education

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Cambridge, MA Master in Landscape Architecture, spring 05
Thesis: Improvisational strategies for generating socially and ecologically responsive neighborhood parks.

Swarthmore College - Swarthmore, PA Bachelor of Arts, Major in Biology, spring 96

teaching

University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture - Detroit, MI fall 05
Adjunct Professor: 3rd - 4th year undergraduate design studio, productive urban landscapes for SE Detroit.

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Cambridge, MA fall 04
Teaching Assistant: First Semester Landscape Design Studio and Introduction to Drawing.

Guest Reviewer
Masters Thesis Mid Review - University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, Detroit, MI fall 06
First Semester BArch Final Review - University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, Detroit, MI fall 06
Career Discovery Mid Review - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA summer 06
Digital Representation Final Review - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA spring 06

design

Conger, Moss, Guillard - San Francisco, CA winter 05 (present)
Research and conceptual design, sustainable open space systems for new Bay Area neighborhoods.

Detroit Collaborative Design Center - Detroit, MI fall 05
Design-build for architectural installation and Construction Administration for small projects.

Landworks Studio - Salem, MA summer 05
Design Intern: Presentation graphics and conceptual design assistance for projects at multiple scales.

Urban Ecology - Oakland, CA summer 03
Community Design Intern: Coordination of a 40-person workshop and plan for redesign of a neighborhood park.

publications / projects / competitions

Crit Journal - American Institute of Architecture Students spring 06
"Design for Urban Autonomy: Amplifying Resources in the Fallow City"

Urban Voids - Van Alen Institute fall 05
"Embracing Fallow-delphia: Tactics for Amplifying Urban Microscapes"

AIAS Superbowl Storefront Installation - Detroit Collaborative Design Center, Detroit, MI fall 05
"You Are What You Grow": interactive plant-growing armature.

Penny White Grant Selection Committee - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA fall 03, fall 04

Landscape Lunchbox Lecture Series - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA fall-spring 04
Lead Coordinator: Planned and hosted lectures and discussions with design professionals.

Student Exhibit - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA spring 05
"Wish You Were Here": collaboratively-created postcard art

awards

Best in Studio - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA spring 04

Penny White Grant - Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA fall 04
Visited, documented, and presented art-based grassroots community design projects in the United States.

skills

AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Quark XPress, ArcGIS, FormZ.