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THAISA WAY
Assistant Professor
MLA Program Co-Coordinator
Department of Landscape Architecture
Adjunct, Department of Architecture
Faculty, Historic Preservation Certificate
348F Gould Hall
Box 355734
Seattle WA 98195-5734 206 685 2523
tway@u.washington.edu
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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PRESENT ACADEMIC RANK AND POSITIONS
University of Washington, College of Built Environments
| Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture | 9/07-present |
| M.L.A. Coordinator | 9/09-present |
| Adjunct Faculty, Department of Architecture | 9/08-present |
| Member of faculty in historic preservation certificate program | 2/08-present |
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EDUCATION
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Architecture Department, Ithaca, New York. 2005. Ph.D.
Dissertation: Women as Force in Landscape Architecture, 1893 to 1942. Mary N. Woods, Chair; Claudia Lazzaro, Professor of Art History & Herbert Gottfried, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Committee Members.
University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Architectural History Department, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1991. Master of Architectural History.
Thesis: Arts and Crafts Gardens in California. Richard Guy Wilson, Professor of Architectural History, Chair; Reuben Rainey, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Committee member.
University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural Resources, Berkeley, California. 1985. Bachelor of Science, Major in conservation of natural resources.
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1980-81.
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SCHOLARSHIP/RESEARCH
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Books & Articles
Book
| 2009 |
Unbounded Practice: Women and Landscape Architecture in the early Twentieth Century. University of Virginia Press, Spring 2009, 288 pages. |
Peer Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters
| In process |
“Women, Patronage, and Landscape Architecture” invited book chapter, Patronage and Landscape Architecture, Charles Birnbaum, editor. In preparation to be submitted to University of Virginia Press. |
| | “Designing Garden City Landscapes- The Work of Marjorie Sewell Cautley,” invited book chapter, A Century of Women, Linda Jewell and Louise Mozingo, editors. Routledge Press. In press review. |
| 2009 | "Expanding Landscape Preservation: Interpreting The Causeway Landscape," Journal of Preservation Education and Research. Forthcoming Fall 2009. |
| | "How ‘Art Assists Nature’ The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in the Pacific Northwest Landscape," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Volume 100.1 (Summer 2009): 12-22. |
| 2006 | “Social Agendas of Early Women Landscape Architects,” Landscape Journal, Volume 25/2 (Fall 2006): 187-204. |
| 2005 | “Marjorie Sewell Cautley - Designing the Garden City Landscape,” Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Volume 25.4 (December 2005): 297-316. |
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles & Entries
| Forthcoming |
"Richard Haag's Edible Landscape" invited article, Landscape Architecture Magazine, forthcoming. |
| | "Beatrix Jones Farrand,” "Cornelia Hahn Oberlander,” "Martha Schwartz," invited entries, Les Editions des Femmes."Dictionnaire des créatrices, Antoinette Fouque Béatrice Didier, Mireille Calle-Gruber (ed.), Paris, forthcoming. |
| 2009 | "Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition on the University of Washington Campus" Website. http://depts.washington.edu/aypwalk/. web--page editor. Launched June 1, 2009. |
| | "Landscape History Chapter of SAH," web-page editor and designer. 2005-2009. |
| | “Annette Hoyt Flanders,” “Alice Gardner Burnell Lockwood,”“Eleanor Louise Roche." invited entries for Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project, Charles Birnbaum, ed., University of Virginia Press, Fall 2009. |
| | “Where have all the Fellows Gone: the Launching of an Online Database of ASLA Fellows.” ASLA Land Online Newsletter, forthcoming summer 2009. |
| | "Preserving the Dirt on our Profession…Where have all the sketches gone?" ASLA Land Online Newsletter, June 2009. |
| 2007 | "Preserving the Dirt on our Profession…Where have all the drawings gone?" ASLA Land Online Newsletter, Spring 2007. |
| 2002 | "Landscape as Process,” Newsletter, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Volume 5.1 (Winter/Spring 2002): 18-19. |
| | “Representing the Australian Landscape: The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt,” Newsletter, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Volume 5:2. (2002): 15-17. |
| 1993 | The Pavilion Gardens, The Rotunda, University of Virginia visitor brochures, Charlottesville, Virginia. |
Critiques & Reviews
| Forthcoming |
“Writing from the Archives: A series in landscape history." Invited review. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, in preparation. |
| 2010 | “Review of On Landscape by Susan Herrington." Journal of Landscape Architecture, forthcoming Winter, 2010. |
| 2009 | "Report on SAH Landscape History Chapter Pedagogy Roundtable at SAH Annual Meeting." Invited review. SAH News, Volume LIII.2 (June/July/August 2009): 6. |
| | “Review of Genius for Place: by Robin Karson." Invited review. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Forthcoming Fall 2009. |
| | With Karen Janosky, ASLA. “Review of 2008 Annual Meeting of the ASLA." Invited review. Landscape Journal, Fall 2009 issue (28:2). |
| 2008 | “Review of A World of Her Own Making by Catherine Howett." Invited review. Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Volume 29.1&2, (Fall 2008): 134-136. |
| 2007 | "Review of Modern Public Gardens: Robert Royston and the Suburban Park by R. M. Rainey and J. C. Miller." Garden History, Volume 35.2 (Winter 2007): 252-254. |
| 2006 | "Review of The Struggle for Modernism by Anthony Alofsin." Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Volume 26.3 (Summer 2006): 261-262. |
| 2005 | "Review of The Garden Squares of Boston by Phebe Goodman." Landscape Architecture, Volume 95. 2 (February 2005): 119. |
| 2004 | "Review of Forest & Garden by Melanie Simo." Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Volume 24.3 (Summer 2004): 90-91. |
| 2003 | “Review of Theory in Landscape Architecture by Simon Swaffield.” Landscape Journal, Volume 22.2 (Fall 2003): 164-165. |
| | “Review of Grounds for Pleasure by Denise Otis” Landscape Architecture, Volume 93. 7 (July 2003): 96. |
Published Book Endorsements
| 2009 |
“Landscapes for Living, by Garrett Eckbo with introduction by David C. Streatfield," Invited endorsement for back cover. Cambridge: LALH and University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. |
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Research grants & awards
| 2009 |
“Richard Haag: Shaping Landscape Architecture,” Royal Research Fund & Royal Research Fellow, University of Washington. |
| 2008 | 4-Culture Arts Grant for “Re-imagining the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition on the UW Campus” in collaboration with Assistant Professor Manish Chalana Ph.D., Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington. |
| 2007 | Professional Development Award for Conference Attendance, State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Spring 2007. |
| 2006 |
Scott Opler Emerging Scholars Membership, Society of Architectural Historians annual membership support for young scholars. |
Book Publication Support and Awards
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Completed Work, Dean's Award, College of Built Environments, 2009. |
| | Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Fellow, 2008. |
| | The Landscape Studies Foundation David R. Coffin Publication Award, 2007. |
Dissertation Awards and Support
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American Society of Landscape Architects Student Research Award, 2005. |
| | Citation of Special Recognition, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, 2004 |
| | Clarence S. Stein Institute for Urban and Landscape Studies Research Award, Cornell University, 2004. |
| | Henry Luce Foundation /ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art, 2003-04 |
| | The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Enid A. Haupt Fellow in Horticulture, 2002-03. |
| | Helen O. and Stephen Jacobs Fund, Research & Travel Award for Graduate Students, Cornell University, 2002. |
| | The A. Henry Detweiler Fund Research Travel Award for Graduate Students, Cornell University, 2002. |
| | Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2001-02. |
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Conferences
Peer Reviewed Presentations at Professional Conferences
| 2010 |
“Kubota Garden and Bloedel Reserve: Two Japanese Gardens, Two Inscriptions.” Paper to be presented for "Foreign Trends on American Soil," University of Maryland, April 30, 2010. |
| 2009 | “Towns for Children: Family Planning in the Garden City Landscape.” Paper presented for panel ""Planning the Twentieth Century American Family," Margaret Marsh and Nancy Kwak co-chairs. Society for American City and Regional Planning History 13th National Conference on Planning History in Oakland, California, October 15-18, 2009. |
| | “Constellations and collective histories: Women in Landscape Architecture.” Paper presented for "The Architecture of Writing: Part 2," Peggy Deamer, Chair. 2009 Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Guggenheim Museum, New York City. June 10, 2009. |
| | “AYP as Public Place: Art and Nature for Seattle Parks.” Paper presented for 2009 Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference, “Meet me at the Fair: Celebrating the Centennial of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," Seattle, Washington. March 7, 2009. |
| | “A Cultural Landscape Perspective: Assessing The Potential For A Transdisciplinary Framework For Teaching Landscape Architecture.” Session co-chair with Assistant Professor Jeffrey Blankenship, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, & paper presented for the Annual Meeting of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. Tucson, Arizona. January 14, 2009. |
| 2008 | “Radburn New Jersey: A Feminist Argument for Preservation.” Paper presented as part of the panel " When Modernism Met Populism: Preserving Public Modernist Landscapes," Charles Birnbaum, chair. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, October 12, 2008. |
| 2006 | “Early Women Landscape Architects and Social Movements.” Paper presented for the Annual Meeting of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Vancouver, British Columbia. June 15, 2006. |
| 2005 | “Social Agendas in the work of Early Women Landscape Architects.” Paper presented for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 27, 2005. |
| 2003 | “Designing the Garden City Landscape: Marjorie Sewell Cautley.” Paper selected for presentation for the Buell Dissertation Colloquium, The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York. April 12, 2003. |
| 2002 | “Designing the Garden City Landscape: Marjorie Sewell Cautley, Landscape Architect.” Paper presented for "A Century of Women: Evaluating Gender in Landscape Architecture," University of California-Berkeley, November 8, 2002. |
| | “Women as Force in Landscape Architecture,” Paper presented for "Visual Culture Colloquium," Cornell University. November 2002. |
| | “Gender and Landscape History,” Paper presented for "Comparative Visualities Workshop," Cornell University. May 8, 2002. |
| | "Coral Gables: A City in a Garden." Paper presented at "New Visions in the History of Art and Archeology, Graduate History of Art Symposium," Cornell University. May 2002. |
Panels Chaired / Moderated for Professional Conferences
| 2010 |
"SB 470 and Beyond: Methods and Content in Landscape Histories Pre-conference colloquium." Co-chair with Professor Susan Herrington (peer reviewed panel). Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians. Chicago, Illinois. April 21, 2010. |
| 2009 | “(Cultural) Landscape History: Expanding the Narratives of Landscape Architecture.” (peer reviewed panel) Session Chair. Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians. Pasadena, California. April 3, 2009. |
| 2008 | “Four Quads and Seven Mowers Ago: Greening the American Campus.” Panel Chair (peer reviewed panel). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Philadelphia. October 10, 2008. |
| | “Surveying Landscape Archives.” Panel Chair. 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, Ohio. April 25, 2008. |
| 2007 | “Surveying Landscape History: Teaching History, Theory, and Studio.” Panel Organizer and Moderator. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April 24, 2007. |
| 2006 | “Surveying the Landscape: The Pedagogy of Landscape Architectural History,” Panel Moderator and co-organizer with Dianne Harris. 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Savannah, Georgia. April 11, 2006. |
| 2004 | “Women and the Creation of Public Landscapes,” Chair (peer reviewed panel). 57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Providence, Rhode Island. April 15, 2004 |
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Invited lectures & presentations
| 2010 |
"Women, Landscape Architecture, and the Pacific Northwest." Keynote lecture for conference: "Divas of Design: Celebrating Women's Contributions to Landscape Architecture." Salem, Oregon. April 3, 2010. |
| 2009 | “Women in the Public Landscape.” Invited lecture for Pioneers of American Landscape Design Symposia, organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, New York Botanical Garden, October 9, 2009. |
| | “Educating Women as Landscape Architects.” Invited lecture for 140th Anniversary Lecture Series, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 21, 2009 |
| | Women as Force: Landscape Architecture as Practice,” College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, September 14, 2009 |
| | "Women's Constellations and Landscape Architecture as an Emerging Profession." Invited presentation for joint SAH and SALA lecture series, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, September 11, 2009. |
| 2008 | “Women and the design of Garden Cities.” Noon lecture series, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. October 22, 2008. |
| | “The Garden City Landscape as a Model for Green Urbanism: What History Might Offer.” Brown Bag Series, SVR (landscape architecture firm), Seattle. September 22, 2008. |
| | “Designing the Garden City Landscape.” PhD in the Built Environment Colloquium, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington, Seattle. February 21, 2008. |
| 2007 | “The Progressive Agenda and Women Landscape Architects, 1900-1940,” State University of New York- College of Environmental Science & Forestry. Syracuse. March 29, 2007. |
| 2006 | “Women and Landscape History." Department of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University. Ithaca. March 2006. |
| | “Women and Landscape Architecture: An Alternative History.” Landscape Architecture Department, California State University, San Luis Obispo, California. March 2006. |
| 2005 | "Thomas Jefferson as Landscape Architect.” Art History Department, Ithaca College. Ithaca. April 6, 2005. |
| 2004 | “Designing Garden City Landscapes - Works by Marjorie L. Sewell Cautley, 1922-1937,” Phipps Housing Foundation, New York City. December 3, 2004. |
| | “Radburn New Jersey and Garden City Landscapes: Marjorie S. Cautley.” University of Colorado, Denver. November 10, 2004. |
| | “Women and Gardens; Clubs and Professions.” featured speaker, Zone IV Garden Club of America Meeting, Princeton, New Jersey. May 5, 2004. |
| | “Women Landscape Architects, 1893-1942: A Different History of the Profession and the Art.” Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut. March 14, 2004. |
| | “Women: Amateurs and Professionals Working Together." Enid Haupt Fellowship Presentation, Garden Club of America Meeting, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. May 14 2004. |
| 2003 | “Marjorie L Sewell Cautley: Designer of Garden City Landscapes, 1924-1937.” Smithsonian Institution’s American History Lecture Series, Washington D.C. March 31, 2003. |
| | “Designing the Radburn Landscape.” Dumbarton Oaks Fellows Colloquium. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. February, 2003. |
| 1999 | “Women, Minorities, and Philanthropy.” Council for Advancement and Support of Education Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. Spring 1999. |
| | “Strategic Planning and the Future.“ Family Partnership for Reading Conference, Ithaca. 1999. |
| 1997 | “Decision Making and Consensus Building.” Ithaca City School District Task Force Retreat, Ithaca. 1997. |
| 1996 | “The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson: Monticello and the University of Virginia." Garden Club of Ithaca, Ithaca.1996. |
| 1994 | “Women in Preservation.” Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of Historic Ithaca. Ithaca. September 1994. |
| | “The Garden Club of Virginia & Garden History,” Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Southern Garden History Society, Williamsburg, Virginia. May 1994. |
| 1993 | “Gardens & Landscapes of the University of Virginia: Restoration and Recreation.” Annual Conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia. Fall 1993. |
| | “The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson.” Historic Ithaca Workshop, Ithaca. September 1993. |
| | “Thomas Jefferson and Gardening.” Master Gardeners of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Spring 1993. |
| 1992 | “Thomas Jefferson’s Gardens and Landscapes.” Elderhostel, Charlottesville, VA. Summer 1992.
“The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson.“ Washington Arts Association, Charlottesville, VA. Spring 1992. |
| | “The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson,” Agecroft Association, Richmond, VA. Spring 1992. |
| | “Garden Preservation and Stewardship.” Master Gardeners of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Spring 1992. |
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Editor/Referee/Reviewer
| 2009 |
Guest Editor for two issues on the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Volume100.1 & 2 (Summer & Fall 2009) |
| 2008,2009 | University of Virginia Press, reviewed two book proposals |
| 2008 | Places, reviewed three proposed essays |
| | Routledge Press, reviewed proposal for textbook |
| | Wiley Press, reviewed proposal for revised edition of a textbook |
| 2007 | Reviewed essay submission for Landscape Journal |
| 2007,2009 | Reviewed abstract submissions for Annual Conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture |
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Professional Activities
| 2007 |
Contributed to the "Hedge Management Plan for Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site" Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, the State, the University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service. Submitted 2008. |
| 2005-07 | Consultant for research and evaluating historical integrity of designed landscape, “Tregaron,” Office of Planning and Historic Preservation Office, Washington D.C. |
| 2005 | Expert witness for evaluating historical integrity of Warren Manning landscape, Historic Ithaca, New York. |
| 2002 | Landscapes: sublime/ popular/ ruined/ surreal. Graduate Research and Assistant for symposium, Architecture Department, Cornell University. |
| 2001 | Graduate Researcher, Landscape Architecture Department, Cornell University. |
| 1998-00 | Director, President's Council of Cornell Women, Cornell University. |
| 1994-98 | Executive Director, Ithaca Community Childcare Center, New York. |
| 1994 | Cornell Path Project Coordinator, Cornell Plantations, Cornell University. |
| 1991-93 | Curator for the Historic Landscape, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. |
| 1987-90 | Researcher / Gardener, Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia. |
| 1985-87 | Horticulturalist, University of Tübingen Botanic Garden, Tübingen Germany. |
| 1980-85 | Owner/ Designer, Garden Way, Berkeley, California. |
| 1982-85 | Nursery Manager, Flowerland Nursery, Albany, California. |
| 1978-80 | Research Assistant, John Muir Institute, Berkeley, California, |
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TEACHING
| 2007-present |
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, University of Washington |
| 2005-2007 |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Landscape Architecture,State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse |
| | Honor Society of Sigma Lambda Alpha, elected to membership by students |
| 2005 |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art History, Ithaca College |
| 2003-2004 |
Teaching and Studio Assistant, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture, Cornell University |
| 2001-2002 |
Teaching Assistant, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art, & Planning, Cornell University |
| 1991-1993 |
Lecturer, General Faculty Member & Curator of the Historic University Landscape, School of Architecture, University of Virginia |
| 1989-1991 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Architectural History, School of Architecture, University of Virginia |
Courses Taught (As Faculty Member)
Guest Studio Critic (outside critic)
| S'2009 | University of British Columbia, M.L.A. studio |
| F’2004, S’2006, F’ 2007 | Cornell University, M.L.A. studios |
| F’2006, S’2007 | Syracuse University, M'Arch studios |
| F’2004, W’2005 | University of Maryland, B.L.A. studios |
| F’2003 | University of Colorado, Denver, M.L.A. studio |
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SERVICE
Contributions to the Profession
President & Webmaster, Landscape History Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2004-present (elected president in 2009)
Archives and Collections Committee, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2005-present (chair designate, 2012)
Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) committee, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2007-present
Contributions to the Community
Preservation Awards Committee, Historic Ithaca, Board of Directors, Ithaca, 2000-2002, 2004.
Fine Arts Booster Association, Ithaca City School District, NY, Treasurer, 2003- 2007.
Historic Ithaca, Ithaca, NY, Board of Directors, 2000-2002. Preservation Awards Committee, 2004.
The Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY, Board of Directors & co-President, 1998 – 2002.
Human Service Coalition, Ithaca, NY, Board of Directors & Committee Chair, 1995 - 2000.
Sexual Assault Resource Agency, Charlottesville, VA Advisory Board, 1987 - 1993.
San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, Volunteer, 1982-1984.
Boston Urban Gardeners Volunteer, 1981.
Contributions to the Department
M.L.A. Coordinator, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2009-2010. (includes facilitating MLA accreditation review)
B.L.A. Coordinator, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2008-2009.
Curriculum Committee, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2009.
B.L.A. Admissions Committee, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2009.
Newsletter editor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2007- present.
Webpage editor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments, 2007- present.
M.L.A. & B.L.A. curriculum review committees, State University of New York- College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2006-2007.
Ph.D. program proposal and review committee, State University of New York- College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2005-2007.
Contributions to the College
Urban Design and Planning Department Chair Search Committee, College of Built Environments, 2009.
Library Research Award Committee, University of Washington, Spring 2008.
Curriculum Committee, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Winter/ Spring 2008.
Professional Membership
Society of Architectural Historians (Landscape History Chapter, Marion Dean Ross Chapter)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
American Society of Landscape Architects, Elected full member 2009
Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation
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