Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a Master of Urban Planning specialiazing in Transportation and Land Use Planning. For the last two years I have worked in a research group led by Dr. Jonathan Levine and Dr. Joe Grengs entitled "Metropolitan Accessibility and Transportation Sustainability" funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Transit Administration.

I spent a summer working in public transit for the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and a summer in Washington, D.C. playing the policy analysis game for technology and education initiatives. I am also a few credits away from completing my Master of Science in Information and Technology Policy from the University of Michigan School of Information.

I received my B.A. from Fordham University in New York City, majoring in Cultural American and Spanish Colonial History while also notching an English minor in post-Victorian British literature.

I spend most of my time thinking about cities, people, education, tennis, and the Baltimore Orioles' youth movement.

A recent transplant to the Reynoldstown neighborhood in Atlanta, I am currently looking for a position in urban planning, transportation, land use, and/or affordable housing circles.

Work History

• Metropolitan Accessibility + Transportation Sustainability
• Researcher

• Develop relationships with Metropolitan Planning Organizations around the country to access data to carry out an EPA-funded study focusing on the value of travel in relation to the proximity of valuable destinations.

• Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
• Planning Analyst
• May 2008 to August 2008

• Authored a report at the request of the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor, MI-based transit agency to analyze financial and operational statistics in comparison to similar agencies around the country.
  Full report is available at:
  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pdieter/AATA_Peer_Review.pdf

• Partnership for 21st Cetury Skills
• Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellow
• June 2007 to August 2007

• Conducting policy analysis and content strategy for a trade association of educational technology providers in Washington, D.C. as part of the Eben Tisdale Public Policy fellowhip.

Education

• University of Michigan
• Master of Urban Planning, Transportation + Land Use
• 2006 - 2009

• University of Michigan
• Master of Science, Information + Technology Policy
• 2006 - 2009

• Fordham University
• Bachelor of Arts, History, English Literature
• 1999 - 2003