Mike Arnold
Hometown: University Park, Maryland
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Undergrad Degree: Architecture
Summer Internship: architrave pc architects, Washington, DC project architect on restoration work for The Renwick Gallery, Meridan Hill Park, and Antietam National Battlefield.
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Past Work Experience: Architect, model maker, architectural model shop supervisor @ University of Maryland School of Architecture, contractor, part time lecturer - summer preservation field school.
Interests: Early/mid 20th century housing; practical restoration for middle class America; chronological reconstruction modeling; technology transfer to architecture and construction - digital fabrication.
Thesis Topic: a conservation plan for the Chalfonte Hotel, Cape May, NJ.
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Elizabeth Burling
Hometown: Madison, NJ
Concentration: Planning
Undergrad Degree: BA Anthropology from the College of William & Mary
Summer Internship: NPS Northeast Region Park Planning & Special Studies Division (Outdoor recreation planner)
Workstudy: Preservation Studio Assistant
Past Work Experience: 3 years as a field archeologist
Interests: Dual Degree with City Planning
Thesis Topic: Integrating Monuments & Memorials into the Urban Landscape

Kelli Coles
Hometown: Newburgh, NY / Philadelphia, PA
Concentration: Site Management/Planning
Undergrad Degree: Interior Design
Summer Internship: Partners for Sacred Places
Workstudy: HSPV office, Partners for Sacred Places
Past Work Experience: M. Finkel & Daughter Antiques; Ballinger Architects
Interests: African American (minority) heritage sites; Preservation & affordable housing in minority communities
Thesis Topic: "Interpretation & Design: The Historic House Museum of African American Activist paul Robeson" - The house has been having management issues and I will be analyzing the new interior restoration plans & interpretive plans based on Tilden & other sucessfully managed house museums.

Jennifer Correia
Hometown: Santa Anna, CA
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: BS in Management, Minor in Studio Art from Tulane U.
Summer Internship: Merchants' Exchange Independence National Historic Park, Bandelier National Monument
Workstudy: Internship Coordinator/Office Assistant in HSPV Office
Past Work Experience: New Orlean Auction Gallery, Inc.; New Orlean Administration; Neal Auction Gallery, New Orleans - student intern; Texas Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX - intern; various jobs in service
Interests: Bikram Yoga, Cooking, dancing, attending music concerts
Thesis Topic: Treatment analysis of salt contaminated limestone at Mission San Jose in San Antonio, TX
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Sandy Cross
Hometown: Rockland, ME
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: BA Art History from Wheaton College, MA
Summer Internship: Merchants' Exchange
Workstudy: Continuation of Merchants' Exchange Project
Past Work Experience: Researcher at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Interests: Movies, driving, 403, construction workers, fruit (esp. pineapple) and of course, architecture
Thesis Topic: TBD

Purvi Gandhi
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Concentration: Preservation Design
Undergrad Degree: B.Arch from Cooper Union
Summer Internship: Bell Architects, PC in DC
Workstudy: Computer Lab Assistant, PennDesign Computer Lab; TA for Digital Media
Past Work Experience: Various architecture firms in Salt Lake City, NYC and Rome; Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation
Interests: Dancing, Art, Bookbinding, reading, calligraphy
Thesis Topic: The adaptive re-use of Philadelphia rowhouses and how they are a product of the social changes in their neighborhoods
About Yourself: I am a GA in Hamilton College House (hi-rise north) and I'm getting married at the end of July

Jennifer Gates
Hometown: Tulsa, OK & Raleigh, NC
Concentration: Planning
Undergrad Degree: BS in Envirnomental Design
Summer Internship: NPS & RBF Consulting
Workstudy: Corinth Comoputer Project
Past Work Experience: Oklahoma Main Street Center, NPS, University City District
Interests: Traveling, Photography, Collecting spoons
Thesis Topic: Inactive Main Street Communities

Valerie Gomez
hometown: New York
concentration: not sure
undergrad: BA Art History, SUNY-Binghamton
summer internship: Mesa Verde National Park, CO
Work Study: past-Eastern State
work exp: Brooklyn Museum of Art Conservation Lab, NY Historical Society Library Conservation Lab
Interests: art, architecture, NYC History, Good food, Knitting, Ceramics, other crafty things...
thesis: the effects of tourism on gateway communities to national parks

Alison Hirsch
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Concentration: Cultural Landscapes
Undergrad Degree: Art & Architectural History
Summer Internship: Garland Farm, Bar Harbor, ME - research in preparation for a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR)
Current/past work study jobs: Conservation Technician at the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust
Past Work Experience: Research Assistant, Department of Photographs, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Specialist, Department of Photographs, Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg
Interests: public space and how these spaces are valued/used by contemporary society
Thesis Topic: Preservation propositions for endangered Lawrence Halprin sites
About Yourself: I am also a triathelete and marathoner

Kate Jefferson
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Sophia Jones
Hometown: Willingboro, New Jersey
Concentration: Policy/ Design/ Planning
Undergrad Degree: Bachelor of Architecture, University of Miami
Summer Internship: Eastern State Penitentiary/ New Jersey Historic Preservation Office
Current/past work study jobs:Eastern State Penitentiary/ New Jersey Historic Preservation Office ( current but not workstudy)
Past Work Experience:Clear Choice Windows and Doors- AutoCAD operator, drawing shop drawings, permit applications, Photographic and digital documentation
Interests: Cooking, Traveling, African American Heritage Sites
Thesis Topic: Historic Districs and Gentrification
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Prema Katari
Hometown: Simsbury & New Haven, CT
Concentration: Preservation Planning & Economics
Undergrad Degree: Government from Bowdoin College
Summer Internship: Place Economics & National Trust for Historic Preservation, DC
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Past Work Experience: 3 years in development at Yale University
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Thesis Topic: Exploring demographic characteristics of inhabitants of urban historic districts vs. non historic districts
About Yourself: also doing Certificate in Real Estate Design & Development

Jong Hyun Lim
Hometown:South Korea
Concentration: Sitemanagement / Design
Undergrad Degree:Bachelor of Architecture
Summer Internship:Merchant Exchange in Philadelphia
Current/past work study jobs: Data input for MEEX
Past Work Experience:Mesaverde digitizing work in Conservation Lab in Upenn
Interests:Intenational policy for World Heritage site and tourism
Thesis Topic: Archeological Sitemanagement
About Yourself: I am from South Korea. I finished my first master degree of Architecture planning in South Korea. I hope to work for International historic preservation field with my design ability.

Wanda Lopez-Bobonis
Hometown: Puerto Rico
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Summer Internship: Capilla del Cristo de los Ponce in San Jose Church, San Juan, PR - stabilization (grouting) of mural paintings
Workstudy: La Casa Latina
Past Work Experience: Architecture office - design, construction documents, supervision, as-builts
Interests: painting, drawing (sketching)
Thesis Topic: Architectural and Historical Report of fort El Canuelo in San Juan, PR

Lyles McBratney
Hometown: Florence, SC
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: Historic Preservation & Community Planning
Summer Internship: INHP Merchants' Exchange Conditions Survey
Workstudy: Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust
Past Work Experience: NPS - Historic Preservation Training Center
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Thesis Topic: Merchants' Exchange Stone Conservation Study

Becky McCleary
Hometown: Upper Darby, PA
Concentration: Planning
Undergrad Degree: History from Cornell
Summer Internship: Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
Workstudy: Preservation Alliance, Lower Merion Conservancy
Past Work Experience: 2 years working in Map Collections of Cornell's Library System
Interests: Adaptive Re-Use, Preservation as a community development tool, sports, E. M. Forster, Literature
Thesis Topic: Internation preservation incentives
About Yourself: Getting married this summer on Cape Cod.

Victoria Pingarron Alvarez
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: BA Individualized Study from NYU
Summer Internship: Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc
Workstudy: ESP, TA & Lab Assistant - Architectural Conservation Lab
Past Work Experience: WQHS - Penn Student Radio, WNYW - NYU Student Radio, TA-NYU Urban Design Field Study, British Architecture in London
Interests: Music, photography, magazine layout, DJ-ing, film, reading, New Deck, happy hour, balconies, architecture, 403, Costco, being neat, "I can it for ou, wholesale," Capri, West Philly
Thesis Topic: Performance analysis of grouts for masonry repair

Scott Pons
Hometown: Buena Park, CA
Concentration: Conservation
Undergrad Degree: Civil Engineering
Summer Internship: Yosemite National Park Historic Structures Team - Carpentry and Masonry
Workstudy: PennDesign Office of Admissions & Financial Aid
Past Work Experience: 2 years civil design engineer; 3 years commercial construction project manager
Interests: cycling, hiking, golf
Thesis Topic: composite repairs for stone
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Norma Rosado
Hometown: Perth Amboy, NJ
Concentration: Site Management
Undergrad Degree: History
Summer Internship: Penn University Archives
Workstudy: Research Assistant at Penn Univ. Archives
Past Work Experience: American Bar Association Conference Coordinator; Penn Human Resources Administrative Assistant; Rutgers University Human Resources HR Staff Associate
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Becky Sell
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Concentration: Site Management/Planning
Summer Internship: NPS
Workstudy: Elfreth's Alley; Brandywine Medical Association - Reception/Records Manager
Past Work Experience: Pharmacy, Frame Shop, Reception/Records Manager
Interests: Music, Dancing, Biking
Thesis Topic: The Lazaretto

Steven Ujifusa
Hometown: Chappaqua, NY
Concentration: Planning/ Real Estate
Undergrad Degree: BA in History from Harvard
Summer Internship: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
Workstudy: Partners for Sacred Places
Past Work Experience: Upper School History Teacher - The Harvey School, Katonah, NY
Interests: Sing in the Penn Glee Club
Thesis Topic: Adaptive reuse projects in Philadelphia
About Yourself: Taught history at a private school for 2 years after undergrad. Interested in blending preservation and private development

Megan Venno
Concentration: Site management/design
Undergrad Degree: interior design
Expected month & year of graduation: may 2005
Summer Internship: national park service, northeast regional office, interpretation division
Current/past work study jobs: still at NPS, also work at Corinth Computer Project in UPenn Museum (worked there last year too)
Past Work Experience: None-came straight from undergrad!
Interests: reading, travel, sports (swimming, tennis, golf, basketball, football-but only to watch!), shopping, going out with friends!
Thesis Topic: In a nutshell, how interpretation differs greatly between place based and museum based sites-I am comparing and contrasting the interpretation of 2 sites with similar stories to tell-the holocaust museum in DC and Manzanar Japanese internment camp in CA.
About Yourself: I don't know-I don't like answering these kinds of questions! You can make something up!

Will Zinn
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