Shoshana Mayden
MA student,
Geography and Regional Development
The University of Arizona
email address: smayden@email.arizona.edu
Welcome to my home page! On this site you will find a few samples of my work in science communication and web design.
More about me...
Writing Samples | Design Samples | Online CV (pdf)
About me...
This page mainly has information about my old life, working as a science editor at the University of Arizona and doing freelance web design--with occasional fun like travel (check out the Iceland link, more coming soon) and yoga. Now I'm a full-time grad student trying to learn all I can about Geography.
Tree-Ring Times - Profile of researcher Hal Fritts. Summer 2003 issue, pp. 4-6. [pdf file, 1.8MB]
Climate Records Show Global Warming Could Influence Asian Monsoon - UA news release covering Nature article, January 22, 2003.
Global Warming and Abrupt Climate Changes May Make Mass Extinction Unavoidable, Scientists Warn - UA news release covering American Geophysical Union 2002 meeting, December 7, 2002.
Climate Surprises from the Past Could Spell Longer Droughts, Rising Sea Levels For the Future - UA news release covering American Geophysical Union 2002 meeting, December 6, 2002.
Warm and Dry Climate Forecast Could Mean Increased Fire Danger for Arizona and Parts of the West - UA news release, March 7, 2002
AREC Research Currents - Developed concept and wrote the majority of articles for this magazine-style publication, 1999.
AREC Spotlight - Developed editorial themes and wrote copy for undergraduate recruitment flyers, 1999.
Arizona Daily Star Articles (internship 1993):
Engineer developing an easy-to-fly car
UA researcher studies nicotine inhaler as way to kick smoking habit
UA biochemist Porath to receive 'Little Nobel'
UA climbs in rankings on research spending
UA's device on Mars craft working well
Holidays can be hazardous for kids, pets
With nine years of experience, most of my work in web design involves educational and research projects. While I tend to focus on functional designs, with an emphasis on usability and accessibility, I also have the creative and graphic arts skills to tackle a variety of projects.
YogaOasis - Responsible for ongoing maintenance of this commercial website [not involveds din original design]
UA Global Change Minor Program - Simple website aimed at prospective students for this PhD program. [initial design 2004]
Climate Assessment for the Southwest - Involved in both design and content development of this research project website aimed at a general audience. Conducted usability testing to ensure the site structure and navigation met users' needs. [initial design in 2003]
Earth, Water, Wind and Fire - Collaborative project with other divisions at the University of Arizona. Most of the site's content is database driven. [initial desing 2002]
Iceland 2002 - Personal travel diary and photo archive. [initial design 2002]
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth - Responsible for design, creation, and maintenance of this large University web site. Content includes database-driven sections using Active Server Pages. [initial design in 2001]
Agricultural & Resource Economics - Responsible for design, creation, and maintenance of this 100+ page web site. Site uses a CGI script to generate a random "AREC Spotlight" each time the main page is reloaded. [design in 2000]
Personal Portfolio - Portfolio highlighting some of my web and software development projects. Created using Macromedia Flash.
Oblique - Website designed for a zine distro, using the customer's request for for a design motif based on the London Underground subway system [design in 2000]
Mindplay
Educational Software - Designed two separate web sites for this software
company. Site included interactive content, forms, and CGI scripting.
Examples are of main page only, therefore links will not work. See also:
K-12 site. [design in 1997]