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Selected Presentations March, 2007 Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference Denver, CO
Poster Presenter & Guest Speaker
Title: Planning and Design for Healthy Childhood Development:
Mapping Places of Play and Prey with Denver Kids
In this study, aerial maps were used to investigate Denver neighborhoods through children's eyes. This community-based research project taught inner-city children about the power of mapping and voicing preferences and concerns. Using aerial maps, hand-drawn maps, photographs, and other methods of exploration, children created maps of school grounds and surrounding neighborhoods revealing quantitative and qualitative data in a creative and informative way. This research serves to empower students and to educate city officials about the benefits and deficits of inner-city living for Denver youth. Special emphasis was placed upon places of play and physical activity, as well as on places of prey and gang activity. Click to see publication. Click to see poster.
February, 2006 Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Active Living Conference Coronada, CA
Poster Presenter
Title: Rethinking Playgrounds for Physical Education - A Preliminary Evaluation of the Effects of Policy, Design Standards, Curriculum, Risk Management, and the Built Environment on the Physical Activity of Children at Three Denver Public Schools
Presented findings from a year long collaborative research project working with 573 elementary school students, physical education teachers, and Denver Public School administrators. Initial research indicates that perceptions of risk & use of play equipment as part of regular Physical Education classes should be further studied.
Spring 2005 Western Engaged Scholar’s Institute Moab, UT
Guest Speaker
Title: Lessons Learned from Denver’s Community-based Public Elementary School ‘Learning Landscape’ Playgrounds.
Presented the Learning Landscape Initiative video, syllabi, and general information about this community-based action research initiative. The main emphasis of the presentation was on the failures and successes of the program to date and advice for others seeking to start their own architectural service learning course.
Spring 2004 Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Historic Preservation Conference Denver, CO
Guest Speaker
Title: Dynamic Change & Temporal Landscapes: What Point is Worth Preserving?
Presented a paper focused on preserving the temporal intentions of the designer & qualities of the place at The James Rose Residence in Ridgewood, NJ to over 150 conference participants.
Summer 2003 Colorado Chapter - American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Denver, CO
Guest Speaker
Title: What is a Learning Landscape?
Introduced the ASLA board to the Learning Landscape Initiative and asked for help finding volunteers within the ASLA organization. The board was so impressed with our work that they donated $500 and solicited an article from me. In addition, several ASLA members contacted me for future project involvement.
Fall 1995 Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District 1995 Awards Assembly Middletown, VA
Guest Speaker
Title: The Wonders of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Presented an overview of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Virginia Watershed Education Program and highlighted the successful partnerships and restoration projects accomplished over the year.
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