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Videos

Videos
Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR5) Conference Presentation
Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR5) Conference Presentation

I presented at the 5th annual Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) conference! Click to view the conference program and a video of my presentation.

Master’s Thesis Presentation
Master’s Thesis Presentation

A preliminary presentation of my master’s thesis on rural mobility. The research evolved substantially between this presentation and my final defense.

Digital Storytelling and Planning
Digital Storytelling and Planning

A video about a grassroots housing rights organization based in Western Cape, South Africa. Part of a project for UP 494 FM: Digital Storytelling, taught by Faranak Miraftab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Eclipse Movie
Eclipse Movie

A video about losing my footage during the complete solar eclipse in 2017. Part of a project for UP 494 FM: Digital Storytelling, taught by Faranak Miraftab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Rezoning Case Presentation
Rezoning Case Presentation

A video of my presentation before the City of Urbana City Council, recommending the rezoning of a small plot of land owned by a local telecommunications company. The land was rezoned and the company moved their office space to the site.

Professional Reports

Reports + Planning Documents
2023 Human Service Transportation Web Plan
2023 Human Service Transportation Web Plan

I'm thrilled to introduce a web plan I crafted as part of my role as Human Service Transportation Planning Coordinator at the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission.

Champaign County Natural Systems Suitability Report
Champaign County Natural Systems Suitability Report

A site suitability report submitted as part of the course requirements for UP 503: Physical Planning. The content and analysis place a strong focus on environmental impacts of development.

Douglass Square Site Plan
Douglass Square Site Plan

A site plan submitted as part of the course requirements for UP 503: Physical Planning. The plan emphasizes designs from the New Urbanism development style.

Graphic Design

Posters + Brochures
2023 WTS Central Region Conference Poster
2023 WTS Central Region Conference Poster

‘Rural Transit at a Glance’ poster for presentation at the 2023 WTS Central Region Conference in Chicago, IL.

Steve Swell Gig Promo Posters
Steve Swell Gig Promo Posters

Promo posters for the Steve Swell Quartet gig at the Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana, IL in November 2022.

2022 Park(ing) Day Outreach Poster
2022 Park(ing) Day Outreach Poster

An outreach poster for Champaign-Urbana’s 2022 Park(ing) Day celebration.

Active Aging Week Map
Active Aging Week Map

Map and brochure made for use at Active Aging Week events.

Champaign County Rural Transit Outreach Poster
Champaign County Rural Transit Outreach Poster

A poster used at outreach events.

Vehicle Procurement Public Meeting Poster
Vehicle Procurement Public Meeting Poster

A poster displayed at a public meeting prior to the submittal of a capital transit grant funded by the State of Illinois.

Historic Main Street Transitional District Brochure
Historic Main Street Transitional District Brochure

A brochure created for a 3-hour design challenge. The information is based on a fictional scenario provided by the design challenge.

2021 Park(ing) Day Outreach Poster
2021 Park(ing) Day Outreach Poster

A poster I made on behalf of my employer, the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, to be on display at Champaign-Urbana’s 2021 Park(ing) Day celebration. Click for some bonus images of the event itself.

Undergraduate Capstone Poster
Undergraduate Capstone Poster

The poster I designed to present the culmination of my undergraduate career in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I researched how notions of place and space are related to feelings of freedom, security, and more.

Art

Visual Art
Xylovines
Xylovines

A string of painted bamboo and wood beads designed to hang from a tree in my parents’ front yard. Exhibited at the Urbana Amble.

Holiday Cards
Holiday Cards

The design I sent out to friends and family in 2022. Carved on woodblock and printed with acrylic paint.

Collage I
Collage I

A collage made with ripped origami paper and old notes from an urban planning class.

Collages
Collages

Made with handmade stamps, red ink, pen sketches, a dried orange, and a small tree branch. I created the red prints after receiving a stamp making kit for my birthday. The rest of the collage contents were found around my home.

Greeting Cards
Greeting Cards

Created using salvaged used postage stamps from Italy, Canada, Ireland, Egypt, the United States, and the United Kingdom. I paired the postage stamps with layered, woven, and carefully-cut pieces of scrap paper.

City Weaves
City Weaves

City Weaves began as filler visual content for a website project I was working on. Once I nailed the style I had been aiming for, I soon realized how reproducible and customizable these little images could be. Let me know your favorite urban spot and I’ll make a City Weave for you!

Collage II
Collage II

Made this collage during grad school while I was taking classes about equity planning and multimedia collaboration in urbanism. Includes snippets of readings and multimedia collaboration projects. These classes inspired me to read Working by Studs Terkel, and to write my own positionality statement for future work.

Paper Weave
Paper Weave

Woven from approximately 60 thin pieces of paper and a handmade Bog Rosemary stamp to create the black, green, and yellow shapes on top of the woven pieces. This weaving is now framed and hangs above my kitchen sink.