2013 – now Principal Narrative Modeler, Sirius-Beta Inc., Virginia.
Principal Investigator
Design in Information Flow: Modeling multiscale systems
using narrative principles, in collaboration with the
Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Co-PI
Innernet: Developing a multi-model sensor method for
biome/microbiome systems, in collaboration with UCLA.
2016 – 2017 Consultant, Disney Research, Pittsburgh.
2009 Principal investigator and trainer on Narrative Dynamics, Earl Industries (now General Dynamics), Virginia.
2007 – 2008 Narrative consultant and trainer, Earl Industries, Virginia.
2004 – 2006 Manager, Editorial and Publishing Data, Project Syndicate, Prague.
2001 – 2004 Senior Media Analyst and Trainer, Media Monitors (now iSentia), Sydney.
1997 – 2002 Teacher (part-time), Foundation Studies, Sydney Institute of Technology, Sydney.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2007 Australian Postgraduate Award (Ph.D. full tuition and $21,000 p.a. stipend).
2003 First Place in Best Use of Communication Planning, The Association of Media Evaluation Companies, London.
1999 Resident Fellow, Eleanor Dark Foundation, Varuna Writer’s Centre, NSW.
1998 Resident Mentorship Fellow, Eleanor Dark Foundation, Varuna Writer’s Centre, NSW.
1996 The University Day Student Award, University of Wollongong.
1995 First place in The Eisner Prize, for the novella Fall and Other Qualities of Angels.
GRANTS
2016 Principal Investigator on Design in Information Flow, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, $50,000.
2016 Key personnel on The Innernet, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, $100,000.
2009 Principal Investigator on Narrative Dynamics for artificial intelligence system, Sheherazade, Earl Research, US Navy grant contracts N00024-06-C-440X to Earl Industries, LLC, US $40,000.
2009 Postgraduate Overseas Research Experience Scholarship, to collaborate with Keith Devlin, Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. Awarded by the University of Melbourne, $5,000.
2009 Travel grant, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, $500.
2009 Research grant, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, $500.
2007 Traveling Research International Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Melbourne, $2,000.
2007 Melbourne Abroad Traveling Scholarship, University of Melbourne, $1,000.
2007 Travel Grant, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, $500.