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- You have accessRestricted accessMyth, Memory, and PlacemakingReclaiming Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya, IndiaAmita SinhaLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 59-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.59Amita SinhaAmita Sinha is a former professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (1989-2018) and has taught in the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur, and in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at IIT Gandhinagar in India. She is the author of Landscapes in India: Forms and Meanings (University Press of Colorado, 2006) and Cultural Landscapes of India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020). She is also coeditor of Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management (Routledge, 2017).
- You have accessRestricted accessAesthetic Intent in Landscape ArchitectureThe Particularity of Beauty, Meaning, and ExperienceKatherine MelcherLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 73-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.73Katherine MelcherKatherine Melcher is an associate professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design.
- You have accessRestricted accessA Qualitative Study of Practitioner Perspectives on Landscape Architecture and EquityKristine F. Miller, Rachel McNamara and Amanda SmootLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 93-107; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.93Kristine F. MillerKristine F. Miller is a professor of Landscape Architecture at UMN. She has published three books on design, public space, politics, and identity: Designs on the Public: The Private Lives of New York’s Public Spaces (University of Minnesota Press, 2007); Almost Home: The Public Landscapes of Gertrude Jekyll (University of Virginia Press, 2013); and Introduction to Design Equity (University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2018). In 2005, Miller cofounded ReMix, a long-term community/university partnership with Juxtaposition Arts. She holds a BA from the University of Toronto, an MLA from Cornell University, and a PhD from the Edinburgh College of Art.Rachel McNamaraRachel McNamara is a resource development associate with the AmeriCorps VISTA at the Minneapolis Promise Zone, where she provides support to community organizations to identify, apply for, and manage external grants. As a research assistant at the University of Minnesota from 2018 to 2020, McNamara cocreated and conducted research on the relationships between landscape architecture and equity. She copresented this work at the 2019 Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture conference. From 2018 to 2019, she worked as an assistant designer at APL Landscape Solutions. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota.Amanda SmootAmanda Smoot is an administrator in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the College of Design, University of Minnesota. Amanda received her PhD from the Department of Design, Housing & Apparel, College of Design, University of Minnesota. Her dissertation research explored the relationships between aging, health, housing, and community among African American older adults. Prior to working for the university, Amanda was a community development manager responsible for the delivery of pre-purchase counseling and education; foreclosure prevention counseling; and local, state and federal housing rehabilitation loans and grants. She also served as a nonprofit program director responsible for state-wide homeownership education and counseling programs.
- You have accessRestricted accessA Philosophy of Landscape ConstructionThe Vision of Built LandscapesRob KuperLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 109-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.109Rob KuperRob Kuper is a licensed landscape architect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an associate professor of landscape architecture at Temple University.
- You have accessRestricted accessToward an Urban EcologySCAPE/Landscape Architecture / Urban Ecology for Citizens and PlannersRichard C. SmardonLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 111-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.111Richard C. SmardonRichard C. Smardon is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessFrom Rails to TrailsThe Making of America’s Active Transportation NetworkRichard C. SmardonLandscape Journal, November 2022, 41 (2) 113-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.2.113Richard C. SmardonRichard C. Smardon is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessPolicy BriefAlternatives to In-Person American Society of Landscape Architects Conferences on Landscape ArchitectureRob KuperLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 77-93; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.77Rob KuperRob Kuper is a licensed landscape architect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an associate professor of landscape architecture at Temple University. He Received a BS in Environmental Design and an MLA from Auburn University. Past research interests generally involved the perception of landscapes, specifically with regard to time. His current and future research focuses on greenhouse gas emissions related to landscape architectural teaching and practice.
- You have accessRestricted accessInvisible LaborPrecarity, Ethnic Division, and Transformative Representation in Landscape Architecture WorkMichelle Arevalos FrancoLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 95-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.95Michelle Arevalos FrancoMichelle Arevalos Franco is an assistant professor in landscape architecture at The Ohio State University. Her research commits interdisciplinary design practice to the intersecting projects of justice, anti-colonial relations, and post-capitalist futures. Her most recent landscape designs were for Oehme, van Sweden & Associates in Washington, DC. She holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, where she received the Peter Walker Partners Fellowship. Prior to that, Franco was program director of The Richard Avedon Foundation in New York and studied photography in the Sonoran Desert, receiving a bachelor’s of fine art (magna cum laude) from the University of Arizona.
- You have accessRestricted accessBetter by Design? Architecture, Urban Planning, and the Good City / Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the CityKatherine MelcherLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 113-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.113Katherine MelcherKatherine Melcher is an associate professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design.
- You have accessRestricted accessSmall-Scale Urban GreeningCreating Places of Health, Creativity, and Ecological SustainabilitySarah LittleLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 115-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.115Sarah LittleSarah Little, PhD, PLA, is a registered landscape architect, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oklahoma, and a community engagement fellow of the Institute for Quality Communities. She has authored many publications and co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Designing Public Spaces for Young People: Processes, Practices and Policies for Youth Inclusion, which was released in summer 2020. Through her research, she works to understand the influence of the physical environment on human development. Her current research interests involve children’s autonomous exploration of the built environment, accessible play environments, and behavior mapping.