Experience

Scriptoria Sustainable Development Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Writer and Editor

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Writing about the world for hundreds of organisations, research teams and activists. Holding out hope for equitable development within planetary boundaries. Writing about the world for hundreds of organisations, research teams and activists. Holding out hope for equitable development within planetary boundaries.



Future Agricultures Consortium

• Technical Editor

  • May 2013 - Oct 2016

  Edited working papers and policy briefs for a prominent voice in African agriculture. Edited working papers and policy briefs for a prominent voice in African agriculture.



The Global Crop Diversity Trust

• Communications Consultant

  • Apr 2013 - Oct 2016

  Produced communication materials for the Crop Trust as it established a new headquarters in Bonn and assumed new responsibilities for the global system of genebanks. Wrote annual reports, press pieces and impact studies, and developed research proposals and strategy documents. Produced communication materials for the Crop Trust as it established a new headquarters in Bonn and assumed new responsibilities for the global system of genebanks. Wrote annual reports, press pieces and impact studies, and developed research proposals and strategy documents.



WRENmedia

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Jan 2009 - Oct 2016

  Contributed monthly features to two influential development outlets, Spore and New Agriculturist, analyzing significant trends as well as under-the-radar projects in the world of agriculture. Contributed monthly features to two influential development outlets, Spore and New Agriculturist, analyzing significant trends as well as under-the-radar projects in the world of agriculture.



CGIAR

• France
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Gender Writeshop Leader

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  Led a four-day writing workshop for social scientists working with data from GENNOVATE, a 26-country study on gender and agricultural innovation. Facilitated discussion on an analytic framework and advised three groups of authors writing up their case studies for submission to peer-reviewed journals. Led a four-day writing workshop for social scientists working with data from GENNOVATE, a 26-country study on gender and agricultural innovation. Facilitated discussion on an analytic framework and advised three groups of authors writing up their case studies for submission to peer-reviewed journals.



International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

• Nigeria
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writer and Editor

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2015

  Researching and writing scientific briefs for global distribution. Providing technical editing of major reports under tight turnaround schedules for one of Africa's largest research-for-development institutes, working on farming solutions around the continent. Researching and writing scientific briefs for global distribution. Providing technical editing of major reports under tight turnaround schedules for one of Africa's largest research-for-development institutes, working on farming solutions around the continent.



National Crops Resources Research Institute

• Consulting Anthropologist

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2013

  Developed a tool for collecting cassava landraces and associated farmer knowledge in Eastern, Southern and Central Africa. Consulted with staff of NaCRRI to plan a collecting strategy and a database of farmer germplasm knowledge linked to the region's first cassava tissue culture collection. Developed a tool for collecting cassava landraces and associated farmer knowledge in Eastern, Southern and Central Africa. Consulted with staff of NaCRRI to plan a collecting strategy and a database of farmer germplasm knowledge linked to the region's first cassava tissue culture collection.



BushwickBK

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Culture Writer

  • Feb 2010 - Nov 2011

  Contributed weekly articles on events, issues and history in Bushwick-- Brooklyn's multicultural hotspot of the decade. Contributed weekly articles on events, issues and history in Bushwick-- Brooklyn's multicultural hotspot of the decade.



European Initiative on Agricultural Research for Development

• Consulting Writer

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2011

  Consulted with coordinating staff at European ARD agencies to write country profiles on each EIARD member state's contribution to agricultural research for development. These profiles are published on www.EIARD.org. Consulted with coordinating staff at European ARD agencies to write country profiles on each EIARD member state's contribution to agricultural research for development. These profiles are published on www.EIARD.org.



Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa

• Consulting Researcher

  • Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  Conducted an independent mapping project to document the organizational and social networks that make up the CIALCA partnership model in Rwanda, Burundi, the DRC and Belgium. Conducted an independent mapping project to document the organizational and social networks that make up the CIALCA partnership model in Rwanda, Burundi, the DRC and Belgium.



Department for International Development

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consulting Writer

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2010

  Researched and wrote case studies on innovative DFID-supported agricultural development projects in dozens of countries, for widespread use in print and on the web. Researched and wrote case studies on innovative DFID-supported agricultural development projects in dozens of countries, for widespread use in print and on the web.



Catholic Relief Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Editor

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Final editing of major reports on CRS programs in agriculture, public health, and rural development. Final editing of major reports on CRS programs in agriculture, public health, and rural development.



Londonist Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer

  • Jun 2008 - Apr 2009

  Wrote, photographed, performed editorial duties, maintained press contacts, and tracked news and events for Londonist.com, a website with over 300,000 monthly page impressions. Wrote, photographed, performed editorial duties, maintained press contacts, and tracked news and events for Londonist.com, a website with over 300,000 monthly page impressions.

• Researcher

  • Apr 2008 - Jun 2008

  Undertook two months of fieldwork in two remote villages of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Utilising ethnographic methodology and existing quantitative data, produced a report on post-conflict impacts to traditional farming livelihoods for three partner CGIAR institutes. Research published in the journal Disasters. Undertook two months of fieldwork in two remote villages of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Utilising ethnographic methodology and existing quantitative data, produced a report on post-conflict impacts to traditional farming livelihoods for three partner CGIAR institutes. Research published in the journal Disasters.



Goodwin Associates - LINK, Inc.

• Registrar

  • Feb 2007 - May 2007

  Held the position of Registrar at New York City’s largest professional development organisation for early childcare educators. Coordinated the registration of hundreds of educators into on-site training courses in all five boroughs and arranged university credit through Touro College of New York. Held the position of Registrar at New York City’s largest professional development organisation for early childcare educators. Coordinated the registration of hundreds of educators into on-site training courses in all five boroughs and arranged university credit through Touro College of New York.



Global College of Long Island University

• Student Executive

  • Aug 2006 - May 2007

  Elected by the student body to serve as the Student Executive of the world's only four-year college of international study, representing students in India, China, Japan, Costa Rica and New York. Provided student oriented input – as well as hands-on aid – in developing, promoting and revitalising the college's programmes. Elected by the student body to serve as the Student Executive of the world's only four-year college of international study, representing students in India, China, Japan, Costa Rica and New York. Provided student oriented input – as well as hands-on aid – in developing, promoting and revitalising the college's programmes.



Requiem for Darfur at Carnegie Hall

• Assistant to the Conductor and Artistic Director

  • Dec 2006 - Jan 2007

  Assistant to the Conductor and Artistic Director of this major all-star benefit concert of Verdi's Requiem, helping to raise over $500,000 for UNICEF in Sudan and Chad. Communicated with musicians from 25 of the world's great orchestras, and helped recruit Honorary Advisors including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actress Mia Farrow. Assistant to the Conductor and Artistic Director of this major all-star benefit concert of Verdi's Requiem, helping to raise over $500,000 for UNICEF in Sudan and Chad. Communicated with musicians from 25 of the world's great orchestras, and helped recruit Honorary Advisors including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actress Mia Farrow.



Oxfam International

• Kenya
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Intern

  • 2006 - 2007

  Served as a communications, research and administrative intern with this global humanitarian organisation's advocacy office at the United Nations. Maintained contacts with UN agencies, missions and ambassadors; researched current developments in more than a dozen regions of interest; and supported some of Oxfam's highest-level advocacy staff in the organisation of global campaigns and meetings. Attended inter-agency meetings and Security Council sessions and reported on policy developments to the office and Oxfam staff overseas. Show less



The Land Institute

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2002 - Sep 2004

  Worked as a field research assistant, gaining experience in agricultural research centered around long-term sustainability and the integration of social awareness into the agricultural and ecological sciences. Worked as a field research assistant, gaining experience in agricultural research centered around long-term sustainability and the integration of social awareness into the agricultural and ecological sciences.