I am a curator, educator, and writer with over ten years of experience in exhibition development, project management, and public programming. In Summer 2023, I joined Thinc Design as a Senior Curator.

Previously, I launched the design and planning of the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center for New York State Parks, overseeing the creation and population of 18,000 square feet of exhibition space. I defined the conceptual narrative of the center, built partnerships with local organizations, and led a team of researchers, writers, and designers to develop interior and exterior exhibits on subjects ranging from shoreline change to solar power, biomimicry, and embodied energy.

Prior to joining NYS Parks, I co-curated the exhibition Hudson Rising (2019) at the New-York Historical Society, which explored two centuries of ecological change and environmental thinking along the Hudson River. The exhibition was widely celebrated by reviewers, one of whom wrote that it was “one of the most sophisticated, and yet completely accessible (and fun!) overviews of the relationship between New York City history and the Hudson River that [they had] ever encountered.”

I hold a Ph.D. in History (Design/Environmental/Landscape/Technology) from the University of Virginia (2008), and was a visiting fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design from 2006 - 2008. My academic work includes two books—the edited volume Landscapes of Housing: Design and Planning in the History of Environmental Thought (Routledge Press, 2021) and The View from Above: The Science of Social Space (MIT Press, 2013)—as well as scholarly articles on urban and landscape design, environmental thinking, and visual methods of representation. I’ve also taught urban design history and theory and environmental studies at Harvard and Brown Universities. My non-academic writing on environmental and planning issues has appeared in The Guardian, BBC Radio 3, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Arch+, Urban Omnibus, and other publications.