
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
2022 - 2023
National Center for Smart Growth Education and Research | University of Maryland
Small Business Anti Displacement Network Case Study Grant
2020 - 2021
University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH
School of Planning Outstanding Teaching Award
2017 - 2018, 2019 - 2020
University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH
School of Planning Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
2017 - 2018
University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH
University Research Council Dissertation Research Award
2015
Iowa State University | Ames, IA
Property Rights and Land Use Scholarship
2015
Annual Conference APA Iowa Chapter
Winner of Student Poster Contest
HONORS AND AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES
Co-author “Formalization of the Informal Sector through Hawkers’ Unions.” Small Business Anti Displacement Network, Maryland (Nov 2023)
Co-author Book Chapter “Serious GeoGames for civic engagement in urban planning: discussion based on four game prototypes” The Virtual and The Real: Perspectives, Practices and Applications for The Built Environment, Routledge, 2018
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Round Table Discussant “Preventing Small Business Displacement in Gentrifying Neighborhoods” ACSP Annual Conference, 2023
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Speaker for the Session “State of Play in Cities: Voices from across the World” at International Webinar Series “PLAY AND PUBLIC SPACE” hosted by ACE, IPA-India, IPA-World, and UNICEF. Nov-Dec 2020
Presenting Author “Urban Outdoor Play in the Socio-Cultural Context of West Bengal, India”, ACSP Annual Conference, 2022
Presenting Author “Free-Play Opportunities for Children in Existing Urban Parks of West Cincinnati”, ACSP Annual Conference Buffalo, New York, 2018
Presenting Author “Accessible Nature-Play in Neighborhoods: Providing Access to Nature-Play in Nature-Deficit Spaces of Cincinnati”, Association of European Schools of Planning, Young Academics Conference, Groningen, Netherlands, 2018
Book Review of Companion to Public Space, edited by Vikas Mehta and Danilo Palazzo, Published in Journal of Urban Affairs, 2022
Book Review of “Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms, New Citizens” by Pia Christensen, et al. Published in Children, Youth and Environments, vol. 30, no. 2, 2020, pp. 165–168. JSTOR.
Book Review of "Letting play bloom: Designing nature-based risky play for children" by Lolly Tai. Published in Journal of Urban Affairs, 2023