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.
Science_Engineering_Public Health [2026]
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Current Projects
- Silver Gelatin Photo Paper as a Tool for Characterizing Microbially-Mediated Redox Dynamics in Saturated Sediments [Biogeochemistry]
- What The Past Hands Forward: 20th Century Geotechnopolitics and the Legacy of Materials Production across the Americas [Technology in Society]
- Integrating Geospatial Mapping with Evaluation of Groundwater Chemistry by DIY (LED) and Commercial Spectrophotometry. [Journal of Geoscience Education]
- Site Characterization + Geophysical Assessment of a Macrotidal Estuary Impacted by Legacy Wood Waste & Chlor-Alkali Discharge. [Estuaries & Coasts]
- Sulfate Reduction and Methanogenesis – Monitoring Indicators for Carbon Storage in Maine Marshes and Mudflats (collaborations w/ Bates and GMRI)
- Ballast & BilgeH2O: Teaching Marine Pollution Regulations (MMA – IAMU [2027])
- Maritime Industry Operations, Impacts & Environmental Protection (MMA – TBD)
- GIS Water Studio and Health Geographies (ASEE Collaboration)
- Maine Tidal Marsh Restoration Network (MTMRN) Strategic Plan Task Force
- ABET accreditation framework for CMES (Applied & Natural Science programs)
- Aquatic Ecosystems Remediation Symposium (Overview; 2027)
Fellowships | Grants | Collaborations
- Maine Rural Issues Symposium (2024)
- Community-Driven Geosciences – AGU & The 2072 Report (2023)
- We The People – w/ Zenab Bastawala (2022)
- Rebel Blend Fund Grant – Intersection (Advocacy) (2019)
- Armin E. Elsaesser Fellowship – The Mines – Latin America (2017 – 2018)
- Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship (2006)
Past Projects Summary (2010 – 2025)
Writing
- Calling the Birds Back Home (2023; 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
- TheLevelUp (2017) – Stories of Place
Street Arts
- Intersection (2019 – 2023) – 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.
- the girl who (2013) – fear and freedom [pop-up group installation w/ EAC]
- 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.
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.
- Quiet Ones (2014) – Window-shop views; watching the city change.
- Arcana (2013 – 2016) – Symbolism, street interactions & reflections (Portland).
- 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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