One Eleuthera in Drupal 7 and CiviCRM

As part of my dissertation, I've been working with a community development foundation on the Family Island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to develop ICT for shared heritage development. The goal of the site is to network multiple stakeholders (including local residents and business owners, diasporic community members, second homeowners, developers, policymakers, and tourists) around important issues, especially those focused on planning concerns related to the tourism industry. Using Drupal 7 and CiviCRM, I've been building a community communication tool that faciliates the foundation's educational and fundraising goals. Additionally, I've been providing on site and remote training to build local capacity for the sustainability of the project.

Visit www.oneeleuthera.org

Cake Kisses in Drupal 7

Cake Kisses, a cottage bakery and caterer in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, wanted an easy-to-update site where flavors, rates, and events could be listed and potential clients could be in touch. I used Drupal to interface with Mailchimp so the owner could easily link her mailing lists with her website inquiries. I also refined the brand identity - bringing a bit of fun and whimsy to the graphic design and logo.

Visit www.cake-kisses.com

Exmoor Ponies in Drupal 7

Exmoor Ponies of North America, a farm dedicated to researching and preserving the lineage of Exmoor ponies needed an easily updated website to communicate information about the breed. The Drupal platform will support the addition of profiles for individual ponies and their family trees.

Visit www.exmoorponies.us

HadleyMAHeritage in Drupal 7

As part of my dissertation, I designed a community Photovoice project around the cultural landscapes of Hadley, Massachusetts. In addition to two physical exhibits planned for 2012, I designed and created an online exhibit in Drupal 7. This project was funded by a grant through the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Visit www.hadleymaheritage.org

NEAA website & conference system

The Northeastern Anthropological Association wanted to replace their wordpress blog with a static website and to support conference registration online. An unusual graphic design combined with a modern color palette brought the site out of the '90s. We experimented with the Open Conference System site to handle web management of their annual conferences for two years before I rebuilt the conference and membership management tools using Drupal 7 and CiviCRM, which launched November 2011.

Visit www.neaa.org

UMass Amherst Center for Heritage & Society website, XHTML & CSS

The UMass Amherst Center for Heritage & Society needed a website, which would establish their graphical identity. I adapted a web template the Center had purchased previously and incorporated an image representing cultural heritage (both literally in terms of material culture and figuratively in terms of the weaving together of individual elements to create a whole). A professional, typographic logo and color palette that integrated the UMass Amherst maroon set the tone for this new research center.

Visit www.umass.edu/chs

UMass Amherst Archaeological Field School 2010, Drupal 6

The 2010 UMass Amherst Archaeological Field School needed a website that would incorporate a student-only area for forums and classroom materials with a publicly accessible blog for students to post interpretive materials. I customized Drupal and adapted an existing web template used for the Anthropology Department's static website to tie the site in aesthetically.

Visit www.anthro.umass.edu/field10

smARTWORKS e-commerce website, PHP, MySQL, Americart

smARTWORKS, Inc. needed a shopping cart system that worked with their existing inventory database. A minimalist approach helped to foreground the beautiful product images and the wide variety of colors customers can choose from.

Visit www.smartwks.com

Odyssey Printwear e-commerce website, DHTML, CSS, & ShopSite

Odyssey Printwear, Inc. needed a new, fresher web design and wanted to be able to use the ShopSite e-commerce tool that was offered by their existing web hosting company. A vibrant color palette, striking images, and clean layout brought a more contemporary feel to their site.

Visit www.odysseyprintwear.com

Gabrielle Gould Jewelry, DHTML & CSS

Gabrielle Gould wanted a clean and minimalist portfolio site for her nature-inspired jewelry. Following my strategy with smARTWORKS and in keeping with Gabrielle's vision, I kept the site as simple as possible to showcase her designs.

Visit www.gabriellegould.com

smARTWORKS Inventory and Contact Management Database, FileMaker Pro

smARTWORKS, Inc. needed an inventory system that could track the custom design features of their knit products, their various sales options, and their large customer database. I used FileMaker Pro to build a custom system that tracks products, yarn, color combinations, customers, and wholesale and retail sales. The database maintains a live connection to their MySQL-driven website to keep manual data warehousing to a minimum.

Collection & Project Management Prototype for Cultural Resource Management, FileMaker Pro

I designed this prototype for an American Cultural Resource Management firm. The database incorporates archaeological collection management needs (e.g. field data and artifact catalogs) with project management needs (e.g. permits, contracts, contacts, staff, tasks, and billable hours). I created an authority structure to support the Getty AAT, which could be used as an in house identification reference as well as a hierarchical authority for artifacts.

Peer-reviewed Journal Management: African Studies Review, FileMaker Pro

I designed this system when employed as the Office Manager for the ASR's Editorial Office. The system tracks manuscripts, reviews, reviewers, and issues. It assists the editorial staff with locating suitable peer reviewers for their double-blind process. The database integrates with the user's email client to support database-driven correspondence. I later built an additional module to assist the Book Review office as well.