Christiansburg, VA

• Write feature stories about local high school sports, as well as intercollegiate athletics at Virginia Tech and Radford University

To visit the paper, go to Roanoke.com

June 2005-August 2007--Shelving Staff

Virginia Tech Libraries, Blacksburg, VA

• Awarded Team Leader Position
• Shelved books at greater than 95% accuracy rate

For reference here is the VT Shelving Dept.

September 2005-May 2006--Sports Senior Staff Writer

Collegiate Times, Blacksburg, VA

• Completed a profile of 2006 Virginia Tech football recruit Beau Warren (part of a series)
• Covered Virginia Tech women's soccer matches, women's basketball games, etc

April 2005-September 2005--Entertainment Staff Writer

Collegiate Times, Blacksburg, VA

• Wrote local band profiles
• Conducted interviews with bands

To visit the paper, click Collegiatetimes.com

Education

Bachelor of Arts, English May 2007, Virginia Tech

• Emphasis: Professional Writing
• In-major GPA: 3.720

Secondary Major--History

Advanced Diploma, William Byrd High School, Vinton, VA

• Graduated as Valedictorian of 2003 class
• Advanced Diploma with Governor's Seal
• National Honor Society (2001-2003)

Writing Courses

• ENG 3104: Professional Writing
• ENG 3764: Technical Writing
• ENG 3804: Technical Editing and Style
• ENG 3824: Designing Documents for Print
• ENG 4074: Syntax
• ENG 4814: Writing for the Web
• ENG 4874: Issues in Private and Public Discourse

Other Experience

• Awarded Best Professional Writing Document at the 2007 Virginia Tech English Department Undergraduate Research Conference
• Created the 2006 English Department Undergraduate Research Conference brochure (including schedule and and abstracts of participants)
• Presented research and essay called "The Forgotten Virginia Military Rivalry" at the 2006 Virginia Social Sciences Association Annual Conference at the University of Richmond (March 25, 2006) and the 2006 Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Conference--paper viewable on portfolio page

Interests

writing, reading, baseball, football, basketball, music, history, and religion

To view a portfolio of my writing samples click here