About Me

Here is some basic, & perhaps pertinent, information about me that might be useful, especially in figuring out how my education background relates to my thesis interests & research process.


Home: 

• Southeastern Massachusetts
• Currently in Delaware

Travel:

• Spend frequent time in all New England states
• Various trips to Canada {especially Quebec, Montreal, Prince Edward Island, & Novia Scotia}
• England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales in summer 2004 as part of a People to People delegation
• The Bahamas during summer 2005
• Morocco & southern Spain in summer 2009
• The Netherlands during spring 2010, as part of a study abroad trip with The School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Delaware
• Currently exploring the mid-Atlantic region!

Undergraduate Education:

• B.A from University of Connecticut in 2009
• Major: Urban & Community Studies
• Minor: History

Graduate Education:

• M.A from University of Delaware in 2011
• School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy 
• Concentration in Historic Preservation
• Center for Historic Architecture & Design {CHAD}
• research assistant to Dr. David Ames

Specific Interests:

• travel & tourism
• economic development
• sustainability
• history {all of it!}
• historic preservation