Washington University School of Law 2009 - 2013CALI award for highest grade in seminar - Socialist Law in Transition - Fall 2011

Seminar Paper: Legalistic Aspirations and Realities in KyrgyzstanProject for Extreme Architecture course received international press coverage - Spring 2012

Environmental Clinic - Fall 2011

St. Louis, Missouri

smh [ annotated] artwork exhibited at Parabola Graduate Student Art Exhibition - Fall 2011

University of Utrecht Spring 2013Exchange student coursework on transitional justice and on regulatory frameworks

Utrecht, The Netherlands

University of Maryland 2005 - 2009B.A. in History (cum laude)

College Park, Maryland

Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortarboard, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor SocietyUniversity of Maryland Mens Crew (August 2005 - May 2009)

2008 ACRA Academic First-Team All-American

Bogazici University Fall 2007Exchange student coursework in Advanced Turkish Language and in History

Istanbul, Turkey

Urban Studies Thesis: Food Culture and Identity in the 19th-Century Balkans

Shura City: An Architectural Defense from DronesPublished in The Atlantic, Smithonian Magazine, Popular Science and others

Tulalip Tribes Legal Department May 2012 - August 2012Summer Associate for Indian Reservation located in Northwestern United States

Focused on land use and land titling issues in Reservation timelands

Natural Resource Law Center at University of Colorado May 2011 - August 2011Researched water banking and various water allocation methods

Entered Tribal Bar (July 6, 2012) and argued cases in Tribal Court

Ajam Media Collective March 2013 - PresentCentral Asia/Caucasus Editor

Write on issues of urbanity, identity, diaspora, and cultureCollaborate on editorial issues and pushing avenues of growthBuild website and create social media campaigns

The Tuqay June 2012 - July 2013Founder of website telling stories of West/Central Asian culture, context, analysis

Concept was bought out by Ajam Media Collective

Vox Media January 2012 - September 2014Writer and Copyeditor for sports section (largest viewership of company)

Article on Ryan Freels suicide named one of best baseball articles of 2012

Wordsmith Advertising June 2010 - May 2011A boutique advertising company with international clients and audiences in Istanbul

Created campaigns for clients in banking, logistics, energy, and trade sectors

International Crisis Group October 2010 - February 2011Assembled bibliography for new edition of book on Central Asia

Researched legal traction in Cyprus and Kura-Aras region

TimelineManaging Editor

Set deadlines and doubled size of context-focused media startup

September 2014 - Present