Landscape Architecture Chairs’ Retrospect and Prospect of Academic Leadership Disrupted by COVID-19

Ming-Han Li, AICP, PE, PLA, FCELA, FASLA, is a professor and director of the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. Li’s unique strength is his interdisciplinary background. He is a certified planner, professional engineer, and professional landscape architect. Li’s research experience and background cover stormwater management, low impact development, soil bioengineering, soil erosion, and roadside vegetation management. His teaching has focused on sustainable water management, low impact development, and landscape architecture construction.

Sadık Artunç, FASLA, is a professor and head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State University. He is a professional landscape architect and forester/forest engineer. His recent research experience covers pedagogy, design implementation and design, and interdisciplinarity. His teaching has focused on developing students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities equally in design and design implementation to prepare them for successful professional development and practice.

Terry Clements, PLA, FCELA, FASLA, is a professor in and chair of the Landscape Architecture Program in the School of Design at Virginia Tech. Her recent research experience explores site design and place-making, design education and pedagogy, and cultural landscape studies. Prof. Clements’s teaching focuses on community-engaged design practices, site design and construction, and student-directed learning through education abroad.

Diane Jones Allen, D. Eng., PLA, FASLA, is program director and professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Texas, Arlington. She is principal landscape architect with DesignJones LLC, which received the 2016 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Community Service Award. Jones Allen is part of one of two cross-disciplinary teams that won the 2020 SOM Foundation Research Prize focused on examining social justice in urban contexts. She also received an appointment as fellow for Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks for the 2021–2022 academic year.