USGS product manager for various areas of the USGS.gov public and internal websites.
With over 25 years of extensive experience in digital communications, I am a seasoned professional in the development, production, and dissemination of information through a wide range of web and social media platforms. As a self-proclaimed jack of all trades, I have experience spanning training employees on various technologies (hardware, software, and platforms), photography, accessibility of multimedia products, providing direct customer service for a large organization, and working to translate the business of government into easily understandable formats.
Professional Experience
Technical Information Specialist, USGS (Current)
Bureau Social Media Lead, USGS (2007 - 2022)
Web Application Developer, USGS (2004 - 2015)
Education and Certifications
George Mason University (BA Communications)
Science and Products
Characterization of Earthquake Damage and Effects Using Social Media Data
myScience: USGS Citizen Science Project Discovery & Public Engagement Web Application
Science and Products
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Characterization of Earthquake Damage and Effects Using Social Media Data
People in the locality of earthquakes are publishing anecdotal information about the shaking within seconds of their occurrences via social network technologies, such as Twitter. In contrast, depending on the size and location of the earthquake, scientific alerts can take between two to twenty minutes to publish. The goals of this project are to assess earthquake damage and effects information, asmyScience: USGS Citizen Science Project Discovery & Public Engagement Web Application
How can the public discover opportunities for participation in USGS scientific research? What citizen science projects are currently active within the USGS? How may PIs increase public engagement in and awareness of their citizen science projects? To address these questions, a web application leveraging existing Community for Data Integration (CDI) and USGS work was created to allow unprecedented - Multimedia