Technical Communication · Data & AI · Academic Research
Research, teaching, and applied AI.
I study how people write, read, and make decisions with technical and scientific information — and I build AI tools that put that research to work. This is where the papers, projects, and talks live.
- Observe
- Question
- Model
- Validate
- Iterate
People + Context + Data → Insight → Impact
Research & White Papers
Peer-reviewed work and downloadable, branded PDF white papers.
AI Projects
Applied AI experiments — stylometry, agentic systems, and writing tools.
Talks & Videos
Talks modeled as first-class things, with linked papers and embedded video.
About / CV
Bio, current appointment, and a downloadable curriculum vitae.
Latest research
Becoming an AI Whisperer: A Field Guide to Prompt Engineering
The hands-on version of my Intercom article — what prompt engineering actually is, the Do-What-How method, how to interview a model, the tropes to watch for, and the ethics you can't skip.
Rubrics That Hold Up: Using AI to Draft, Stress-Test, and Maintain Assessment
A practical workflow for building assessment rubrics with AI — including the step most people skip: generating synthetic student work to validate a rubric before it ever reaches a real student.
From Technical Communicator to AI Whisperer: The Rise of Prompt Engineering
A trade-magazine essay for STC's Intercom arguing that prompt engineering is the next evolution of the technical communicator's skillset, with practical guidance on language structures, prompting methodologies, AI parameters, synthetic-text tropes, and ethics.