Jackie Swift manages communications for the Department of Animal Science and for the Cornell Agricultural Systems Testbed and Demonstration Site (CAST) for the Farm of the Future.
Jackie joined the Department of Animal science in 2023 after a varied career working in nonprofit and corporate communications and in the publishing industry. For the previous nine years, she was a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant. During that time, she regularly wrote about Cornell’s research for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. She also worked with many different Cornell departments on projects—from creating content for new websites to researching and writing topical articles on the latest science, technology and engineering breakthroughs at the university.
Jackie’s background as a storyteller and journalist informs her approach to communicating the passion, importance and human interest behind the science.
