Written Work
News
Mann Library News
I wrote stories about library events and services for the news section of the website. Jim Morris-Knower, Evaline Ferretti, and I were the primary writers for the news site,
which posted 2-3 news stories a month. Here is a sampling of stories I wrote:
There's an app for that! CULite Library app for smart phones debuts
Writing walk-in service in Rm 160
Happy holidays: How to find study spots and avoid library fines during the end of semester
Mannifest
Mannifest is the Mann Library newsletter, published every semester. Jim Morris-Knower and I were responsible for producing Mannifest, although ocassionally subject experts would be asked to guest write articles
if the subject was in their area of expertise. In addition to writing articles for Mannifest, I also designed and laid out the newsletter. Here is a sampling of stories I wrote for Mannifest:
Spring 2009 Draw a Crowd to Your Next Event (Page 2)
Go to PDF of article.
Spring 2008 New at Mann: Gallery and Exhibit Spaces (Page 1)
Go to PDF of article.
Academic
Scholarly Research
2011. "Peer to Peer Lending: The relationship between language features, trustworthiness, and persuasion success", with Jeff Larrimore, Crystal Jiang, David Markowitz, and Scott Gorski, Journal of Applied Communication Research 39(1), 19-37
Article link (Gated) Copies are also available from me by request.
About the research:What pleas for money are persuasive? Is a sob story better than "just the facts"? This study looks at what works in online persuasion -- specifically the effectiveness of persuasive language used by individuals seeking loans on Prosper.com, an online lending marketplace.
2009. "Making an Offer They Can't Refuse: How Borrower Language in Peer-to-Peer Lending Impacts
Funding", with Jiang, L., Gorski, S., Markowitz, D.M.,
Zhao, J., Canlas, K. A. Paper presented at the 59th annual conference of International Communication Association,
May 21-25, Chicago.
About the research:My initial exploratory study on peer-to-peer lending. The paper was named one of the Top 3 Student papers of the 2009 International Communication Association Conference.
Copy Editing
During the 2008-2009 academic year I was a Research Assistant for Dr. Dennis Charsky at Ithaca College.
Professor Charsky's research focuses on eLearning and the use of games and collaborative technology to create innovative online and face to face workplace learning.
I assisted Professor Charsky with editing and formatting course documents and manuscripts for publication,
such as "Making a Connection : Game Genres, Game Characteristics, and Teaching Structures" which was published in the book Gaming and Cognition: Theories and Practice from the Learning Sciences.
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