Education

University of Edinburgh

Dissertation: Beyond the Book – Analysis of 21st Century Popular Science Non-Fiction as a Mechanism for Informal Learning and Science Capital in Adulthood

Work Placements: EPIC Think Learn and Institute for Regeneration and Repair

Coursework

• Principles and Practice of Science Communication and Public Engagement
• Science, Society and the Media
• Role of Social Media
• Dialogue and Deliberation
• Science, Policy and Practice
• Engagement and Enrichment in STEM Education
• Creative Arts

Cumulative GPA: 3.7 / 4

Dean’s Honors List: GPA of 3.75+ for six consecutive academic quarters (Fall 2015 – Spring 2017)

Education Abroad Program: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, modules in International Economics and Theory & Analysis of Television (Summer 2016)

Directed Research: EpiDaPo Laboratory in the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics, mined scientific literature to identify well-accepted and emerging definitions of Epigenetics and Environmental Epigenetics (Spring 2017)

Quantitative and Analytical Coursework

• Introduction to Statistical Reasoning (Grade: A)
• Politics & Strategy (Game theory, Grade: A-)
• Methodologies in Communication Research (Grade: A)
• Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation (Grade: A)
• Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting (Grade: A)
• Genetic Concepts for Human Sciences (Quantitative genomics, Grade: A-)