Professional Development (meetings/conferences attended, continuing education courses, etc., in the last five years):

1. Certificate of Graduate Studies: Survey Methodology, Summer Institute, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI, 2005 – 2006
 
2. American Institute of Architects (AIA) 150: Neighborhood by Design, Charrette participant, AIA Detroit, University of Detroit Mercy, Lawrence Technological University, March 2007

3. 6th International Space Syntax Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007
Paper to be presented and published: Enhancing Workspace Performance: predicting the influence of spatial and psychological factors on job satisfaction.

4. Conference on Architecture Form, Kuwait City, Kauwait, march 2007
Paper accepted and published: infocity: Evolving Media and Mutations of Pubic Space.   

5. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, Nov 2006
Poster presented: Public Realm as a Place of Everyday Urbanism: Learning from the College Towns.   

6. 5th International Space Syntax Symposium, TU Delft, The Netherlands, June 2005
Paper presented and published: From Annarbour to A2: a historical morphology of the City of Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

7. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, Oct 2005
Paper presented: From Annarbour to A2: story of the town-gown relationship.   

8. American Comparative Literature Association Conference (ACLA), University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI, Feb  2004, Paper accepted: Excavating the Future: place memory and urban preservation.

9. American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference, Cal State University, San Marcos, CA, Apr  2003, Paper presented: Public Realm: theories and practices of placemaking in urban America.