Jessica A. Hutchins, Ph.D., earned a doctoral degree in comparative literature from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014. She is currently the director of curriculum and graduate programs in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) at the same institution. Her article “Tailoring Scientific Communications for Audience and Research Narrative” was published in Current Protocols Essential Laboratory Techniques in 2020 and she has written about doctorate career development for Inside Higher Ed. She has developed innovative graduate curriculum in science communication, career development, and leadership with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.