Jessica Liu

Woodbridge Fellow @ Yale OPAC / Incoming MFA & REAL Fellow at UMass Amherst

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

About

A recent Yale graduate in English and Psychology, I excel at research, creative thinking, and writing for diverse audiences. I thrive on turning complex ideas into communicable language. Interested in literature, poetics, data justice, and waste studies. [jessliu.net] [muckrack.com/jessicaliu]

Experience

  • Woodbridge Fellow | Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications at Yale University
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    Media relations, social analytics, proactive and crisis communications strategy, PR campaigns, and editorial work to platform Yale's communities and innovations.

  • Research Assistant at Yale Affect Regulation and Cognition Lab
    Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 · 8 mos

    Studied mental imagery and sensory perception in depression.

  • Editorial Acquisitions Intern at Yale University Press
    Jan 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Pitched manuscripts, wrote book memos, researched sales data and course usage, and attended weekly Editorial and Acquisitions Panel meetings to discuss marketing strategies.

  • The Yale Herald (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Arts Editor & Calendar Desk Lead
      Aug 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Sourced pieces, supervised writers, and edited long-form journalistic pieces and essays for Yale’s second-largest publication (circulation ~3000). Researched events in New Haven and compiled them into pithy weekly calendars relevant to the Herald’s readership.

    • Staff Writer
      Sep 2021 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Features Editor
      Feb 2022 - May 2022 · 4 mos

  • Undergraduate Fellow at The Yale Review
    May 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Digitized archival material; wrote promotional Tweets for an audience of 10k followers, driving 1-2k users weekly to TYR's website; reviewed and wrote reader's reports on poetry submissions; assisted in set-up and marketing outreach at TYR’s sponsored reading events.