Vanderbilt University

I write editorial features for Vanderbilt Magazine and university news channels, spotlighting students, faculty, and alumni who are shaping the world through innovation, scholarship, and advocacy. I also craft cross-channel brand copy for Vanderbilt campaigns and the Quantum Potential podcast—connecting Vanderbilt with prospective students, supporters, and global audiences.

Rewiring the Brain and Rethinking Pain

Can chemical compounds developed to treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease protect brain health and cognitive function over time? Craig Lindsley, executive director of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, is on a mission to find out.

Looking Back for the Future

Our past has something to say. 2025 Guggenheim Fellow Larisa DeSantis is ready to translate.

Disrupting Distrust in Political Polling

What’s the ticket to disrupting Americans’ growing mistrust of political polling? Humility. In this episode of Quantum Potential, Vanderbilt Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions co-director, professor of political science, and NBC News senior election analyst Josh Clinton joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss how transparency, statistical literacy—including an awareness of limitations—and rigor in political polling can help protect its integrity.

Moving Discoveries

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Principal Investigator at the Wankowicz Lab Stephanie Wankowicz explores how protein movement influences function.