Jenny Mikulski 8 05-A R ay mond Roa d · Ch a r lottesville , VA 229 02 · jenn y mikulski @ gm ail .com · 434 .284 .3392 Green text indicates hyperlinks to work viewable online. EDUCATION
2006
Master of Landscape Architecture Cornell University · Conducted extensive historical research and oral history interviews for thesis: Mint in the Mucklands: Imagining the Landscape of the 19th Century Peppermint Oil Industry in Lyons, New York. · Collaborated with the Architecture Department in an urban design studio on Jerusalem’s west entrance, including travel to Israel for site analysis. · Participated in the USDA 9/11 Living Memorials Project in New York City, assisting with facilitating a community participatory design process. · Samples of graduate work
1992
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies Bachelor of Arts in English Tufts University · Recipient of two American Studies grants for travel and research, documenting oral histories with sanitation workers in Portland, Maine and activists and members of the Shoshone tribe at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site.
1990
Summer Intensive Salt I nstitute for Documentary Studies · Fifteen weeks of coursework in material culture anthropology and experiential, collaborative, full-immersion training in documentary photography and nonfiction writing.
Ithaca, NY
Medford, MA
Portland, ME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009
Team Member — Moore Square Design Competition Chris Counts Studio · Constructed a site model of the square and physically iterated multiple proposals before selecting and rendering a final design. The square is a registered state historic site; writing the design statement was critical to winning jury favor. Responsible for all written components and all aspects of the design, layout and presentation of the submittal. Production assistant for renderings and participant in all interviews that won the contract. Our proposal was unanimously awarded First Place by a panel of jurors representing Raleigh City Council and the Department of Parks and Recreation. · Proposal with renderings
Charlottesville, VA
2006 – 2009
Historical Landscape Designer John M ilner A ssociates , I nc . · Responsible for conducting national-level, cultural landscape research, documentation and analysis, planning, recommendations and design. Reviewed historic maps and photographs; photodocumented existing conditions; generated maps of both historic and existing conditions; produced comparative analyses, integrity assessments, and treatment recommendations; wrote, edited and desktop-published final reports. · Major contributor to the cultural landscape reports for the following National Park Service sites: Vicksburg National Military Park – Vicksburg, MS; Park Road 4 – Burnet, TX; Central High School National Historic Site – Little Rock, AR; Ninety Six National Historic Site – Greenwood, SC; Grand Portage National Monument – Grand Portage, MN. · Completed cultural landscape assessments and treatment alternatives for Fairfax County, Virginia, including Frying Pan Farm Park, Laurel Hill House and Garden and Lamond House Garden Restoration. · Renderings and Schemes · Conducted documentary field work of existing conditions and prepared preservation plans, as administered by the Getty Foundation Campus Heritage Grants Program, for The University of Cincinnati and Clemson University. · One of two associates responsible for The Riverside Park Master Plan in Lynchburg, Virginia – a participatory process involving more than six public meetings, interviews with diverse special interest groups, engagement with friends groups and donors, and presentations to the City Council. The Riverside Park Master Plan was approved by the City Council and has already been useful in securing funds for implementation. · Proposed Riverside Park Master Plan
Charlottesville, VA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2003-2006
Assistant to the Dissertation and Thesis Advisor Cornell University Graduate School · Sole Administrative Assistant to the advisor approving all of Cornell’s doctoral and masters degree candidates. · Maintained a database of prospective candidates. Innovated interactive layouts and robust relational files that interacted with the university’s on-line databases. · Held personal interviews with students to review their thesis and dissertation graphic formatting for university approval.
1999-2003
Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper P rotestant Cooperative M inistry, Cornell University · Computerized a formerly manual accounting system. · Provided research and logistical coordination for annual student volunteer trips. · Coordinated annual fund raising appeals for two supporting foundations. · Administered the application and awarding process of competitive and needbased scholarships. · Received three excellent annual reviews from an external auditor.
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY
PUBLIC TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
2009
Cultural Landscape Research and Documentation as a Design Process Cornell University
2008 2008
Tangibility/Intangibility: Interpreting National Heritage Areas The I nternational Council on Monuments and Sites
2008 2007
Vicksburg National Military Park: An Evolving American Icon 路 Presentation for the Designing the Parks Conferences in Charlottesville, VA and San Francisco, CA.
Ithaca, NY
Quebec City, Canada Charlottesville, VA
The History of Riverside Park Public M emory Workshop
Lynchburg, VA
Keynote Address: The Landscape of the 19th Century Peppermint Industry M int I ndustry R esearch Council A nnual M eeting
Las Vegas, NV
AWARDS
2010
Park Road 4 CLR Honor Award Texas Chapter of the A merican Society of L andscape A rchitects
2009 First Place Moore Square Design Competition COMPUTER SKILLS
路 Fifteen years of office assistance and management experience using word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphic and accounting software applications and adapting administrative procedures to new technologies. 路 Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Filemaker, Pagemaker, Autocad, GIS, Quicken.
Raleigh, NC