Faculty Appointment
Assistant Professor, York University, Environmental and Urban Change, Toronto Canada
Postdoctoral Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, USA
Education
Virginia Tech, School of Planning and International Affairs, National Capital Region, USA
- PhD in Planning, Governance, and Globalization in the Urban and Environmental Design and Planning track, concentrating in Transportation
- Future Professoriate Certificate
University of Waterloo, School of Planning, Waterloo, Canada
- Master of Arts in Planning
- Certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Higher Learning, Oakville, Canada
- Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Media and Journalism for Global Professionals
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Urban Planning
- Canadian Architectural Certification Board
Awards and Scholarships
- Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, Virginia Tech
- WSP USA Women in Leadership Scholarship
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 25th Anniversary Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation
- Shirley DeLibero Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation
- Woman Who Moves the Nation Scholarship, COMTO
- Women in Transportation Seminar – DC Chapter, Graduate Scholarship
- Rob MacIsaac Fellowship Scholarship
Honors
- VTGrATE Fellow: Virginia Tech Academy for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Excellence
- Global Perspectives Program Scholar: Trends in Doctoral Education in Europe and the U.S., Virginia Tech
- Diversity Scholar: Environmental Accessibility for Persons with Disability for Diverse and Inclusive Higher Education, Virginia Tech
- The Honor Society of Kappa Phi Kappa
Service to the Profession
- Peer-reviewer, Transportation Research Board
- American Planning Association (APA) Ambassador
Professional Membership
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
- Transportation Research Board
- Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
- American Planning Association
- American Geographers Association
- Women’s Transportation Seminar, DC Chapter