Overview
I frequently teach courses that connect students with Chicago-area nonprofit organizations, to develop and deploy writing projects together. These partnerships also inform scholarly research on writing in nonprofit settings.
Recent and Upcoming Projects
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Autumn 2024: see the detailed announcement
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Autumn 2023: see the detailed announcement
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Autumn 2022: see the detailed announcement
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Autumn 2021: see the detailed announcement
- Content Strategy, Winter 2021: see the detailed announcement
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Spring 2020: see the detailed announcement
Past Projects
- Digital Storytelling, Autumn 2019, in partnership with Marillac St. Vincent Family Services: see the final project, a set of six digital stories, united by the theme of My Chicago Story
- Content Strategy, Winter 2019, in partnership with the Beverly Arts Center, the Greater Chatham Initiative, Universidad Popular, and the Learning Center: see the detailed announcement
- Digital Storytelling, Winter 2018, in partnership with parent leaders from Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) and Enlace Chicago: see the project website, with six parents’ digital stories
- Grant and Proposal Writing, Spring 2018: see the course description
- Writing Digital Content, Winter 2017: see the detailed announcement
- Digital Storytelling, Autumn 2016: see the detailed announcement and project recap
- Writing Digital Content, Winter 2016: see the detailed announcement and project recap
- Digital Storytelling in the Community, Spring 2014: see the course description
- Multimedia Content Strategy, Autumn 2013: see the course description and detailed announcement
- Digital Storytelling in Organizations, Winter 2012: see the course description and stories produced in the workshop by our partner organization
- Digital Storytelling workshop with the Goldin Institute, in Port au Prince, Haiti, Summer 2011: see the summary of project and overview video
- Digital Storytelling in Organizations, Winter 2011: see the course description and an example story, produced by one of our six partner organizations