Bio

I am an author, journalist, and research analyst. I have written for Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Deadspin, Digiday, Rolling Stone, The Nation, New York magazine, Refinery29, Slate, Salon, Vice, Maxim, Mental Floss, Entertainment Weekly, Business Insider, The American Prospect, Quartz, Sports On Earth, SB Nation, Decider, Huffpost, Crain's Detroit Business, Poynter, World Policy Journal, AdExchanger, O'Dwyer's, Ranker, Thought Catalog, The Freeman, Eephus, Adweek, The Billfold, Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star. In addition, I'm an analyst at eMarketer where I write in-depth reports for our subscribers, guest on podcasts, speak at conferences, and frequently appear as a source in press outlets such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, NPR, CNN, Forbes, and more. I also have lots of experience with public speaking and in recent years I’ve helped host industry events and gave a TEDx speech. If you happen to be looking for a reporter, consultant, data analyst, blogger, editor, copywriter, researcher, fact checker, or human guinea pig, shoot me a message.  

My first book, The Sex Effect, came out in April 2017. My second book, Sex Weird-o-Pedia, published June 2019. My third book, which is about how the cultural changes I experienced growing up in small-town Nebraska became reflected across American politics, will be published by the University Press of Kansas in 2020.