Assistant Professor @ UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology
Lead PI @ The Critical Praxis Lab
Owner & Principal @ studio eyk

Community-engaged (action) research and scholarship on the relationship between the history of place, the role of the design industry, and the evolving innovation economy.

Currently focusing on the social implications of hyperscale data center proposals in rural and industrial areas across the state of Wisconsin.

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