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RESEARCH POSITIONS EDUCATION GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS OTHER GRANT RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
TEACHING PUBLICATION AND PANEL REVIEW SERVICE AWARDS AND HONORS REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
OTHER PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS TEACHING INVITED PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATIONS
2002 | Ph.D. in Geography with Emphasis in Cognitive Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Dissertation: "Towards an Accessible City: Empirical Measurement and Modeling of Access to Urban Opportunities for those with Vision Impairments, Using Remote Infrared Audible Signage" |
1994 | M.A. in Environmental and Urban Geography, University of Illinois at Chicago Thesis: “Implications of the Number of Workers per Household on Travel Behavior.” |
1992 | B.A. in Sociology, History minor, University of Illinois at Chicago |
2013 |
Consulting: Project Consultant / Subject Matter Expert. "Assessing the Value of Neogeographic Information", BAA #AA10-4733 Contract # W9132V -11-P-0011, PI Matthew Rice, Co-PI Kevin Curtin |
2011-2012 | $43,067 SBIR Phase I grant from NIH-NIA Project #1R43AG039897-01, Fast-Switching, High-Contrast, Electrochromic Sunwear for Persons with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) and Other Age-Related Ocular Diseases |
2011-2013 | $200,700 VA Merit Pilot Project C7470R (PI Marston), Capturing and Presenting Route Descriptions for People with Vision Loss |
2009-2012 | $234,850 VA Merit Review Project C7364U (Supplement) (PI Marston), Wayfinding Information Access System for People with Vision Loss |
2009-2012 | $117,400 VA Merit Review Project C6731R (PI Ross, Investigator Marston), Computer Vision System for the Blind Veteran |
2009-2010 | $25,000 Pilot, Health Systems Institute & Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center, (PI Ross, Investigator Marston) Helping Hand a light-weight glove that locates and identifies objects for the visually impaired |
2006-2009 | $1,500,000 (UCSB subcontract $150,000) from National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) U.S. Department of Education award #H133A060056 Fundamental Issues in Wayfinding Technology. Contributing author (PI John Brabyn) |
2006-2007 | $126,000 Phase I STTR grant from National Institutes of Health and National Eye Institute, Grant # R41 EY017516-01A1, "A Wearable Multisensor Navigation Device for the Visually Impaired," Consultant (PI Vladimir Kulyukin) |
2004-2005 | University of California Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship, Identification and Mitigation of Physical Barriers that Limit Access to Education for People with Various Mobility Limitations: Increasing Environmental Access through Improved Methods of Information Delivery. |
2003-2004 | $83,000 from California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways, Spatial and Temporal Utility Modeling to Increase Transit Ridership, Contributing author. (P.I. Richard Church) |
2003-2004 | University of California Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship, Identification and Mitigation of Physical Barriers that Limit Access to Education for People with Various Mobility Limitations: Increasing Environmental Access through Improved Methods of Information Delivery. |
2001-2006 | $2,241,610 (UCSB subcontract=$520,269) from National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Wayfinding Technologies for People with Visual Impairment: Research and Development of an Integrated Platform, investigator (P.I. Michael May) |
2000-2002 | $7,500 from University of California Transportation Center for Empirical Measurement of Barriers to Public Transit for the Vision-Impaired and the Use of Remote Infrared Auditory Signage for Mitigation |
1998-2000 | $66256 from the University of California Transportation Center Grant # 65V430, Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers for the Blind and Vision Impaired: A Case for Auditory Signs. Contributing author and investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
1997-1998 | $89,051 from California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways #MOU343 Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers to Independent Travel for Blind and Vision Impaired Residents and Visitors. Investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
1996-1997 | $24353 from Caltrans/ California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways #MOU276, Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled, investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
2000-2001 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice/MIT Individuals Spatial Abilities and Behavior in Transportation Networks NSF grant #9986475 |
1999-2000 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice Off-Route Strategies in Non Visual Navigation NSF grant #SBR9818545 |
1994-1995 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice Caltrans/PATH Grant #MOU 157 The Mass Transit Needs of a Non-Driving Disabled Population |
1993-1994 | Federal Highway Administration Study of NPTS Data Travel Behavior of Multiworker Households, HPM-40 |
Lecturer- Department of Geography University of California Santa Barbara
2003 | Geog. 153E | Geography of Everyday Life |
2003 | Geog. 230 | Graduate Seminar in Behavioral Geography (Team Taught) |
Winter 2002 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Winter 2000 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Fall 1998 | Geog 146 | Transportation Systems |
Winter 1998 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Fall 1997 | Geog 108 | Urban Geography |
Spring 1997 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Winter 1997 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Fall 1996 | Geog 117b | Research Methods |
Winter 1996 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
Fall 1995 | Geog 108 | Urban Geography |
Fall 1994 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
University of Illinois at Chicago
Spring 1994 | Geog 483 | Quantitative methods I |
Spring 1994 | Geog 481 | Geographic Information Systems |
Fall 1993 | Geog 482 | Quantitative methods II |
Fall 1993 | Geog 481 | Geographic Information Systems |
Spring 1993 | Geog 150 | Physical Geography |
Spring 1993 | Geog 151 | Urban Geography |
Spring 1993 | Geog 210 | Astronomy |
2014 | Board Member, Jodi House Brain Injury Support Center, http://jodihouse.org/ |
2014 | Executive Board Member, Independent Living Resource Center http://www.ilrc-trico.org/aboutus/boardofdirectors.html |
2011-2013 | Board Member, Foundation Fighting Blindness-Atlanta Chapter |
2011-2013 | Co-leader and technical advisor, Foundation Fighting Blindness support group, Atlanta |
2010-2013 | VA RR&D Center Community Outreach Committee |
2010 | Radio Interview: Current research on accessible maps (tactile and large print) and enhancement to promote independent wayfinding in indoor and outdoor environments Presented as part of a VA RR&D Center Community Outreach Committee coordinated series for the Georgia Radio Reading Service |
2008-2009 | Member, City of Santa Barbara Access Advisory Committee |
2008-2009 | Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments, Worclaw, Poland |
2007-2008 | Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments, Granada, Spain |
2007 | Peer Review Panel, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness |
2007 | Member, UCSB ACCA Subcommittee - Campus Path of Travel |
2007 | Member, UCSB ACCA Subcommittee - Cell Site Funding |
2006 | Vice Chair, “Assistive Technology, Education, Training and Accessibility” session, 2006 CVHI conference, Kufstein, Austria |
2006-2010 | Member of the Accessible Transportation and Mobility Committee (ABE60), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. |
2006 | Chair, "Visual Impairment and Navigation" session, 2006 AAG Meeting, Chicago, ILPA |
2005 | Member, Association of American Geographers Diversity Task Force |
2005 | Member, Board of Directors, BlindMatters Foundation, Inc. |
2004 | Member, ADA Projects Subcommittee of the UCSB ADA Committee. |
2004 | disABILITY Awareness Week UCSB |
2004 | Co-Organizer & Co-Chair, “Frontiers of Behavioral Geography” session, 2004 AAG Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. |
2003 | Chairperson, Conference session on “Spatial Cognition: Differential Studies” 2nd International Conference on Spatial Cognition, University of Rome, Italy |
2003 | Academic Advisor for the “Committee on Disability Access” UCSB |
2003 | Lead Investigator for Physical Access, “Committee on Disability Access” UCSB |
2003 | Member, Planning Committee for Disability Awareness Week Disability Awareness Week at UCSB |
2002 | Member of the Equity Funding Subcommittee of the UCSB ADA Committee |
2001 | Assistant Organizer, “COSIT 01”, Fifth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Morro Bay, CA |
2001-2003 | Consultant to the Wayfinding Foundation, a non-profit group advocating for blind accessibility, Baton Rouge, LA |
2001 | Chair, “Geography of Exclusion” session, 2001 AAG Meeting, New York |
2000 | Project Coordinator, Campus Access Mapping, UCSB |
2000 | Project Director, Remote Infrared Audible Signage, UCSB |
2000-2002 | Graduate Advisor to Associated Students Commission on Disability Access (CODA) |
1998-2002 | Member of the Access Subcommittee of the ADA Committee |
1998-2000 | Member of DACA, The Disability Advisory Committee on Access for the City of Santa Barbara, CA |
1997-2002 | Graduate Student Association Representative to the UCSB ADA Committee |
1996-1997 | Disability Liaison with the UCSB Ombuds Office |
1995-1997 | Founding Board Member of The UCSB Disability Awareness And Advocacy Coalition (DAAC), A Student Led Organization |
2004 | Invited participant, State-of-the-Science Conference, “Rehabilitation Technology and Methods for a Changing Population,” June 4, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA |
2004 | Invited participant, Scientific workshop, “Blindness, Brain Plasticity, and Spatial Function,”. March 11-14, National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. |
2003 | University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship |
2003 | “Best Conference Paper Award,” Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on Spatial Cognition, University of Rome, Italy |
2003 | University of California “University Service Award” |
2003 | UCSB Graduate Student Associations Dixon-Levy Service Award for “Selfless, Untiring Service to the Improvement of Graduate Student Life.” |
2001-2002 | “Graduate Dissertation Fellowship,” University of California Transportation Center |
2001 | “Excellence in Research” Award, UCSB Department of Geography |
2001 | “Graduate Excellence Award for Co-Curricular Activity” nominee UCSB Office of Student Life |
2001 | “Accessibility Achievement Award” from the Commission on Disability Access (CODA) University of California, Santa Barbara |
2001 | “Most Creative Program” and “Outstanding Group Achievement,” UCSB Office of Student Life. 2 awards for Disability Commission that I advised and help form |
1995 | “Excellence in Teaching” nominee, Graduate Student Association |
1994-2001 | Graduate Fellowship and Tuition Support Department of Geography UCSB |
1992-1994 | Graduate Tuition Support / Summer Stipend University of Illinois at Chicago |