• My students and I worked on a draft public art ordinance for the City of Milledgeville in Fall 2023. For more on this effort, please see our report: A Public Art Ordinance for Milledgeville, Georgia: A Framework for Civic Expression.

  • You can also see the students' presentation to City Council here. 

  • The ordinance was passed by City Council on April 8th, 2025, which you can see here.

• Energy and the Environment Blog:

I am a faculty editor of the Energy and the Environment Blog. The Energy and Environment blog was founded at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and the University of Pittsburgh. The Blog provides commentary and analysis that furthers understanding of E&E issues of public interest. Faculty and students are eligible to submit posts to be considered by the editors for inclusion in the blog. Posts that I have written include:

• • “How Can the Biden Administration Overcome Local Opposition to Renewable Electricity Transmission Lines?”

  • “Do Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Pose an Environmental Justice Concern?”

  • “Abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania: What do state records show?”

  • “Empowering Pennsylvania Communities to Participate in Wind Energy Development.”

  • “How could the Impending Repeal of the Federal Clean Water Rule affect American Farmers?”

  • “What Have Two Years of Allowing Exports Meant for Domestic Oil Markets?”

• Other Writing:

  • “Plugging Abandoned Wells Boosts Local Economies,” with Jeremy G. Weber. An Editorial in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, July 18, 2021.

  • “Shale Development, Impact Fees, and Municipal Finances in Pennsylvania,” with Jeremy G. Weber. 2015. GSPIA Center for Metropolitan Studies Policy Brief Series, Winter 2015/2016 Issue.

  • “John and Susan Collin Marks: Resilient Leadership in a Global Search for Common Ground,” 2018. Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership Case Study Series.