Writing Portfolio
News Reporting:
Please click here to read all the articles I've written as a Reporter for The Daily Northwestern. Otherwise, please read some of my articles listed below:
- Women Share Vision Of Peace In Middle East
- Academic Officials Debate Merits Of NU Advising Systems
- Harvard professor discusses views on Israel, Palestine
- U.S. Rep. Bill Foster to NU Democrats: 'Change starts now'
- Student think tank holds health care conference
- Students Use Web Skills For Extra Income
Blogging:
Blogs I have written at:
- Currently: Justice for all: Personal writings on social and political issues, especially: the intersection of human rights, social enterprise, and social media.
- Past: UN Reports: Blog for the Global Youth Action Network, aiming to inform young people about global issues and challenges, and especially the work of the UN.
Selected blog posts:
- Justice for all: How effective is advocacy and raising awareness?
- Justice for all: In age of personal branding, are we losing authenticity?
- UN Reports: Security Council votes to extend mandate of Darfur Force
- UN Reports: International Criminal Accountability & Children's Rights
- UN Reports: Security Council demands end to sexual violence as war tactic
My blog and blog posts have also been featured around the web:
- Small Hands, Big Ideas: What Inspires You?
- Life Without Pants: The Importance of Social Change and E-book
- Life's Chocolates, Appreciation Revolution: Thanks to the Invisible Heroes of our Generation
- American Government and Politics Syllabus: Global Citizenship post
- Top Ten Gen Y Blogs: June 2009
- Rosetta Thurman: 32 Nonprofit & Philanthropy Blogs Written by People of Color
Writing Samples:
- The Tragedy in Darfur: a short article I co-authored, published in Northwestern University's Political Science Department Winter 2010 Communique Newsletter
- Supreme Court Politics: Essay analyzing the Boumediene v. Bush decision
- Democracy & Democratization: Islam and Democracy in Iran and Indonesia: A comparative study
- States, Nations, Empires: Pan-Arabism - a tool in the hands of domestic elites
Published Poetry:
- Lily Lit Review: "Water"
- The Muse: "Memento Mori," "Avenue B," "The Voltage"
Personal features:
- Fortune.com: Eight summer interns who beat the recession
- Ruby Ku, I care: Agents of Change
- North by Northwestern: International Justice Week, planned by Amnesty International chapter at NU
- Rosetta Thurman: 50 Young Nonprofit Influencers You Should Be Following on Twitter
Design Portfolio
Header, buttons, slideshow images for JusticeMakers.net
Website for NU Amnesty International Club
Website for LSESU Microfinance Society
Header image and color theme for UN Reports Blog at the Global Youth Action Network
Just for fun: The following designs/layouts were created several years ago for personal domains and design sites.
