Writing

Connective Tissue - “Why every town should host an activities fair” (July 2024)

Connective Tissue - “Make it weird” (June 2024)

Connective Tissue - “Why startups will not ‘solve’ loneliness” (March 2024)

Connective Tissue - “Why every town should offer a welcome kit” (Feb. 2024)

Connective Tissue - “How to think structurally about connection within communities” (Jan. 2024)

Connective Tissue - “How we can make Veterans Day less weird” (Nov. 2023)

non-disclosure - “On Vulnerability” (Dec. 2021)

Research

HHFP - “The Privatization of Community Across the Life Course” (Dec. 2022)

HUMOR - “Stand-up comedy as humor training for military populations” (April 2022)

ASAP - “Thriving Through the Arts: A Program Impact Evaluation of ASAP” (Aug. 2020)

Media

Common Good Podcast - “Commitments, Connections, & Communities” (July 2024)

Loneliness Busters Podcast - “Episode 3: Interview with Sam Pressler” (Nov. 2023)

Vox - “The privatization of community” (May 2023)

1A - “The Power of Comedy and Storytelling for Veterans” (Nov. 2018)

POLITICO - “The Millennial Who Uses Comedy to Help Veterans Heal” (July 2018)

Pacific Standard - “Sam Pressler’s Cathartic Comedy” (June 2017)

Washington Post - “For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine” (March 2016)

CNN - “This Iwo Jima veteran’s moving poetry will help you understand Memorial Day” (May 2015)