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Selected projects · Teaching · Workshops

AI & web
projects

I build tools for writers, editors, and students, drawing on the work I know firsthand: running an editorial desk, teaching a writing class, and helping people make informed decisions about AI.

Editorial systems · Web development

Anchorage Press
Freelancer Desk

An editorial workspace built around the daily pressures of a small newsroom: responding to pitches, keeping stories moving, and making sure contributors get paid.

Anchorage Press Freelancer Desk dashboard with assignments, editing queues, and payment tracking
The Freelancer Desk brings assignments, contributors, pitches, and payments into one view.

An editor’s experience built into the tool.

When the Anchorage Press — Alaska’s largest weekly — got a fresh start under new leadership, it needed a way to find, onboard, and grow a crew of freelance reporters, writers, photographers, and illustrators. The publisher and I mapped out how the editorial process should actually run. I brought what I’d learned as a senior editor at a consultancy and as arts editor of the Red Hook Star-Revue, a monthly Brooklyn paper where I wrangled more than 60 freelancers.

Designed for the work between deadlines.

The desk supports budget management, timely payments, pitch responses, and smooth contributor onboarding. It also helps editors think about mentoring opportunities and plan coverage around local, regional, and national holidays and events.

I designed the personalized Freelancer Desk with Adobe Express and Claude Design, built it with Netlify, and used Supabase to manage data and secure file access.

  • Netlify
  • Supabase
  • Editorial operations
  • Contributor experience
Explore the editorial workflow
Pitch inbox with new, reviewing, commissioned, and declined categories
Respond to pitches. Keep submissions and promising contributors visible, including writers to return to later.
Assignment pipeline organized from pitch through reporting and editing
Move stories forward. See each assignment’s stage, writer, deadline, and fee.
Editorial calendar combining assignments with civic, arts, and seasonal events
Plan coverage in context. Connect the publishing calendar to community events, holidays, and upcoming opportunities.
Freelance payment ledger with invoices and payment status
Keep track of what is owed. Bring fees, invoices, and payment status into the editorial workflow.
Contributor onboarding packet with agreement, invoicing, ethics, and fact-checking guidance
Give contributors a clear start. Put expectations and practical guidance together in a consistent onboarding packet.
Anchorage Press sign-in screen offering an email sign-in link
Make access straightforward. A personalized desk with email-based sign-in.

Lehman College · CUNY

A smoother writing classroom

Lehman classroom form for uploading handwritten work, PDF scans, or typed writing
A QR code takes students directly to the writing intake form.

From a handwritten page to a conversation about writing.

I used QR codes to collect in-class writing with less friction. Students could photograph handwritten pages, upload scans, or type directly into a form.

AI-supported tools could offer immediate spelling and grammar feedback, remind students of the class’s objectives, and prompt them to ask further questions about their work.

I connected Netlify, TinyURL, Claude artifacts, and Brightspace LMS to make these tools part of the classroom experience.

  1. Scan and submit. A short path from the classroom exercise to the student’s work.
  2. Receive focused feedback. Support tied to spelling, grammar, and the goals of the assignment.
  3. Keep asking questions. Prompts that invite students to examine choices and develop their ideas.
Discuss a teaching tool →
  • Netlify
  • TinyURL & QR codes
  • Claude artifacts
  • Brightspace LMS

Professional learning · Organizational communication

Potawatomi Ventures

Helping teams make informed choices about AI.

My workshops and communications connect practical AI use with questions of ethics, history, and responsibility. I help teams consider how AI changes the way they write, collaborate, and exercise judgment.

Sessions include Using AI with Intention and hands-on Copilot training for HR teams, supported by communication about AI-mediated work and responsible adoption.

Cover preview of Using AI with Intention

Workshop preview

Using AI with Intention

Practical demonstrations and discussion grounded in the team’s actual work.

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Speaking · Research · Faculty development

Talks & workshops

Cover preview of The Memoirs of a Chatbot presentation

Keynote · March 28, 2026

The Memoirs of a Chatbot

Reflections on using AI across undergraduate writing classes: what students ask, what the tools make possible, and where teaching judgment matters.

New Jersey College English Association · 48th Annual Conference
Seton Hall University

Conference details →
  • Using AI to Increase Writing Accessibility

    Writing Across the Curriculum workshop on AI, access, and the design of writing instruction.

    Lehman College · 2026
  • AI & Writing at Lehman College

    Research into how students use AI in the writing process, with implications for classroom practice.

    Updated report · May 2026
  • Career-Connected Assignments

    Connecting writing, AI fluency, and professional preparation.

    CUNY Beyond at Lehman Faculty Showcase
  • Writing with AI While Keeping Your Soul

    Voice, craft, and authorship when AI enters the writing process.

Let’s talk about your project.

I can help you think through an editorial workflow, build a classroom tool, or develop an AI workshop around the people who will use it.

For presentations, recordings, or white papers, get in touch and tell me what you’d like to explore.

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