ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Virginia School of Architecture
Professor of Landscape Architecture, 2017 – present
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, 1999 – 2017
Department Chair, 2014-2016
Center of Expertise for Superfund Site Recycling, Principal Investigator, 2000-2003
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, 1996–1999
University of New Mexico School of Architecture
Brownfields + Tribal Land workshop, 2017
Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning + Landscape Architecture
Urban regeneration workshop with Professor David Hill, Montgomery, AL, 2016
Yale University School of Architecture; School of Forestry
Visiting Graduate Seminar Instructor, Spring 2013
Ecology + Design workshop with Alex Felson and Mitch Joachim, School of Forestry, 2013
European Masters in Landscape Architecture
Workshop Instructor; Germany Fall 2009, Spain Fall 2012
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning + Preservation
Visiting Advanced Studio Instructor, Fall 2012
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Visiting Studio Instructor, Spring 2000
University of Minnesota College of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, 1992 - 1995
Center for the American Urban Landscape, Research Fellow, 1992–1995
KEYNOTES
FEATURED
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture, “Modesty,” March 2021
Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture, “What Would Fred Do,” November 2001
New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects
National conference, November 2019
Swedish Association of Landscape Architects
Stockholm, Sweden, October 2015
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
Brisbane conference, plus lectures in Melbourne and Sydney, October 2014
University of British Columbia
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture; Vancouver, Canada, April 2013
7th European Landscape Biennale
Barcelona, Spain, September 2012
Zürich ETH
(Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) with Christophe Girot, Zurich, Switzerland, October 2008
National University of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico, lecture and discussion with Mario Schjetnan, March 2007
Alaska Design Forum
Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, AK, March 2004
Architectural League of New York
Emerging Voices; New York, NY, April 2000
Michael VanValkenburgh Associates
“Modesty: designer to designers,” April 2021
Society of Garden Designers
“The Art of Restraint” London, UK, April 2018
Marywood University
Scranton, Pennsylvania, March 2018
Ohio State University
Knowlton School of Architecture, October 2018
University of Maryland
School of Architecture, 25th Anniversary of the Landscape Architecture Department, October 2018
Ball State University
Charles Sappenfield Endowed Lecture; Muncie, IN, March 2016
University of Southern California
School of Architecture, Distinguished Lecturer; Los Angeles, CA, March 2014
Portland State University
School of Architecture; Portland, OR, May 2013
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo
Hearst Lecture; San Luis Obispo, CA, April 2013
University of California Berkeley
College of Environmental Design; Berkeley, CA, April 2013
Rutgers University
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Cekada Lecture; New Brunswick, NJ, April 2012
Parsons The New School for Design
Design in the face of Global Issues; New York, NY, March 2012
University of Minnesota
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Minneapolis, MN, April 2011
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile, October 2010
University of Michigan
School of Architecture; Ann Arbor, MI, March 2009
University of California Berkeley
College of Environmental Design; Berkeley, CA, February 2009
U.S. Green Building Council
New York, NY, November 2008
Wolfsonian Museum
Florida International University School of Architecture; Miami, FL, October 2007
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI, April 2007
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Architecture, Urban Edge Award Lecture; Milwaukee, WI, February 2007
Rice Design Alliance
Houston, TX, October 2000
Portland Museum of Art
Architalx; Portland, ME, May 2006
Washington University of St. Louis
Sam Fox School of Architecture & Urban Design, St. Louis, MO, March 2006
University of Toronto
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design; Toronto, Canada, February 2005
Pratt School of Design
New York, NY, June 2005
Longue Vue Gardens
Catherine Brown Memorial Lecture; New Orleans, LA, April 2005
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2005
Illinois Institute of Technology
School of Architecture; Chicago, IL, October 2003
University of Washington
School of Architecture; Seattle, WA, April 2001
University of Michigan
School of Architecture; Ann Arbor, MI, March 2001
Yale University
Schools of Architecture and Forestry; New Haven, CT, October 2000
Ohio State University
Wexner Center; Columbus, OH, May 2000
Columbia University Buell Center
Lecture Series with respondent John Beardsley; New York, NY, October 2000
University of Virginia
School of Architecture Dean’s Forum Lecture Series; Charlottesville, VA, February 2000
University of Georgia
School of Environmental Design, Catherine Howett Honorary Lecture; Athens, GA, October 1999
Colorado State University
School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Fort Collins, CO, March 1998
University of Colorado at Denver
College of Architecture and Planning; Denver, CO, March 1998
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Architecture; Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 1998
Rice University
School of Architecture; Houston, TX, April 1995
Rutgers University
School of Environmental and Biological Science; New Brunswick, NJ, April 1994
Frederick R. Weisman Museum
University of Minnesota, Creativity at the University Series; Minneapolis, MN, July 1994
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design, Emerging Positions in Landscape Architecture; Philadelphia, PA, April 1994
CONFERENCE PANELS
FEATURED
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Second Wave of Modernism Conference, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, November 2011
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Manifesto: Finding the Formless; with Vito Acconci, Antoine Picon, New York, NY, September 2011
American Society of Landscape Architects
‘Inside LA Studio,’ National Annual Conference; San Diego, CA, October 2011
National Conference, Design with Living Systems technology; San Diego, CA, October 2011
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Industrial Heritage Retooled Conference; New York, NY, November 2010
Mayors Institute on City Design
43rd National Session, Post-Industrial Cities; Philadelphia, PA, 2009
National Design Resource Team; Austin, TX, 2000
National Design Resource Team; New Orleans, LA, 1996
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum
National Design Triennial Conference; New York, NY, May 2000
Finnish Association of Landscape Industries
Helsinki, Finland, February 2018
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
The Gillette Forum: Designing with Intentionality, October 2018
National Brownfields Conference
Reclamation + Design, Atlanta, GA, May 2013
Regional Planning Association
New Jersey Highlands Regeneration Conference; Morristown, NJ, June 2011
National Brownfields Conference
Reclamation + Design, Philadelphia, PA, April 2011
Licensed Site Professionals Association
Regional Brownfields conference, Boston, MA, November 2010
NEWSWEEK
Third Annual Global Environmental Leadership Conference: Washington, D.C., April 2009
Charlottesville Community Design Center
Women in Green; Charlottesville, VA, November 2008
ECOWEEK / AIA Continental Europe
Legible systems of Sustainability, Athens, Greece, April 2008
International Urban Parks Conference
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; Pittsburgh, PA, September 2008
National Building Museum
For the Greener Good Panel; with Susan Szenasy editor, Metropolis, Washington, D.C., December 2007
Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies
Urban Resilience Conference;, Millbrook, NY, May 2007
Mayor’s Business Leaders Conference
Milwaukee, WI, 2007
University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Leadership + Positive Societal Change Forum, September 2006
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture/Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
Winnipeg, Canada, June 2006
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State Elected Officials Symposium; Jackson, MS, February 2006
Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture
Design Ecologies Conference; Columbus, OH, January 2006
Carnegie Mellon University
No Stone Unturned Symposium; Pittsburgh, PA, April 2005
Landscape Architecture Foundation
Culture and Technology Symposium; Conference Director with Nicolas DeMonchaux, September 2003
International Design Center
Aspen Annual Design Conference; Aspen, CO, August 2003
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund Redevelopment National Conference; Dallas, TX, April 2002
Architectural League of New York
Reclaiming the High Line, Trust for Public Land Panel; New York, NY, April 2002
Trust for Public Land
Reclaiming the High Line Public Program; New York, NY, March 2002
Whitney Museum of Art
Architecture Dialogues with Michael Hays; New York, NY, December 2001
Municipal Arts Society
Reclaiming Post-Industrial Sites Public Program; New York, NY, April 2001
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Watershed Issues for the 21st Century; Pittsburgh, PA, March 2000
EXHIBITS
art + design museums
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
“Design USA,” New York, NY, October 2009
Carnegie Institute of Art Heinz Architectural Center
“Pittsburgh Platforms,” Pittsburgh, PA, June 2003
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
Testing the Waters with Stacy Levy, June – September 2002
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum
“National Design Triennial Exhibition,” New York, NY, 2001
National Building Museum
“Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Revealed, Nature Constructed,” Washington, D.C., 1998
design schools
Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture
“Material Landscapes,” St. Louis, MO, June 2011
University of Maryland School of Architecture
“Subsequent Action,” College Park, MD, February 2009
Institute of Architects of Catalonia
5th European Landscape Biennial, Barcelona, Spain, September 2008
University of Virginia
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Foundation Culture and Technology Symposium and Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA, September 2003
Harvard Graduate School of Design
“Centennial Exhibition” curated by John Beardsley, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2000
Boston Architectural Center
“Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Revealed, Nature Constructed,” Boston, Massachusetts, 2000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Fine and Applied Arts,
“Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Revealed, Nature Constructed,” Champaign, Illinois, 1999
University of Virginia School of Architecture
“Selected Work Faculty Exhibit,” Charlottesville, Virginia, 1996
American Academy in Rome
MCMXC “Fellows Annual Exhibit,” Rome, Italy, Spring 1990
AWARD + ADVISORY COMMITTEES
design competition juries
Detroit Institute of Art / Midtown Cultural District
International Design Competition, 2018 - 2019
US Department of Housing + Urban Development
Rebuild By Design, appointed by US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, 2013-2014
Gowanus by Design
Gowanus Lowline, 2011
Chicago Department of Environment
Ford Calumet Environmental Center Design, 2004
Friends of the High Line
Designing the High Line, 2003
Jerome Foundation/Weisman Art Museum
Sculpture Installation, 1994
Landscape Architecture Magazine
“Visionary Landscapes”, 1994
award programs
11th International Landscape Biennial of Landscape Architecture
Jury deliberation and presentation, September 2021
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Fellowship in Landscape Studies, 2012
Mayor’s Institute on City Design
MICD 25 Awards, 2009
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum
National Design Awards, 2003
National Endowment for the Arts
Design Arts, 2000
American Academy in Rome
Rome Prize, 1993 and 2000
National Endowment for the Arts
Design Arts, June 2000
American Academy in Rome
Design Arts, 2000 and 1993
American Society of Landscape Architecture
Connecticut Chapter Awards, 1999; Virginia Chapter Awards, 1995
American Institute of Architects
New Jersey Society of Architects Design Awards, 1993
advisory panels
Gowanus By Design
Advisory Board, 2015-2017
Mayors Institute on City Design
Design Resource Team 2010, 2000 and 1996
Testimony to President’s Committee for National Council of the Arts, 2003
Newsweek
Sustainability Advisory Board, 2007
Global Green USA
New Orleans Compact Roundtable, 2007
Urban Land Institute
Design Advisory Panel, 2004
Public Art Review
National Advisory Board, 1996-1998
Designed Landscape Forum
National Advisory Board, 1995-1996
University of Minnesota
Public Arts on Campus Committee Member, 1992-1995; CLARB/LARE Review Course 1993-1995