Professional Title
Communication Manager
What I do for Sea Grant
- Provide strategic communication program guidance
- Provide strategic media relations, including news releases and media training
- Manage Sea Grant-related communication products and services
- Manage Sea Grant's primary and selected project websites
- Support the director to manage Sea Grant's legislative and government affairs
- Manage messaging and marketing for Sea Grant products
- Editorial and scientific review of proposals
- Annual federal (NOAA) reporting
- Serve on Minnesota Sea Grant's leadership team
Research Interests
- Science communication
- Public understanding of science
- Science journalism
- Communication science
Education
M.S. - Professional Communication
University of Alaska Fairbanks
B.S. - Biological Sciences
Western Michigan University
B.S. - Natural Resources and Environmental Communication
The Ohio State University
