Currently conducting dissertation research focusing on infrastructure protection, regulatory reform, technological change, and democracy.

Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2008-2009.
Served as researcher and co-author for a multi-university project focusing on the public policies related to the transportation of hazardous materials.

Research Fellow, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego, 2006-2008. Researched, developed, and co-authored a graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum on critical infrastructure protection with a cross-university team of scholars.

Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego, 2006-2007. Organized and led orientation for all incoming teaching assistants in the Department of Communication. Provided continued assistance, feedback, and materials to TAs during the year.

Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, 2008-2009.
COSF 139B: Law, Communication, and Freedom of Expression
COSF 100: Introduction to Communication as a Social Force
COCU 175: Comics and Sequential Art

Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, 2004-2008 (selected).
COSF 139B: Law, Communication, and Freedom of Expression
COCU 100: Introduction to Communication and Culture
COGN 20: Introduction to Communication

University of California, San Diego, Dissertation Fellowship (2009)
University of California, Los Angeles, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Grant (2009)
University of California, San Diego, Dean of Social Sciences Travel Fund Award (2009)
Rita Lloyd Moroney Award, for “Binding the Nation Together: The Politics of Postal Service” (2008)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude
Dever Writing Award for Outstanding Communication Criticism/Analysis (2002)
Dever Writing Award for Outstanding Research Paper (1999)

Publications
Articles:

“Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum.” IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security. Published Proceedings (2008).

“Disaster via Airmail: The Launching of a Global Reaction Capacity After the 2001 Anthrax Attacks,” Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 1.3: 99-117 (MIT Press, 2006). With Patrick Lagadec and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan.

Hazardous Material Transportation and the Security Externality: What Should be Done? (2008-2009). Funded through Massachusetts Institute of Technology and administered through the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and PI Lewis Branscomb. This ongoing study examines the risks associated with rail transportation of hazardous materials, possible mitigation strategies, and public policy recommendations. With Lewis Branscomb, Mark Fagan, and Philip Auerswald.

Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security Curriculum (Washington, DC: DHS, 2007). An interdisciplinary graduate-level curriculum sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security focusing on the public policies, technical issues, and managerial principles associated with achieving robust and resilient critical infrastructures. With Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Michael Kleeman, and Todd M. La Porte.

“Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum,” 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Boston, May 2008.

“Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum,” 4th International Conference on Knowledge, Technology, and Society, Northeastern University, January 2008.

“Binding the Nation Together? Postal Policy in the Era of Competition,” International Communication Association Conference, San Francisco, May 2007.

“Binding the Nation Together: A Consideration of the United States Postal Service and Democratic Organization,” Communication in Crisis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 2006.