Resume & CV

Experience

Senior Research Scientist, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

October 2020 – PRESENT

I currently lead and assist on academic and applied research, as well as writing projects, on topics pertaining to cybersecurity in the built environment; equity, diversity, and inclusion in architecture; Prevention through Design. This work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Institute of Architects, and the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Primary responsibilities include:

• Co-lead the Cybersecurity in the Built Environment (Cyber-BE) lab.

• Lead and assist in grant writing development

• Design and carry out all phases of qualitative research.

• Manage research team, project processes, logistics, and data.

• Supervise and mentor graduate and undergraduate students

• Design and manage human subject protocols and ensure compliance throughout project.

• Publish and present research via conferences, industry reports, books, and journals.

• Identify and pursue research funding opportunities at private and public organizations.

Key Accomplishments:

• Lead Principle Investigator (PI) on $721,104, three-year NSF grant (#1932769) on  collaboration challenges between IT and facilities professionals working on IoT security.

• Received supplemental funding for grant (#1932769) through the NSF’s Research Experience for Undergrads award. Award allowed the research team to hire two undergraduate students to work on research project pertaining to cybersecurity policy and the impact of building codes and energy policies on IoT.

• Co-author and project manager of the revised Chapters 0-9 of AIA’s Guides for Equitable Practice (2020 version).

• Co-creator and co-leader of the Cybersecurity in the Built Environment (Cyber-BE) lab.

RESEARCH SCIENTIST 3, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

SEPTEMBER 2016 – October 2020

I conduct and assist on academic and applied research on architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) collaborative data practices (e.g., building information modeling [BIM], energy modeling), implementation of new technologies, interdisciplinary team communication, cybersecurity in the built environment, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). This work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Washington, Sound Transit, Skanska, the Charles Pankow Foundation, and the American Institute of Architects. Primary responsibilities include:

• Co-lead the Communication, Organization, and Technology Practices (CTOP) lab.

• Design and carry out all phases of qualitative research.

• Manage research team, project processes, logistics, and data.

• Design and manage human subject protocols and ensure compliance throughout project.

• Publish and present research via conferences, industry reports, books, and journals.

• Identify and pursue research funding opportunities at private and public organizations.

Key Accomplishments:

• Lead Principle Investigator (PI) on $721,104, three-year NSF grant (#1932769) on  collaboration challenges between IT and facilities professionals working on IoT security.

• Co-author of Chapters 4-9 of AIA’s Guides for Equitable Practice .

• Principle Investigator/project manager/co-editor for book, Integrated Project Delivery: An Action Guide for Leaders (2018).

• Keynote Speaker at BIM Expo (Digital Convention), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, September 4th-8th, 2017.

• Received with co-authors the 2017 Engineering Project Organization Conference Best Paper award for paper on developing methods to study data visualization practices of engineering teams.

• Co-authored 2017 industry report, Building Strong Teams: A guide to effective AEC communication and collaboration with BIM, for Skanska Inc.

• Lead ethnographer for project, “Engineering Communication in Data Rich Environments,”on data visualization practices used on AEC teams. (Project duration: 2016-2019.)

• Technical Chair for the New Frontiers in Construction conference at the Center for Education and Research in Construction, Autumn 2016-Winter 2017.

• Research team member for GSA report, Integration at Its Finest, Volume 2 (2018).

Postdoctoral RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

MARCH 2014 – SEPTEMBER 2016

National Science Foundation funded project, “Reduce Energy Consumption through Integrated Design.” Project studied energy modeling data practices on collaborative design teams.

• Conducted over 310 hours of observations of design team work practices.

• Led over 30 interviews with AEC professionals about their communication practices.

• Developed comparative case study on energy modelling practices in 10 high-performance hospital building projects.

• Managed project logistics, human subject protocol design, and disseminated results.

RESEARCH CONSULTANT, The OSBURN GROUP

2013 – PRESENT

Owner, researcher, and project manager for research consultancy.

• Selected for General Services Administration contract to produce building project case studies and training for GSA’s Learning from Our Legacy program.

• Survey consultant for GSA report, Integration at Its Finest: Success in high-performance building design and project delivery in the federal sector (2015).

Research Intern, Institute on Religion and Public Policy, Summer 2009 

Intern for a Washington, D.C. non-profit organization. Designed survey and collected archival data on faith-based HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam.

Research Assistant, University of Washington,

2007-2010

Research Assistant for Department of Communication. Assisted in data collection, analysis, developing subject bibliographies and bibliographic databases.

Education

PHD, COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 2014

Dissertation titled, Storytelling and Networking on Tibet. Studied relationships between online storytelling and hyperlinking strategies to understand how organizations interpret historical and human rights narratives and network with others to achieve specific goals.

MA, COMPARATIVE RELIGION, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 2006

BA, SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, 1999