This signature research area focuses on employing participatory design and community-based initiatives to address environmental justice, housing assessment, aging in place, and economic development within urbanizing contexts. By integrating social ecological systems theory with active listening and strategic planning, faculty navigate complex challenges such as disaster response, gentrification, and memory preservation, advocating for equitable community development and fostering resilient neighborhoods through innovative placemaking and recreation tourism strategies.
Community Engagement and Social Issues
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2024 Innovation at Work: Designing vibrant communities
Read moreInnovation at Work 2024 is a series of stories, photos and videos showing how Iowa State University is an economic engine that powers development and job growth across the globe.
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ISU Department of Community and Regional Planning will symposium on ending homelessness
Read moreThe “We Are All in This Together: Building a Community-First Approach to Ending Homelessness in Central Iowa” event featured keynote speakers and a student exhibition highlighting approaches to housing the unsheltered and insecurely housed individuals and families in our communities.
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Three Proposals From Fall RIR Receive Presidential Jump Start Seed Funding
Read moreFaculty in the College of Design discussed improving the understanding of climate justice and strengthening stormwater infrastructure at the Research & Innovation Roundtables (RIR).
Christopher J. Seeger
Morrill ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Julie Stevens
Associate ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Michael Martin
Associate ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Nathalie Frankowski
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Julia Badenhope
ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Susan Bradbury PhD
Interim ChairCommunity and Regional Planning
Barbara Caldwell
ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Francis Owusu PhD
ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Mitchell Squire
Morrill ProfessorArchitecture
Ingrid Lilligren
University ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Robert Pfaff PhD
Assistant ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Gary Taylor JD, PhD
ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Biswa Das PhD
Associate ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Monica Haddad PhD
ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Alenka Poplin PhD
Associate ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Shelby Doyle AIA LEED AP
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Jiwnath Ghimire PhD
Assistant ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Julie Robison
IDRO Assistant DirectorIDRO
Christopher Scott MDes.
Assistant Teaching ProfessorGraphic Design
Hans Klein-Hewett PLA, ASLA
Assistant ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Alex Braidwood
Associate ProfessorGraphic Design
Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar MFA
Professor of PracticeGraphic Design
Raluca Iancu MFA
Assistant ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Clark Colby
Assistant Teaching ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Austin Stewart MFA
Associate ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Bambi Yost
Associate ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Kimberly Elman Zarecor PhD
ProfessorArchitecture
Jane Rongerude PhD
Associate ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning