Field work in southern Minneapolis, summer of 2024
Essay: In Defense of Wasps
Research: Bugs Are Friends, Not Foes
Opinion Pieces : Bugs for Dinner, Save the Bees
In 2023, I won the Harbinger Journalism Prize for Harbinger's magazine, which provided me with opportunity to publish my research article, and then intern under several professional journalists, while writing articles for Harbingers.
Personal Reflection Published in Modern Farmer
"When I am talking to folks about wasps, I usually have to stop a couple of times and explain that when I say I love wasps, I truly do mean wasps. Yes, the stinging ones. Yes, the ones that stung you/your brother/your great-uncle Patrick and that you hate/despise/abhor. Yes, I promise.
On the historical neglect of the US government to human-insect symbiosis
"The relationship between humans and insects has evolved over centuries. Rather than being at the frontier of active cultivation of beneficial human-insect relations, the United States lags far behind. What first began within the USA as biological and botanical control has since evolved into a flourishing market of manufactured chemical weapons, with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on developing synthetic pesticides and insecticides."