Blooms
Research
Current Research
Moral Ecologies, Environmental Governance, and the Tacoma Tideflats
Examines how governance decisions regarding the Tacoma Tideflats organize values, responsibility, timelines, and material outcomes through decision episodes traceable across documents, specific sites, and stakeholder accounts.
Methods
Community-engaged research
Walking methodologies
Document and archival analysis
Qualitative inquiry
Creative and arts-based methods
More-than-human noticing / place-based inquiry
Research Projects
Analyzing Moral Ecologies of Infrastructure in an Industrial Waterfront
Presented at the 9th APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference, Shanghai, China
Black in the City: Equity-Centered Community Design in Tacoma’s Hilltop
Thesis for: Master of Design Studies, Boston Architectural College
Advisor: Davis Harte, Josh White
Radically Reimagining Landscape Architecture as Liberatory Praxis
Produced in partnership with GGN for the UW College of Built Environments ARC Fellowship.
Equity in Preservation Survey and Inventory
Written for 4Culture as the Equity in Preservation Intern
Publications + Presentations
Rees, A., Bradshaw, P., Lawrence, J., Williams, T., Taufen, A., & Dunn, J. (forthcoming). “Moral Ecology of Dams.” In Urban Water Equity. Springer.
Williams, T. (2026). “Analyzing Moral Ecologies of Infrastructure in an Industrial Waterfront.” 9th APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference, Shanghai, China.
Cox, A., Maldo, D., Manzo, L., & Williams, T. (2022). “Radically Reimagining Landscape Architecture as Liberatory Praxis.” Proceedings of EDRA53: Health in All Design. Environmental Design Research Association
