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Explore project updates, spotlights and milestones from ongoing work and collaborations.

The RESPIRAR Project is represented at IAPHS 2024 annual conference
Sep 25, 2024

In this blog post, I highlight RESPIRAR’s presence at this year’s Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science conference, held in St. Louis, Missouri, from Sept. 11 – 13, 2024.

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Revamping the RESPIRAR Project’s website
Sep 20, 2024

Revamping the RESPIRAR Project’s website involved unifying interdisciplinary messaging, balancing existing content with updates, and creating an engaging platform to effectively communicate the project’s mission and values.

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From local police to private guards | photo gallery
Sep 14, 2024

While reporting on this series, I also had the opportunity to visually document our work.

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A photo captures the wildfire haze covering an area of Greenbelt, Maryland, with buildings in the forefront. The background of the image is difficult to make out due to the haze.
RESPIRAR data analysis reveals poor indoor air quality spikes in farmworker housing during Canada’s 2023 wildfire
Sep 9, 2024

In this blog post, I share my findings after analyzing data from two indoor air quality monitors active in May and June 2023 during the Canadian wildfire. The analysis reveals poor indoor indoor air quality spikes in farmworker housing.

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RESPIRAR community advisor files motion to protect Farmworker Protection Rule
Jul 10, 2024

In this blog post, I cover efforts to intervene on a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Labor to stop the new Farmworker Protection Rule from going into effect.

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A worker looks upward, using a rag to wipe sweat off his face, with the sun blazing in the background.
Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine: a potential threat to worker safety and federal authority 
Jul 8, 2024

In this blog, I cover the RESPIRAR Project’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine.

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Officer Edwin Monarrez, in uniform, stands for a portrait in front of his police vehicle while on shift at the Laurel Police Department early in the morning during an overcast day.
Data visualizations for news story covering Maryland police trends
Jul 5, 2024

I led a data analysis for ‘From local police to private guards,’ an investigative series published in the Baltimore Banner. My work included analyzing FBI crime data to reveal a nearly 10% drop in Maryland law enforcement personnel from 2019 to 2023 and designing an interactive map showing personnel trends by county.

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Brian Askew and Lt. Aaron Colyns, in uniform, stand side by side facing the Baltimore cityscape at night, backs to the viewer, vigilant and watchful.
Policing Baltimore’s Federal Hill when you’re not the police
Jul 4, 2024

Rachel McCrea and I shadow Brian Askew, a special police officer hired by citizens to protect a neighborhood in Baltimore City, amid police shortages.

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Robbie Wright speaks with three students. The back of his shirt reads, “RECRUITER.”
Fewer people want to become police officers. What can be done about it?
Jul 4, 2024

I worked with Capital News Service reporters to explore why Maryland police departments are struggling to find police officers, contributing reporting, data analysis and editing.

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Alex Godfrey stands in front of Ross Dress For Less, looking out into the Laurel Lakes Centre parking lot on a sunny afternoon.
More companies in Maryland hiring private security guards to ward off crime
Jul 4, 2024

In this piece, Rachel McCrea and I dive into Maryland’s private security guard industry as part of a Capital News Service investigative series.

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