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Samples

Creative Nonfiction and Web Articles

• Mosquito Problem? Got Deet?
  for HikePA.com
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• Does Endurox R4 really work?
  for HikePA.com
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• The Importance of Hydration
  for HikePA.com
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Business Communications

• "Sole Source" Justification
Written for Penn State ESM Department (pdf 63k)
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• Successful proposal for equipment purchase
• Demonstrated need for vendor outside of existing contracts.

Editing and Proofreading

• Samples available upon request, including "track changes" from various authors, pending permission.

Page Layout and Documentation

• Color Newsletter for Technical Audience
  Developed for Center for Innovative Sintered Products (pdf 2204k)
  • Managed production and workflow
  • Created layout with InDesign, inspired by previous editions
  • Edited all technical articles
  • Edited photos
  • Created most illustrations
     
• Undergraduate Student Guide
  for Penn State  (exported from FrameMaker, pdf 654k)
• Edited content for style from various authors
• Edited 50% content written in English as a second language
• Authored 10% of content
• Interviewed subjects for content

• Marketing Brochure for Scanning Electron Microscope
  for Penn State (pdf 793k, web optimized)
• Wrote copy and content
• Designed and implemented layout
• Resized and optimized existing images
   
• Yearbook for Undergraduate Students
  for Penn State (pdf 1388k, web optimized)
• Managed project
• Photographer
• Touched-up photographs
• Interviewed subjects for content
• Designed and implemented layout

Critical Analyses

• On The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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• On Adam and Eve's Nativities in Paradise Lost
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