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
- Sulfate reduction & methanogenesis – understanding indicators/controls for blue carbon storage in Maine marshes (collab w/ Bates); [MSWC (03.26)]
- A Rapid, Stable and Inexpensive Technique for Studying Microbial Biogeochemistry in Saturated Sediments. Journal of Geoscience Education (ip)
- Chlor-Alkali: Geotechnopolitical Spheres and the Flow of Materialities in (mid-) 20th Century Latin America. Technology in Society (ip)
- Ballast & BilgeH2O – a scenario game for shipboard compliance requirements under global marine pollution regulations [lab for new Port Cities unit (OC101)]
- GIS Water Studio and Health Geographies (ASEE Collaboration) [LINKS]
- Science Communications – Mercury Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems
- Site Characterization and Geophysical Assessment of a Macrotidal Estuary Impacted by Legacy Wood Waste and Chlor-Alkali Discharge. ECSS (ip)
- ASLO27 – Session Proposal: Addressing Legacy Contamination in the Caribbean
- Morgan Bay Mudflat – Collaboration (Summer 2026)
Projects Summary (2010 – 2025)
Fellowships | Grants | Funding | 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)
Writing | Creative & Technical
- 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 – [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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