Skills
Experience
Over a decade writing and editing for clients in government, journalism, publishing, and business. Research and fact-checking in Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Persian. Leading and supporting teams working in international affairs, with an emphasis on global development.
Specialties
Topics: Peace, stability, and transition; poverty alleviation; global health; disability inclusion; culture and society.
Products: U.S. government proposals and RFI responses; evaluation reports; creative nonfiction.
Regions: Europe and Eurasia, especially the former Soviet Union; Middle East, especially the Arabic-speaking world.
Languages
English: fluent (cf. the Bender Rule)
Russian: fluent
Arabic (Modern Standard & Jordanian): proficient
Spanish: proficient
American Sign Language (ASL): proficient
Persian/Farsi: basic
Romanian: basic
Ukrainian: basic
Portfolio
Corporate
The Incredible Human Editor’s (Dis)Appearing Act (April 2025; presented with Sarah Linwick at ACES’ annual conference)
Hiring Interns with Disabilities: Lessons in Inclusion from Development Project Offices (2023, with Rachel Chaikof)
Developmental/translation editing of Ukraine: 50 Symbols of Resistance (2023)
Between the Lines (2021; employee newsletter entries on writing and editing)
USAID/Kyrgyz Republic Quality Reading Program – Time to Read (TTR): Final Report (2021; written for publication without my name)
Essays
My Russian and Ukrainian Name (Gawker, February 2022)
The Smithsonian Goes to Church (The National Interest, June 2017)
Europe’s Cheesy Musical Proxy War (The National Interest, May 2016)
Who Are Trump’s Christians? (The National Interest, March 2016)
A Pope, a Patriarch and Great Expectations in Cuba (The National Interest, February 2016)
Should the U.S. bomb Aladdin’s home? (Satirical op-ed with John Allen Gay for Rare News, December 2015)
Paranoia, Inc. (Fare Forward, January 2015)
Eastern Orthodox Unity (First Things, November 2013)
