Peace and Planning

Category: Reflections

  • On nutshells and eggshells

    Over the past few years, I’ve been fortunate to present my work at several conferences spanning various disciplines – planning (x2!), geography, political science, peace and conflict studies, international studies, and urban studies. While traveling to five in a 12-month period isn’t for the faint of heart (read: me), I…

  • A recommitment and an update

    It has been a good long while since I’ve posted and honestly I have been deliberating about whether or not I should return to blogging. There are several reasons why I am back at it (which I will get to shortly) but in the meantime, here’s a brief recap since…

  • Appreciation abounds 🙏🏻

    As we kick off a season of reflection and thanks, it’s hard not to be awestruck by all I have to be grateful for. I somehow landed in the exact PhD program I needed to offer me the perspective I was yearning for. I ended up with an incredible dissertation…

  • Can we have our car cake and eat it, too?

    I had the good fortune to travel to Spain this summer – the land of bike buses, superblocks, and Pontevedra’s pioneering approach to eliminating cars in the city center – and visit many of the places that had long been on my urban bucket list (sadly, Pontevedra will have to…

  • When performance oversight testimony isn’t a mere…oversight

    You know time is flying when you think it’s still March more than a week into April 🤯 Now that I know what month it is – and since it’s been a minute – I figured I was overdue for getting updates and reflections out into the blogosphere.  For one,…

  • My favorite McSweeney’s

    I assigned this oldie-but-goodie for my community engagement class to read for today. Very much looking forward to their perspectives on this…and if they pick up on any of these themes in the public meetings they will be evaluating. As someone interested in #transportation and making our #streets safe for…