Some of this is life that feels work and a lot of this is work that feels like life and I’m never really sure which of it is ever even in balance anyway. Sometimes I think time was invented so we don’t explode from it all happening at once. And thinkpunkgirl? This is the DIY. This is where I work it out and build it from.

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Projects Awarded and/or Happening Now   

• 2026 –
  • Sulfate reduction & methanogenesis – understanding indicators/controls for blue carbon storage in Maine marshes (collab w/ Bates; [TMRN)]
  • Development of a Rapid, Stable and Inexpensive Technique for Evaluating Microbial Biogeochemistry in Saturated Sediments. Journal of Geoscience Education (in preparation)
  • Chlor-Alkali: Geotechnopolitical Spheres and the Flow of Materialities in (mid-) 20th Century Latin America. Technology in Society (in preparation)
  • MARPOL + 33CFR – a scenario game for shipboard compliance requirements under global marine pollution regulations [Port Cities (OC101)]
  • ASEE – Socio-Technical Understanding and Local Impacts: Developing a Community Health Assessment in Civil & Environmental Eng. Capstone [LINK]
  • GIS Water Studio and Health Geographies (ASEE Collaboration)
  • Science Communications Workshops – Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems
• 2024 – ME Tidal Marsh Restoration Network (TMRN) + Rural Issues Symposium
• 2023 – Community-Driven Geosciences – AGU & The 2072 Report
• 2022 – We The People – w/  Zenab Bastawala
• 2019 – Rebel Blend Fund Grant – Intersection (Advocacy)
• 2017 – 2018 Armin E. Elsaesser Fellowship – The Mines – Latin America
• 2006 – Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship

Projects Summary (2010 – 2025)  

Writing | Creative & Technical

• Calling the Birds Back Home (2024; The 2072 Report)
• The WaterWorks (2021- 2023) – evolving the STEM curriculum
• The Arc of the Curve (2019 – 2022) – that North Florida Gen X childhood
• The Mines | Potosí (2018) – history and legacy of mining in Latin America
• TheSpiritLevel (2017) – Stories of Place – [storytelling workshop]

Street art | Graphic arts

• Intersection (2019 – ongoing) – street art for community engagement around public health, identity, substance use, food access, safety & stigma. [RBG.]
• all y’all (2015) – Community portraits as exploration of inclusivity (paste-up).
• cityDrift (2014) – Self-Arrest – Installation in open-ended alley to address stigma, addiction and recovery (collaborative paste-up with resource links). [with EAC]
• Art Truck (2013) – interactive 1-night show of street portraits in a non-gallery space; visitors invited to take images from the show throughout the evening.
• Tag[G]alle[r]y (2013) – Outreach-focused street tag project – images addressed gender identity | inclusivity with links to resources  [w/ Elective Arts Collaborative]
• 30 days | Half-life (2012) – multi-media exploration of street art tags; creation and photographing of tags + video of weathering | removal | tagging over.
• Tag[G]alle[r]y (2012) – Outreach-focused street tag project – images addressed cancer treatment | ‘survivor’ narrative with links to resources.

Photo-documentary | Street photography [CV]

• BeSpoke (2019) – stock images for The Art of the Bicycle
• [Clark × Salem] (2018) – Image series – urban gardens
• CSA II (2017) – life, work, and the land on Maine farms (w/ Harlow Gallery).
• StreetGods (2014 – 2017) – Wings, stars and light – that unexpected holy.
• Arcana (2013 – 2016) – Symbolism, street interactions & reflections (Portland).
• Quiet Ones (2014) – Window-shop views; watching the city change.
• the girl who (2013) – versions of the ‘truth’ of fear and freedom [with EAC]
• Havana (2012) – Images explored contemporary urban culture in Havana, Cuba.
• Portrait (2010-2013) – Go for a walk, share a convo, take a picture or don’t; unlearn time, relearn wandering. Trust that leaving an office was the right thing to do.

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