Our Faculty
The faculty of the College of Art and Architecture includes renowned scholars and experienced professionals who know what it takes to excel as an artist or designer. They are dedicated teachers, mentors and widely recognized experts, whose research is having a profound impact on the practice of art and design in the region, state, nation and world.
Faculty are listed by Program and Last Name:
Architecture & Interior Design |
Art & Design |
Landscape Architecture |
Virtual Technology & Design
Architecture & Interior Design Faculty
Miranda S. AndersonAssistant Professor, Design Resource Center Coordinator
Research Areas: Materials evaluation for sustainable interior environments - indoor air quality and embodied energy, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, new materials research and development, light and space, sacred and vernacular architecture/design, learning and healing environments
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Diane ArmpriestAssociate Professor; Chair
Research Areas: Architectural materials and construction methods; Integration and expression of building technology in architectural form; Architectural design; Resource-efficient design and construction; Relationship between building systems and the natural systems and processes of the site
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Matthew BrehmAssociate Professor
Research Areas: Design communication; Design process; Architectural history; Architectural education; Drawing and painting technique; Sacred architecture; Landscape design
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Shauna Corry, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Interior Design Program Coordinator
Research Areas: Interior Design; Environment and Behavior; Universal Design; ADA and Accessibility issues; Workplace Environments
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Bruce HaglundProfessor
Research Areas: Environmental technologies (heating, cooling, lighting, acoustics, water use); Passive solar heating and cooling; Natural lighting; Architectural design; Green architecture; Computer applications; Historic preservation; Vernacular architecture; Small town revitalization; Sustainable urban design issues; English green architecture
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Xiao HuAssistant Professor
Research Areas: Urban and community design; Cultural, social and political representations of architecture; Spatial identity; non-Western architectural philosophies and history; Sustainable design; Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural learning
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Frank JacobusAssistant Professor
Research Areas: Design Theory with a particular focus on the relationship of architecture and emerging/evolving medias; Design-Build; Furniture Design and Construction; Architectural Programming
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Anne MarshallAssociate Professor
Research Areas: Architectural history; Native American architecture and landscapes; Architectural design; Urban and community design and revitalization; Historic preservation and adaptive reuse; Social and cultural dimensions of global architecture
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Wendy McClureProfessor
Research Areas: Architectural design; Community revitalization; Designing for sustainability; Adaptive use of historic structures; Studio teaching emphasis on outreach in the community context in association with the College of Art and Architecture's Rural Planning and Design Center and in collaboration with Landscape Architecture
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Sherry McKibbenAssociate Professor; Director, Idaho Urban Research and Design Center
Research Areas: Architectural and urban design; Master planning; Community design/revitalization; Regenerative design/sustainable development; Renovation/adaptive reuse of historic structures; Urban research and outreach projects serving Idaho through the Idaho Urban Research and Design Center (IURDC)
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Phillip MeadAssociate Professor; Architecture Program Coordinator
Research Areas: Health and design issues: light, air and view impacts on wellness and emotion, environmental systems, building components, and site impacts on wellness; History and theory; Design's impact on the imagination and emotions; Beginning design pedagogy
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Román MontotoAssociate Professor
Research Areas: Design; Design Theory and Process; Graphic Communication; Digital Technologies and Cross-disciplinary Exploration for Spatial Discovery including Time-based Imagery
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Randall TealAssistant Professor; Design Discovery Program Coordinator
Research Areas: Design pedagogy and theory with particular focus on perception, emotion, process and place.
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Kevin Van Den WymelenbergAssistant Professor; Director - Integrated Design Lab, Boise
Research Areas: Daylighting and simulation techniques for integrated design; Daylight and energy
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Art & Design Faculty
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Marco DeyasiAssistant Professor
Focus: Primitivism in modern art, The cultural politics of modern art, Spiritualism and theosophy in modern art, Contemporary art, Critical theory, Museum studies, Historiography
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Landscape Architecture Faculty
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Gary AustinAssociate Professor
Focus: Landscape Architectural History, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture Construction
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Rula Awwad-RaffertyProfessor
Focus: Environment and behavior interaction; Factors affecting quality of life in the built environment: physical, cultural, social, and psychological; Culture and resettlement: resettlement of cultural groups, elderly, health care applications, and military; Adaptive reuse applications and community building; Sense of place: place attachment and identity; conflict and place, security and place attachment; Vernacular architecture; Interdisciplinary design education; Experiential approaches to understanding the physical and metaphorical parameters of interior spaces; Studio applications.
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Elizabeth GraffAssistant Professor
Focus: Sustainable Site Development & Engineering, Urban Planning, Natural Building, Landscape Art & Design, Youth-Inspired Community Design, Experiential Learning
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Mark Elison Hoversten, FASLA, AICPDean of the College of Art and Architecture; Professor of Landscape Architecture
Focus: Site Design, Land Planning and Public Policy
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Virtual Technology & Design Faculty
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John AndersonAssistant Professor
1) Design Theory/Application: hybrid linkages of physical and virtual phenomena between Biological and Environmental identities. 2) Self identity within cyberspace (Avatar): The Biochemical, Electromechanical and Televirtual embodiment of identity. Phone: (208) 885-5844
» jwa@uidaho.edu
Brian CleveleyDir. Computer Studio, Adjunct Professor
1) The design and development of interactive, inhabitable, multi-user virtual worlds for non-entertainment purposes. 2) The design and development of serious gaming and simulation applications using multi-user game engine technologies. Phone: (208) 310-1632
» cbc@uidaho.edu