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Research

I really enjoy conducting primary and secondary research  My undergraduate degree in anthropology taught me the necessary skills for doing primary research and my graduate degree has taught me to look carefully at the materials I find for validity, to ascertain bias on the part of the source, and how to best search for reliable sources on a topic. I am also able to take those sources and synthesize them into materials to share information on the topic, whether that is a research paper, annotated bibliography, literature review, or presentation on the topic. Full documents can be seen by clicking on the images or the link within the text.

Agile and Technical Writing Literature Review and Prezi

This literature review and Prezi were created as a final project in Theory of Technical Communication. I researched Agile methodologies and their usage (especially Scrum) within the technical writing profession. After researching how Agile is used by technical writers, I looked into how to best work within an Agile environment as a technical writer. This piece shows my ability to research a topic that is not widely covered and organize it into a piece that can be read to get the general idea of what's out there and what it means, as well as my ability to consolidate that information into a presentation, such as this one created with Prezi. 

Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography was written for a class in Historic Mortuary Archaeology, where we gathered information from local cemeteries to do a report on the correlation between gender and language in epitaphs over time in Pulaski County. The annotated bibliography was created to contribute to a literature review on the subject. 

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This assignment shows my ability to gather information on a subject (even one fairly uncommon) and review it for relevance to a project. It also shows my ability to synthesize information into a format that can be quickly read over and then utilized towards a larger project. 

Photo by Monica Davidson. Tombstone of Max and Esther Hilb at the Oakland Jewish Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas

Virtual Assistant Research

For a time, I worked as a researcher for a content writer, operating as her virtual assistant. I would find resources for topics she was writing about, organizing the information and important details, so that she could finish up the articles as easily as possible. I also located ads for her to reference in her writings on marketing and more.

Some examples of pieces I helped with include "10 Best Cycling Memoirs" (for Inside), "5 Adventurous Roads in the U.S.", "5 Day Trips to Take from Chicago This Fall", and "10 Unexpected Places with a History of Pirates" (for The Discoverer blog), "11 Tips for Choosing a Messenger Bot Name"  and "Retargeting Ads: A Complete Guide for Beginners" (for ManyChat).

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