Writing
Long-form research, strategy documents, opinion writing, and journalism. Click any card to read the piece — or an excerpt, for the long ones. Full documents available on request.
Featured
Independent research · published book
To Metro-land!
A book-length journey down the London Underground's Metropolitan line — railway history, an invented suburb, and the question of authenticity. Published in paperback.
Strategy · graduate capstone
A 100-page Senate campaign plan
A complete simulated campaign for a real 2024 race — targeting, ~$59.6M budget, paid and earned media, field, and finance.
Policy analysis
The Grey Market of Delta-8 THC
How the 2018 Farm Bill accidentally built an unregulated intoxicant market — and the statutory language to close the loophole.
Published professional work
White paper · May 2026
Utilizing Opioid Settlement Funds for Upstream Youth Prevention
The case for directing opioid settlement funds toward primary prevention — co-authored as Director of Strategic and Digital Communications for a children's health nonprofit.
White paper · July 2026
Starting Upstream: Educating Parents and Trusted Adults
A data-driven case that parents and trusted adults remain the single strongest protective factor against youth substance use — and that equipping them is prevention.
Guest column · Denver Gazette · Dec 2025
Heed Colorado's Mistakes; Don't 'Reschedule' Pot
Organizational advocacy in a major metro daily — a guest column written in role, arguing the nonprofit's policy position on federal cannabis rescheduling. Advocacy writing is client work: the craft is making the strongest case for the position you're hired to advance.
Essays & opinion
Essay · full text
The Sea is a Medium
Why the BBC Shipping Forecast — obsolete by every practical measure — refuses to die. On radio, ritual, and the sea.
Op-ed · full text
Senators Can Wear Shorts Now
The Senate loosened its dress code — for Senators. On dress codes, class, and who actually pays for professionalism.
Op-ed · full text
Taking Internet Creators Seriously
A YouTuber is adapting the horror game Iron Lung — and Hollywood should pay attention. (Yes, there's a painting too.)
Academic research
Women in Politics: Marital Status and Candidacy
How systems designed by and for men treat the women in them — the double-binds of marriage and motherhood on the campaign trail.
Applied communications
The working formats of the trade — the documents campaigns and organizations actually run on.
Message development · full text
Talking points: both sides of one issue
Persuasive candidate talking points written for opposing campaigns on the same issue — an exercise in audience analysis over ideology.
PSA scripts · full text
"Don't Give Coyotes an Easy Meal"
Paired 20- and 60-second AV scripts for an urban wildlife campaign, starring a very fancy waiter and Mr. Fluffles.
Media advisory · federal agency
CBO to Release Updated Budget and Economic Outlook
A published release from time on the Congressional Budget Office's communications team — coordinating media around major federal budget publications.
Journalism
News features written for a university relations office — reported, interviewed, and published on the university's news site.
- "Craftivism" Course Encourages Activism Through Arts
- Arcadia Celebrates International Experiences and Achievements
- Fahringer '19 Featured for Arcadia Graphic Design Project
- Wu '22 Explores Fantasy Through Art
- CCEC Hosts "Give and Shred" Event in Honor of MLK Day
Additional writing — on nationalism and the 2014 Scottish referendum, media memory in Doctor Who, and the economics of digital fandom — available on request. New writing appears on the Substack.