Staff : Vanessa Richards

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Contact
vrichard @ iupui.edu

Office
Administration Building (AO)
355 N. Lansing Street, Suite 136
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Web Specialist

Like many others on the web team, I hand coded my first web page over a decade ago. While the tools (and end results of my coding) have improved vastly over the years, I still end up hand coding quite frequently. I also have more than a decade of professional editing and writing experience. I've written everything from magazine articles to greeting cards. However, I'm happiest when I'm working online. Though I'm relatively new to Indianapolis, I've been a part of IU for a long time, earning both my bachelor's and master's degrees from IU Bloomington. But for now, I'm happy to be a Jaguar!

Favorite Job Duties/Responsibilities

One of my favorite responsibilities is finding, collecting, and presenting facts about IUPUI for the IUPUI Factbook. I've also really enjoyed working on both the OCM site and the Spirit site. The OCM site showed me how talented my co-workers all are, and the Spirit site showed many of the great things I never knew about IUPUI.

When I'm not at work I'm...

I enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking, laughing, and playing games—usually some combination of those. I like to go camping almost anytime it's not freezing outside.

Favorite Movie(s)

The Princess Bride. Best. Movie. Ever. Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles... What's not to love?