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- 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 Framework for Urban ParksUsing Social Media Data to Assess Bryant Park, New YorkJessica Fernandez, Yang Song, Mary Padua and Pai LiuLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 15-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.15Jessica FernandezDr. Jessica Fernandez is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia. Her research and teaching incorporate contemporary approaches to the creation and assessment of place through emerging applications such as big data and VR/AR. As a licensed landscape architect, she has over a decade of experience working on a variety of nationwide awardwinning projects. She owns ALPHA Design Studio, where she applies her teaching and research in the design and building industry.Yang SongDr. Yang Song is assistant professor of landscape architecture at Texas A & M University and works at the intersection of landscape architecture, community planning, and urban design. His teaching and research activities have a strong focus on the role of public placemaking to community health and resiliency. He has a long-standing interest in the application of digital technology in research and design, especially in the area of social media and the built environment. His research examines the usage of urban parks and streets through the engagement patterns depicted in Instagram, Tripadvisor, and Twitter.Mary PaduaDr. Mary Padua is a licensed landscape architect with decades of experience in the public and private sectors, including running her practice, MGP Studio ART DESIGN RESEARCH. Simultaneously, she is a design educator and professor at Clemson University, where she served four years as chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Her practice and research activities focus on human-centered outdoor restorative environments that also intersect with technology. She is internationally recognized as a thought leader, visual artist, and writer who has authored works on China’s vast urban experiment, sociocultural theory, and the meaning of place.Pai LiuDr. Pai Liu is a lecturer at Dalian University of Technology who taught previously at the University of Oklahoma and Clemson University. Dr. Liu obtained her PhD in Planning, Design, and the Built Environment from Clemson University. Her primary research interests are in health care environments, with an emphasis on design for the aging. Her current research projects include comparing elder care environments in the United States and China, investigating the application of cultural design in health care environments, and developing analytical tools for behavior mapping.
- You have accessRestricted accessClimate BufferNetA Gaming Simulation Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Adaptation with Agricultural Landscape PlanningAaron William Thompson, Robert Marzec and Gary BurniskeLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 45-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.45Aaron William ThompsonAaron W. Thompson, PhD, is an assistant professor of horticulture and landscape architecture and director of the Center for Community & Environmental Design at Purdue University.Robert MarzecRobert Marzec, PhD, is a professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University.Gary BurniskeGary Burniske is an assistant director with the International Programs in Agriculture for the College of Agriculture at Purdue University.
- You have accessRestricted accessSeeing the Petrochemical Landscapes of the BakkenD. L. Fischer and Meghan L. E. KirkwoodLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 61-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.61D. L. FischerD. L. Fischer is associate professor of landscape architecture and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at North Dakota State University. He is an ASLA award-winning landscape architect and currently serves as an architecture and design committee advisor for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, scheduled to open in Medora, ND in 2025.Meghan L. E. KirkwoodMeghan Kirkwood is an assistant professor of visual arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where she serves as area head of photography. She earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Photography before completing her MFA in Studio Art at Tulane University and her PhD at the University of Florida. Kirkwood’s photography has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, Mexico, and South Africa. Her photographic research looks at the ways in which landscape imagery can inform and advance public conversations around land use, infrastructure, and planning.
- 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.
- You have accessRestricted accessSchools That HealDesign with Health in MindAnthony J. MillerLandscape Journal, May 2022, 41 (1) 116-118; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.41.1.116Anthony J. MillerAnthony J. Miller is emeritus at SUNY–College of Environmental Science and Forestry.