Casey Keel

Casey serves as a scientific writer at the Data Science Institute to support the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Ai in Science Fellowship and Prof. Willett’s research portfolio. Before joining DSI, Casey served as a technical writer/editor for the USDA’s Economic Research Service, the Department’s principal social science research agency. She has diverse writing, researching, teaching, and editing experience across academic, private, and government sectors. She began her writing career as a writing tutor in 2011 at Creighton University and taught Rhetoric & Composition (rhet/comp), technical writing, and research writing at the University of Kansas. Casey earned her BA (2013) in rhet/comp at Creighton University and PhD (2020) in rhet/comp at the University of Kansas. She specializes in public rhetorics, writing pedagogies, composition studies, and research- and science-based editing. In her free time, she enjoys going on lake walks, baking, and goofing around with her spouse and their three cats.