Design Portfolio

Non-profit Organizations

• Comparative Theology at Boston College

  An informational site for the Comparative Theology major at Boston College. My first web site (and it shows)! The site is now maintained by Comparative Theology faculty and staff.

• The Orthodox Theological Society in America

  The OTSA site is built in html and php. It uses a variety of server-side includes which makes updating the site a snap. The site includes Google's handy-dandy site specific Ajax search feature. The most exciting (well, for me, the designer) will be the upcoming use of MIT's Exhibit project to make an interactive bibliography of Eastern Orthodox authors.
  Features:
  PHP server-side includes
  Google site-specific search function

• Amazon Dragons Paddling Club

  The Amazon Dragons are a race-winning drabon boat club in Portland, OR. Growing tired of listservs, they wanted a site which allowed easy management of race teams, sent emails, and provided both public and private content. Drupal easily provides the member-only content, as well as public and private posts and events. The Organic Groups module allows race groups to be created where the race page is public, while conversations are restricted to group members. The site is designed to be managed by users who are not tech-savvy.
  Features:
  Powered by drupal
  Unique drupal Theme

• The St. Nina Quarterly

  A journal for and by Eastern Orthodox Women and other interested people. I developed, designed, and continue to maintain this site.
  Features:
  Powered by drupal
  Unique drupal Theme

Professional Sites

• Research & Instructional Technology - Boston College

  The informational website for the department in which I worked as a graduate web assistant at Boston College. Jeanne Po designed the graphics for the site and I created the background architecture and templates.

• Structural Healing

  Brandi McLaughlin specializes in structural healing massage techniques. She wanted a simple site to increase her visibility as well as enable prospective clients to learn more about her techniques and download insurance forms.
  Features:
  PHP server-side includes (masked as html)
  Complete CSS control
  Easy user updates

• Butterfly Birth

  Butterfly Birth is a great example of a simple drupal installation which allows the site owner, Elizabeth Schroeder, to update her own pages, and keep a birth blog. She is also able to upload quotes and favorite poetry which will randomly rotate on the site. In addition, a small dynamically searchable library lists books available to her clients, each linked to the Powell's Bookstore website for local purchase. The dynamic search function uses MIT's Simile project, Citeline.
  Features:
  Powered by drupal
  Unique drupal Theme
  The Citeline Project

Education & Teaching Tools

• The Shelley Project: Variations on a Theme

  The Shelley Project provides a contextual exploration of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through the art of J. David, Géricault, Delacroix and Turner, and the music of Paganini, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Berlioz, Mozart, Bach, Monteverdi and Gregorian Chant. The flash-based media presentation enables students to interact with the work of each of these artists, emphasizing the relationship of the artists to one another, their art, and the nineteenth century’s philosophical struggle between virtuosity, hubris, and the ‘superb indifference of the universe…’ without God. A collaborative project developed by Prof. Mark O'Connor, Director of the Honors Program, IDeS, and Metaversal Studios, and funded by Davis Foundation Educational Grant.

• The XUL Project

  I created the templates and background architecture for the site using graphics designed by my co-worker Jeanne Po. The site was designed so that content can easily be added by students or faculty with little knowledge of web design.

• Perspectives I & II

  

Personal Sites

• Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M.

  This site started as a supplement to the book Modern Catholic Social Teaching which required a page of links to works of art referenced in the volume. It was designed to reflect Ken Himes role as both an academician and Franciscan Friar. The content is now managed by Ken Himes.