Urban Studies, BA +
Landscape Design and Planning
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Class of 2019 | Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Program
Upcoming: Honors Thesis
"Maintenance Manifesto 2019!" In partnership with City of Minneapolis Public works and under the guidance of Professor Yinling Fan, I will be writing an honors thesis on new street infrastructure maintenance.
The number of street infrastructure types being piloted and implemented is growing every year, and with this tide of innovation comes a need to understand the programmatic maintenance implications. Minneapolis Public Works is already an innovator in Maintenance Planning, with the 2016 passage of the 20 Year Streets Funding Plan. By studying the state of how maintenance is responding to increased demand, this thesis will evaluate if the current methods for maintenance planning are meeting the goals and values set in the Public Works business plan and in city-wide goals. |
A proposal for the siting of We Are Water, an exhibition and event program, at North Regional Library to explore questions arising from the Upper Harbor Terminal project. We Are Water has run for two seasons at sites across the state through the leadership of the Minnesota Humanities Center and the MPCA. These organizations received our proposals for consideration for the next season.
Image via Minnesota Humanities Center
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Proposal for We Are Water Phase III: North Regional Library
Co-Authors: Ben Ontl, Ally Missling "The Upper Harbor Terminal project is in the middle of muddied waters on an array of big questions, from the meaning of justice and North identity, to reconnecting to a riverfront and meeting community needs. The We Are Water exhibit would have to enter this fraught but important space with attendance toward the work that has already been done, to convene a sustained conversation for meaningful conversations to occur in the spirit of community. Where traditional engagement has failed to work in these uncertainties and intangible elements, We Are Water would be well poised to move the conversation beyond a zero-sum outlook of the developer versus the community." |
Seattle Rail Transit: 2017 and Beyond
Co-Authors: Andrew Degerstrom and Chris Brittain "Necessitated by rapid growth in both population and job markets, increasing demand for transit in Seattle provides an unparalleled opportunity to steer future growth toward non-motor-based urban form. With dedicated funding secured for both major transit service providers and downtown commute transit mode share on the rise, Seattle has the potential to become a truly car-light modern city. " |
A spatial, data-based and qualitative analysis of the current and projected state of rail transit in Seattle, a capstone for a masters-level course undertaken in Fall 2017, Rail Transit in America at the Humphrey School of Public Policy. Seattle was chosen by my team because of its prominent role as a leader in the transportation industry in the years since Sound Transit 3 passed.
Image via Sound Transit Special Selection on Wiki Creative Commons
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A five-part research inquiry into the state of federal-level executive, legislative, legal and corporate actions in the field of driverless cars.
Developed throughout the course Geography and Public Policy in Fall of 2017, I wrote a five-part research paper informed by primary source federal documents, accumulated national reporting, and interviews with local experts. Selected sections available below. Image via Grendelkhan on Wiki Creative Commons
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Federal Policy at the Dawn of Autonomous Vehicles
"In an administration hesitant to add any restriction to the enterprise of the private sector, it is notable that this rule seems to be progressing toward implementation with much the same philosophy as with which it began. The rule to require all new light vehicles to be equipped to exchange basic safety messages between vehicles on the roadway is envisioned to save lives, diminish social costs of automobile damage and inefficiency and ultimately lead us to a transportation sector that promotes the public good." |
Future of American Rail Transit: Rail as a Route to Density
"The form of the city is malleable and must adjust to the transportation and land use dynamics of the future. Whether the counterbalancing the sprawling influence of autonomous vehicles, complementing the mobility-as-a-service market, or connecting vital housing and employment resources, the role of rail transit is rich and multi-faceted." |
A Recognizable Mold: Analyzing the Urban Class Experience through work of Elijah Anderson and Richard Florida
"The modern city, however, is by definition an immense conglomeration of individuals’ experience, traceable in the interactions between various people groups. The works of Elijah Anderson and Richard Florida paint a vivid juxtaposition of these definitions through illustrations of economics and values so that we can become a more cognoscente urban whole. To comprehend the groups in which people sort themselves, one must dig deep the very definition of these classes, so often written by the people themselves." |