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	Curtis received a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a certificate in Urban Studies at Wheaton College (IL). He earned a certificate in Land Resource Analysis from the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies and will be starting a Master of Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP) degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the fall of 2013. Curtis&rsquo; project work and research interests lie at the intersection of ecology, technology, and urban planning. His previous professional experiences include, urban ethnographic research at the Field Museum of Natural History, transportation planning at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), and watershed planning and organizing at Friends of the Chicago River. Curtis&rsquo; current project work includes: water trail planning; conducting a feasibility study for Trails for Illinois; coordinating stewardship efforts in the Calumet region as a Steering Committee member for the Calumet Stewardship Initiative (CSI); implementing youth engagement programs through the SCA and the NPS; and helping to create a vision for multi-use trails around Lake Michigan. With support through a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) grant, Curtis&rsquo; graduate research will focus on enhancing stakeholder participation in environmental planning with visualization tools that support complex systems learning and spatial thinking.</p>
