Essays

Community-based climate change solutions: the value of public–private partnerships in water management

Virginia Tech University, January 2022

MNR Hokies virtual alumni event, and launch of mentorship and networking platform

Virginia Tech University, December 2021

An excerpt of Karen’s write-up published in VT’s CLIGS newsletter.

The Migraine of Migration: The Tiny Island-Nation of Kiribati Struggles for Survival

Virginia Tech University, April 2021

Vertical Forest City

Virginia Tech University, March 2021

Retrace Our Path in Yellowstone

Flyway, Spring 2020

My Hug-loving Hometown, My New American Dream

District Lines, Volume I, Politics and Prose Bookstore

Cut to the chase (you may fast forward below clip): Karen Zhang’s reading appears at 12:33—15:09

This Is What a Chinese Thinks of Pittsburgh

The Loyalhanna Review


New Media

Kiribati: Climate Leadership in a Drowning Paradise

By Karen Zhang | November 27, 2020

INTRO: An innovate way of storytelling through ArcGIS story map cascade, a tool that blends narrative text, maps, 3D scenes, images and videos into one platform. Let us follow Karen to take a closer look into an existential crisis in a low-lying island country in the Pacific. Kiribati’s battle for survival cannot be won without international cooperation.

A Thinker’s Discovery

4-in-1: Scripted, Edited, Presented, Published by Karen Zhang | November 13, 2020


Feature

Local Dispatch: Foreign student comes a long way in learning to drive

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Travel Writing

I’m proud to be a Southerner

The Times-Picayune

Secret Destinations, Chatham University MFA anthology

A Lake Gazer

Crazy English Teens, AUG 2015 issue

Delectable Paris

Crazy English Teens, May 2015 issue

A Cherry Blossom Heaven

Crazy English Teens, APR 2014 issue

Delicious New Orleans

Crazy English Teens, JUL 2013 issue

Virginia Is for Lovers

Crazy English Teens, FEB 2013 issue

A Town of Chocolate

Crazy English Teens, SEP 2012 issue

A Glimpse of Ghana

Crazy English Teens, JUN 2012 issue