PhD, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Admitted to doctoral candidacy (passed preliminary examination, ABD)
- Dissertation: Cities as Urbanized Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework
- Concentration: environmental planning
- GPA: 3.9/4.0
Master of Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP), Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Architecture Department, Iowa State University.
BA in Architectural Studies, Architecture Department, Iowa State University.
FELLOWSHIPS
- The Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (2009-10)
- University of Illinois at Chicago
National Science Foundation IGERT Fellowship (2007-09)
- Landscape, Ecological, and Anthropogenic Processes (LEAP)
- University of Illinois at Chicago
CERTIFICATES
Geospatial Analysis and Visualization Graduate Certificate (2010)
- Department of Urban Planning and Policy
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
Master Online Teacher Certificate (2008)
- University of Illinois and the Illinois Online Network
- GPA: 4.0/4.0 GPA