Transportation Planning Intern — The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments in Oklahoma City, OK; 5/2007 - Present
Development of a regional geodatabase, to be incorporated in the regional growth allocation model, of school districts and service areas containing socioeconomic and demographic data
Maintenance and revision of land use classifications for member entities within the extent of the Oklahoma City Area Regional Transportation Study
Research Assistant — The University of Oklahoma College of Engineering in Norman, OK; 8/2007 - 12/2007
Conceptualized and developed the early stages of GIS-based international commodity freight flow model as part of an ODOT-funded research project
Provided general technical assistance to the accompanying domestic freight flow model project
Land Protection Division Intern — The Department of Environmental Quality in Oklahoma City, OK; 5/2006 - 1/2007
Researched and prepared an executive report, used as expert material in a special session of the Oklahoma State Senate’s Energy and Environment Committee, on the feasibility of phytoremediation for wood treatment facilities contaminated with Pentachlorophenol (creosote)
Produced multiple maps and GIS products concerning environmental remediation activities, brownfields, and abandoned oil and gas wells
Research Assistant —The University of Oklahoma Department of Geography in Norman, OK; 8/2005 - 1/2006
Assisted in the development of an algorithm, later incorporated into an NSF award-winning project, to automatically classify land use based on sub-pixel waveform analysis
Analyzed, collected, and cataloged tree ring samples used in a hydroclimatic reconstruction of Sahelian Africa
Master of Regional and City Planning —The University of Oklahoma Division of Regional and City Planning in Norman, OK; 1/2007 - Present
Concentrations in Transportation Planning (attained) and Economic Development (in progress)
Coursework includes: Public Mass Transit, Transportation Policy and Politics, Transportation Land Use and Development, Community Development and Revitalization
Bachelor of Arts in Geography —The University of Oklahoma Department of Geography in Norman, OK; 1/2005 - 12/2006
Concentration in Geotechniques
Coursework includes: Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Aerial Photography Analysis and Interpretation, Cartography, Environmental Management, and Physical Hydrology
“E-Government and Slovenia’s Multiple Transitions” — Book chapter for “E-Government in Europe: Rebooting the State”. Second author with Darren Purcell. Routledge (publisher) 3/2007.