My research examines how designers and users become conscious of their built and natural environments and what this may mean to the generation of healthy perceptions and memory. I focus on spatial theory related to sensory response and body perception, ritual theory, and contemporary memorial theory. These themes inform my teaching and participation with students, whether this be in design studio, special topics seminars, technology courses, or extracurricular explorations. A licensed architect in the State of Tennessee, I am active in community engagement as both an academic and civic pursuit. Since 2009, I have served as the primary designer and coordinator of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Reclamation Project, a public space initiative that aims to engage and support the communities of East Knoxville through the design and implementation of a sustainable memorial landscape. 

Education 

Master of Architecture, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1996 

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1992 

Expertise & Interests 

Cultural studies in Architecture 

Memorial studies 

Phenomenology and sensory perception