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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“Community Resilience Hubs: Social and Emergency Infrastructure in Detroit’s Neighborhoods.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 111th Annual Meeting, In Commons, 2023 (accepted).

“Unpacking Engagement: Strategies for Context-Specific Community-Driven Design.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture,110th Annual Meeting: Empower, 2022.

“Collaborative Community Practice: Evaluating Partnerships and Pedagogy.” Expanding the View: 109th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, 2021. 

“Towards a More Connected Field of Community Development Education: Encouraging Community Well-Being Through an Engaged Symposium.” Stanard, V., Hains, K., Knobloch, N., O’Leary, C., Reinhard, A., Hains, B., & Rios, M. International Journal of Community Well-Being. 2021

“Shared, Offsite and Green: Leveraging Neighborhood Stormwater Infrastructure,” Dichotomy Student Journal, University of Detroit Mercy, 2020.

“Bridging Needs with Research through Action-Oriented Community Design,” CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research Agenda-Setting Paper, co-authored with Jeff Carney, Ann Yoachim, et al., 2020.

 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

“Integrating Engagement: Lessons for meaningful community design processes,” American Institute of Architects A’22, Chicago, June 2022.

“Planning for Community Resilience in Detroit Neighborhoods,” Environmental Design Research Association, EDRA53 Conference, June 2022.

“Pedagogies for Designing Spatial Justice,” Symposium with University of Oregon Spatial Justice Fellows, Environmental Design Research Association, EDRA52 Conference, May 2021, invited moderator.

“Scaling Community Open Space: Lessons for Leveraging Vacant Land.” Environmental Design Research Association, EDRA52 Conference, May 2021. 

“Collaborative Community Practice: Evaluating Partnerships and Pedagogy.” Expanding the View: 109th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, April 2021. 

“Value-Based Education: A Case for Biased Pedagogies and Practices in Detroit,” Environmental Design Research Association 51st Annual Conference, co-authored with Claudia Bernasconi and Virginia Stanard, April 2020.

 

RECENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, LEADERSHIP & BOARDS 

AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group Executive Board, 2019 Chair, 2015-present

AIA Minnesota Housing Design Awards Jury, 2022

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Equitable Development Resource Advisory Panel, 2021-2022

United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Racial Equity Fund Workgroup, 2021-2022

Mayors Innovation Project + AIA Blueprint For Better Eastpointe Mayor’s Innovation Project, 2021-2022

American Institute of Architects Housing Awards, Jury Chair, 2021 

Mayors Institute for City Design (MICD) Design Tank, University of Hawaii Community Design Center, 2021