College of Design-2005 Program Review

In 1990 the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, instituted a policy that requires each program within the state's three regents institutions to undergo a program review at least once every seven years. The purpose of such reviews is to provide a mechanism to ensure the improvement of the universities' academic programs.

Ordinarily, these reviews are conducted at the departmental level. Because many of our programs already engage in periodic external reviews for accreditation, however, College of Design and Iowa State University administrators find it beneficial to conduct a review at the collegiate level to address issues and opportunities that transcend program boundaries. In addition, for the College of Design, two key dimensions of the review are to determine how we compare with the best programs of our type in the United States and how we fit within and contribute to Iowa State University.

The first College of Design review took place during the 1997 fall semester. We engaged in our second collegewide program review during spring 2005.

The review entails three steps: the preparation of a self-evaluation report, an external peer review, and the development of a plan of action. The self-evaluation report may be viewed here as a PDF file. Bound copies also are available in each of the college's departmental offices. The external peer review took place Sunday, February 27, through Wednesday, March 2. Review team members' bios and photos are provided below along with a schedule of events during the team's site visit.

The findings and recommendations that emanate from this review will guide the college's response and plan of action, currently under development. The review team's report will play a prominent role in the development of the next series of collegiate and departmental strategic plans, a process already under way.

Review Team

	Robert Melnick, FASLA, Review Team Leader School of Architecture and Allied Arts University of Oregon Robert Melnick is professor and dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Born in New York City, Melnick attended Bard College, where he received a degree in American history before attending New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry, graduating with a master's degree in landscape architecture. A fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Melnick has served as the vice chair of a National Park Service board on preservation technology and training; as co-editor of Landscape Journal; and on the national board of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. Melnick joined the UO faculty in 1982 after working at Kansas State University and for the National Park Service. An outstanding teacher with an extensive record of both research (focusing on landscape preservation, research methods, and historic and cultural landscape analysis) and creative practice, he also has been a principal in Land and Community Associates since 1985.
	Robert Carter School of the Arts Virginia Commonwealth University Robert Carter is a professor of communication design at the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, with an MFA from the University of Illinois. Carter has published American Typography Today and in conjunction with Philip Meggs and Benjamin Day, Typographic Design: Form and Communication, which has become the prime text for typographic design education in the United States. He has won many awards for his graphic design work from such organizations as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Art Directors Club of New York. His work has appeared in Graphis, the major international publication on graphic design; Print, one of the two major national professional publications in the United States in the communication arts field; and Creativity. It has been exhibited locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. He is called upon to lecture at universities and to design organizations nationally.
	Mary Joyce "Jo" Hasell, PhD College of Design, Construction and Planning University of Florida Dr. Mary Joyce Hasell is the graduate coordinator for the Master of Interior Design (MID) program and the director of the PhD program, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida. She received her D.Arch from the University of Michigan, following her MS in Interior Design from the University of North Carolina. A registered interior designer in the state of Florida, Dr. Hasell specializes in the reciprocal interactions between people and space focused on special populations such as women, elderly, disabled and low-income people. Dr. Hasell recently co-authored a book, Accessible Design Review Guide: ADAAG Compliance in Building and Site Plans and Specifications. Her numerous articles and presentations focus on developing a theoretical base and improved research within the discipline of interior design. Dr. Hasell recently served as chair of the Research Committee for the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER). She co-authored FIDER's The Futures of Interior Design and is the chair of the Publication Board for the Journal of Interior Design (JID).
	Katerina Rüedi Ray, PhD School of Art Bowling Green State University Dr. Katerina Rüedi Ray is the director of the School of Art at Bowling Green State University. From 1996 to 2002, she was the director of the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London, UK, and has master's and doctoral degrees in architecture from the University of London. She taught architectural design and theory at the Architectural Association, the Bartlett School, and Kingston University, UK, before taking up the position at UIC in 1997 and at BGSU in 2002. Her research focuses on design, art, and architectural education, interdisciplinarity, and identity politics. Her publications include Desiring Practices: Architecture, Gender and the Interdisciplinary; Desiring Practices: Artists and Architects; The Dissertation: An Architecture Student's Handbook; and The Portfolio: An Architecture Student's Handbook. She is currently working on several books, and was one of 10 selected exhibitors in the 2004 exhibition Chicago: Issues for a New Millennium at the Art Institute of Chicago.
	Lewis Hopkins, FAICP, PhD College of Fine and Applied Arts University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Lewis Hopkins is the associate dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. A professor of urban and regional planning and landscape architecture, Dr. Hopkins received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He investigates how plans are made and used, how computing tools can be integrated into these processes, and how these processes can be improved. His recent book, Urban Development: The Logic of Making Plans, discusses how plans work, under what circumstances plans are useful, how the effectiveness of plans can be evaluated, and what the scope of plans should be. Dr. Hopkins was head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning for 13 years, chaired the Planning Accreditation Board, and was editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research. In 1997-98, he was a Fulbright scholar in Nepal. Dr. Hopkins teaches planning theory, planning analysis, and planning workshops.
	Michaele Pride-Wells, RA School of Architecture and Interior Design College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning University of Cincinnati Michaele Pride-Wells joined the University of Cincinnati faculty in September 2003 as associate professor and director of the School of Architecture and Interior Design. Her research focuses on the social and political implications of urban design and the dynamics of neighborhood change. Pride-Wells is perhaps best known for her community-based design work in the months and years following the 1992 Los Angeles riots, leading the volunteer efforts of the design community through the Design Professionals Coalition. After seven years as principal of re:Architecture and a lifetime in Los Angeles, she moved to Kentucky in 1996 to become the initiating director of the University of Kentucky's community design center in downtown Lexington. Previously, Pride-Wells taught at UCLA, Woodbury University, and the University of Southern California. She has received awards for design, planning, and community advocacy from the LA Cultural Affairs Commission, National Organization of Minority Architects, American Planning Association, and American Institute of Architects. Pride-Wells received her Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and her B.Arch from Arizona State University.
	Heath Schenker Landscape Architecture Program Department of Environmental Design University of California, Davis Heath Schenker is chair of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of California, Davis, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1990. Her research bridges the disciplines of landscape architecture and art history, investigating the processes by which concepts of landscape are culturally and socially constructed-particularly how landscape representations have historically worked as agents of cultural power. As a landscape historian, Schenker has long been interested in the history of public parks in the 19th century; she is now working on a book-length study of the large, naturalistic parks that appeared in cities around the world in the 19th century. As a landscape architect, Schenker also has explored concepts of landscape in a variety of design projects, including gallery installations and exhibitions, performance art and works on paper. Schenker received her Master of Art History from the University of California, Davis, and her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Program Review Schedule
February 27 - March 2, 2005

Sunday, February 27
7-9 p.m.	Tour of College, Welcome Dinner - 181-1 Review Team, Executive Cabinet, Hosts
Monday, February 28
7:30-8:45 a.m.	Breakfast - Gateway Hotel Review Team, Dean Engelbrecht, Associate Deans Borich and Schwennsen
9-10 a.m.	Meeting with Provosts - Beardshear Review Team, Provost Allen, Associate Provost Holger
10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.	Departmental Meetings (various locations TBA) Melnick: Dean's Office Carter, Hasell, Rüedi Ray: Art and Design Hopkins: Community and Regional Planning Pride-Wells: Architecture Schenker: Landscape Architecture
3:15-4:45 p.m.	Interdepartmental Connections I: Core Design Program Gallery 181 Moderator: Marjanovic Discussants: Core Board, Advising Board, Dsn S 183x instructors, others as interested Review Team Members: Melnick (floating), Hasell, Pride-Wells Interdepartmental Connections II: Rome/Study Abroad Fourth floor, center Moderator: Cunnally Discussants: Balmer, Boehm, Borich, Clapp, Croyle, Curran, Fisher, Gilloon, Grundmann, Holt, Hilleman, Jones, Masterson, Plazak, others as interested Review Team Members: Melnick (floating), Hopkins, Rüedi Ray Interdepartmental Connections III: Digital Media/Product Design Room 530 Moderator: Miller Discussants: Anderson, Baer, Beorkrem, Call, Campbell, Chan, Feng, Haddad, Herrnstadt, Muecke, others as interested Review Team Members: Melnick (floating), Carter, Schenker
5-7 p.m.	Reception - Room 181-1 Review Team, Advancement Council, Faculty & Staff
Tuesday, March 1
8-9:15 a.m.	Breakfast - Gateway Hotel Review Team, Department Chairs Baer, Keller, Lewis
9:30 a.m.-noon	Research/Outreach Exploration Visioning, Beckman Studio, IDRO, PLaCE, C6 Review Team, Borich, Keller, Badenhope, Butler, Chan, Haddad, Jeske, Ladjahasan, Miller, Oberbroeckling, Owens, Plazak, Sauer, Taylor, Torres-Antonini, Warme, Wilcox
Noon-2 p.m.	Lunch - various locations Melnick meets with University Council of Deans Others lunch with assigned forum moderators
2-4 p.m.	Collegiate Forum I Graduate Studies: Existing and New Resources to Maximize Potential Location: Gallery Moderator: Golec Respondents: Lewis, Hasell, Rüedi Ray Faculty, staff and students invited and encouraged to attend Collegiate Forum II Tomorrow's Teachers: Balancing First-Rate Research and Teaching Requisites Location: 4th floor center Moderator: Jeske Respondents: Keller, Hopkins, Schenker Faculty, staff and students invited and encouraged to attend Collegiate Forum III Tomorrow's Students: The Role of Liberal Studies in Design Education Location: 5th floor center Host: Maves Moderator: Horwitz Respondents: Baer, Carter, Pride-Wells Faculty, staff and students invited and encouraged to attend
Wednesday, March 2
10:30-11:30 a.m.	Review Team Reports to Dean Engelbrecht - Room 411
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Review Team Reports to Deans and Chairs over Lunch - Room 411
1-2:30 p.m.	Review Team Reports to Faculty and Staff - Lightfoot Forum All faculty and staff invited and encouraged to attend
3-4 p.m.	Review Team Reports to Provost's Leadership Team - Beardshear Review Team, Provost Allen, Vice Provosts Bloedel and Johnson, Chief Information Officer Davis, Associate Provosts Carlson and Holger, Assistant Provost Ellen Rasmussen