I am a results-driven communications professional with a decade of experience writing in different genres and mediums. I specialize in editorial work that seeks to make information accessible beyond discipline-specific boundaries.

I am Associate Editor of The Practice, a digital publication at Harvard Law School that explores the legal profession. Previously, I ran communications strategy for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. I have also worked for the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Atlantic Media Company. After three years in a doctoral program in English literature and after successfully passing oral exams, I left to pursue opportunities that felt more directly connected to practice. I remain deeply invested in learning and pedagogy.

Writing

While I write most of the article in The Practice, here are a selection of stories I’ve written I’m especially proud of:

“The motherhood penalty,”
Harvard Law Today (10/18/2024)

“Art and Antiquities Advocates: A small field of art lawyers with a growing practice,”
The Practice (Sep/Oct 2024)

“Dissecting Client Choice: Identifying standout lawyers,”
The Practice (Nov/Dec 2023)

“Researching Diversity Discourse and Action: Jamillah Bowman Williams investigates employment bias and discrimination,”
The Practice (Jul/Aug 2023)

“Adding Capacity in Conflict Zones: International human rights lawyers on collaboration,”
The Practice (Jul/Aug 2022)

“Learning to Judge: Personal journeys inside and outside the courtroom,”
The Practice (Mar/Apr 2022)

“Human Rights Program workshops explore indirect discrimination,”
Human Rights Program Blog (6/3/2021)

“An Academic Home for a Global Mandate: UN Expert Mentors Harvard Students, Promotes LGBT Rights,”
Human Rights Program Blog (3/24/2021)

“Trusted to listen: Nicolette Waldman ’13 dedicates her career to documenting human rights violations,”
Harvard Law Today (12/28/2020)

“Pursuing U.S. accountability for child slavery abroad,”
Harvard Law Today, (12/09/2020)

“Teaming up to promote access to water,”
Harvard Law Today (12/09/2020)

“Training the next generation of international women’s rights advocates,”
Harvard Law Today (11/16/2020)

“Confronting conflict pollution,”
Harvard Law Today (9/30/2020)

“Human Rights Clinic team submits amicus brief in Chiquita Brands lawsuit,”
Harvard Law Today (8/24/2020)

“Human Rights in a Time of Populism and COVID-19,”
Harvard Law Today (6/30/2020)

“At Harvard, Niku Jafarnia J.D. / M.P.P. ’20 found a wealth of ways to advocate for refugees,”
Harvard Law Today (5/24/2020)

“How do you protect against indirect discrimination?”
Harvard Law Today (5/13/2020)

“Advocating for human rights in Myanmar during COVID-19,”
Harvard Law Today (5/6/2020)

“Finding human solutions to global problems,”
Harvard Law Today (2/6/2020)

“Human rights seminar tackles barriers to women’s leadership,”
Harvard Law Today (12/3/2019)

“When America had an open prison – the story of Kenyon Scudder and his ‘prison without walls,’”
The Conversation (6/14/2019), with Emily Nagisa Keehn

“Citizen-Centered Governance: The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Evolution of CRM in Boston,”
Berkman Center Research Publication (8/9/2013), with Susan P. Crawford

Education

 

University of Chicago
M.A. English Language and Literature

Middlebury College
B.A. English and American Literatures

I spent my junior year studying at Oxford University. I have also taken continuing education classes in graphic design, journalism, and photography at the Harvard Extension School and in constructionism at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Other

 

Social Media

I currently manage the social media and newsletter for the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. I previously managed the social media and newsletter for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite; WordPress content management systems; social media; Google analytics; Mailchimp; Oracle financial reporting software; Trello; Microsoft Office

Volunteer Service

826 Boston Writing Center Tutor (2016-2020); Harvard Mediation Program (2019-Present)