Multimedia storytelling in higher education and the non-profit space brings academic work to life by combining video, audio, photography, and written content to engage diverse audiences. It transforms complex research, student experiences, and institutional impact into accessible, compelling narratives that resonate beyond campus walls—building community, advancing reputation, and supporting recruitment, fundraising, and public engagement.
Explore some of my work in this area.
Taking the Land-Grant Model Global
In 2013, four Purdue faculty members — Oliver, Paul Ebner, professor of animal sciences, Amanda Deering, clinical assistant professor of food science, and Kevin McNamara, professor emeritus of agricultural economics and assistant director of International Programs in Agriculture — received a five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant to develop a Department of Food Technology to support Afghanistan’s potential for agribusiness.
Bug Appétit
For Liceaga, the idea of eating insects is not foreign. She grew up in Mexico where insects have always served as a common source of protein and flavor. As an undergraduate and graduate student, Liceaga focused her research on developing uses for alternative proteins. She recently developed a protein from Asian Carp, an invasive fish species, and is now focusing on engineering edible insect based products.
Designing a Healing Space
When a community experiences tragedy and trauma, it’s transformed. It’s often transformed again as people join together to grieve and find a way to move forward. One Indiana town all too familiar with heartbreak is beginning this process, with students in Purdue’s landscape architecture program by their side.
Digital Agriculture: Why the Future is Now
Digital agriculture is the seamless integration of digital technologies into crop and livestock management and other processes in agriculture. For farmers, digital agriculture offers the opportunity to increase production, save costs in the long-term and eliminate risk. Agricultural researchers see it as a data-gathering tool that has the ability to streamline data collection and analysis, enhancing predictive capabilities when it comes to crop management and animal behavior and production. For ag-tech companies, digital agriculture is the gift that keeps on giving as the industry drifts increasingly towards automation and use of digital technologies.