Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
216 Lawrence Hall
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5234
office: (541) 346-3688
lab: (541) 346-2168
fax: (541) 346-3626
B.S., Agronomy, 1987, Cornell;
M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, 1992,
Ph.D., Ecology, 1995, University of Georgia
My research includes participatory landscape planning, fire ecology, savanna and prairie restoration, and urban ecology. Current projects focus on conservation planning and restoration ecology for open habitats, including oak savanna, upland prairie and wetland prairie. This includes site-scale design and restoration as well as landscape planning across gradients from wildlands to urban centers.
LA 441/541 Principles
of Applied Ecology
Develops skills in the application of ecological principles to spatially based
landscape design,
planning and management across a range of spatial scales and cultural contexts.
Offered every Spring quarter.
LA 465/565 Advanced
Landscape Ecology
Explores ecology, concepts and experiences of wildness and wilderness. Culminates
in a group
backcountry experience to explore and interpret an Oregon wilderness. Offered
every other
year as an intensive Fall quarter 0-week course, with independent preparatory
assignments over the summer.
Next planned offering: Fall 2008.
LA 408/508
Fire Ecology and Management
Focuses on prescribed fire as a tool for landscape designers, planners and
managers. Offered every other year as an intensive Fall 0-week course, with
independent preparatory assignments over the summer.
Next planned offering: Fall 2007.
LA 621 Landscape
Research II
Linking questions, literature and methods Develop skills in conceiving and
crafting a landscape design and planning masters project, masters thesis,
or doctoral dissertation. Focus is on developing and refining a researchable
problem statement in the context of the published literature, and grounded
in a potential methodological framework.
Landscape Design and Planning Studios
I teach landscape design and planning studios on a regular basis. Use the
link above to see past course syllabi.
If you've made it this far, you may as well catch a glimpse of me living the rural life in Georgia during grad school. Use link, text and photo as in current website.
Department of Landscape ArchitectureEnvironmental Studies ProgramUniversity of Oregon