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Mapping Maryland’s Eastern Shore for the RESPIRAR Project
As part of the RESPIRAR Project, I design maps tailored for web use and conference presentations, employing tools like QGIS, Datawrapper, Flourish and Illustrator.
Read moreRESPIRAR research assistant reflects on her work with migrant & seasonal farmworkers over the summer
In this Q&A, Divya Aikat and I dive into her observations and thoughts after spending a summer on the Eastern Shore. She supported the RESPIRAR Project’s field work as a research assistant.
Read moreBehind the scenes: analyzing indoor air quality data in farmworker housing during Canada’s 2023 wildfire
Using R Studio and Datawrapper, I analyzed RESPIRAR air quality data to uncover indoor air quality spikes during wildfire events.
Read moreThe RESPIRAR Project is represented at IAPHS 2024 annual conference
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.
Read moreRevamping the RESPIRAR Project’s website
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.
Read moreRESPIRAR community advisor files motion to protect Farmworker Protection Rule
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.
Read moreData visualizations for news story covering Maryland police trends
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.
Read morePolicing Baltimore’s Federal Hill when you’re not the police
Rachel McCrea and I shadow Brian Askew, a special police officer hired by citizens to protect a neighborhood in Baltimore City, amid police shortages.
Read moreCoding against the clock: lessons from my midterm
In this blog post, I share the lessons learned from my midterm assignment in an interactive design course, where I had to design a responsive web page under time constraints.
Read moreSit, stay, code: unleashing my first HTML site
My first HTML web site was (obviously) dedicated to my dogs, Dashie and Dexter.
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