curriculum vitae
Deborah Zervas
New Haven CT
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and AWARDS
2014 Book chapter: Considering Public History in “Community Matters”, ed. Paula Horrigan and Mallika Bose; Routledge
2013 Article: Learning from Interventions in “Dokumentation – UDN International Summer School 2011”, ed. Michael Koch, Korinna Thielen, Renée Tribble
2013 Editor (English): “Dokumentation – UDN International Summer School 2011”
2011 Presentation: EDRA42: Implications of Spatial Cognition Research for the Architectural Design Disciplines
2011 Presentation: Erasing Boundaries Symposium:
Considering Public History in Planning and Design Service Learning Settings
2011 Presentation: Erasing Boundaries Symposium:
On the Use of Art Intervention in Participatory Planning Environments
2011 Presentation (Vortrage):
2010 Article: ASLA Urban Design Newsletter:
Use of Art Intervention for Participatory Planning in Urban Environments
2010 MLA Thesis: Communicating Landscape Design Intent to the Non-expert: Small Experiments Using Collage. University of Massachusetts.
2000 Shortlist, Isla Vista Revitalization Design Competition, Isla Vista CA
1994 Third Prize, Public Space in the New American City, International Design Competition, Atlanta, GA
1989 National Science Foundation Fellow, M.I.T., Cambridge MA
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Small Space Gallery, New Haven CT En Masse
2008 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven CT Paper Work
2007 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven CT The Art of Design
2007 Westport Art Center, Westport CT Desert Painting
2003 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven CT Ready-to-Wear
2003 City Gallery, New Haven CT Inside, Outside, Between
2002 Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek CT Transparency
2002 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven CT Color Studies
2001 Leonardo Design Competition, Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden CT Gloves
2000 Leonardo Design Competition, Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden CT
The Dress Bjork Should Have Worn
1997 Leonardo Design Competition, Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden CT Match Skirt
PROFESSIONAL
2000-present WxYZ Design, residential landscape + community design, New Haven CT
2012-present College Art Association
2010-present Environmental Design Research Association
COMMUNITY
2006-present Eld Street Neighborhood Association, founder
2006-present Eld Street Greenspace Community Group, founder
2006-2008 Eld Street Revitalization Project, New Haven CT
Roadway, sidewalks, curbs, tree and perennial plantings
1999-present Edgerton Conservancy Community Garden, member
EDUCATION
2010 M.L.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
2009 International Summer School, Hafencity University, Hamburg, Germany
1993 Secondary Education Teaching Certificate, Earth Science, State of Connecticut
1991 M.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, M.I.T., Cambridge MA
1989 B.S., Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
1977 B.A., The New School for Social Research, New York, NY
