What I do:

• I’m the Managing Editor of Contexts, a magazine that translates social science research to general readers. I work with an 11-person editorial team, our contributors, and the folks who publish and fund the magazine.

• Before that, I ran the Contexts blog. I spent a lot of time cold-emailing researchers I admired and asking them to write for us. When someone published a book I liked, I invited them to record a video interview with me.

• As a Fellow in Sociology at Harvard, I’ve organized and facilitated 18 research workshops where graduate students and faculty share their works in progress. Many half-baked ideas have become published papers because of the conversations that happened in these meetings.

• For my PhD, I’ve talked with more than 300 people about school, careers, and family. I hired a team of 30+ research assistants to make that possible, and mentoring them turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the work.

• Organizations have hired me to help them understand their employees and customers. For a recent project, I interviewed software developers to understand how they use an AI coding platform.

• I’m a proud member of Fractal Boston, a community built around people teaching each other. I co-host our weekly dinner, which is usually the best part of my week, and I’ve helped plan our more ambitious gatherings, from a weekend retreat to a 50+ person intro night.

Core skills:
Research community building · Operations · Event planning · Mentorship program design · Speaker recruitment · Team management

Education:

PhD in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (graduating May 2027)

MA in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (2022)

BA in Sociology and Religion, Calvin College (2019)