Signature Research Areas

Keywords: historic preservation, art and architectural history, cultural resource management, parks, rural culture, memory, visual culture, symbology, ideology.

Keywords: energy consumption, renewable energy, carbon footprint, trails/greenways, urban ecology, climate change, resilient environments, conservation, ecological design, urban revitalization, urban climate and micro- climates, rural land use, green infrastructure, shrink smart, carbon footprint, gardens, environmental justice, gentrification, social justice design, transportation, placemaking, quality of life/community vitality indicators, wayfinding, regionalism, building technology, recreation tourism.

Keywords: wellness and care-centered design, aging in place, neurodiversity design, culture of care, human-centric design, thermal comfort, daylighting, indoor air quality, trauma-informed design, design that promotes resilience.

Keywords: digital fabrication, analog fabrication, mixed media, experimental structures, site art, community art, fabrication, installations, material science, live performance, aesthetics, scientific illustration, botanical illustration, entomological Illustration, workflows.

Keywords: human centered design, sound design, tangible computing, data visualization, sonification, live performance, immersive experience, projection mapping, AR/MR/XR, generative design, parametric modeling, building information modeling, Internet of Things, computer simulations, building structural design, building systems, building physics.

Keywords: field teaching, experimental teaching, learning labs, pedagogy in inclusive environments, community building in teaching, holistic art education, visual thinking, design thinking, creativity, the scholarship of learning and teaching, risk taking pedagogy, participatory design, community art advocacy, art education, evidence based, assessment.

Keywords: equity, social ecological systems, extension, participatory design, environmental justice, community participation, urbanization, disaster/trauma, housing and housing assessment, aging in place, community development and outreach, community-based design initiatives, shrink smart, land disputes, economic development, gentrification, ethics, geopolitics, memory, community outreach, community attachment, placemaking, community art advocacy, neighborhoods, wayfinding, active listening, assessment, strategic planning, recreation tourism, local governance, land use, land regulation, comprehensive planning, community collaborations, group processes, regional planning and collaboration, regional governance.