LARC Faculty

We hope you will consider joining us in protecting and restoring sensitive and critical environments, and creating socially equitable, ecologically sustainable, and economically viable landscapes.

Our faculty have a wide variety of educational backgrounds (landscape architecture, art, biology, plant science, environmental planning, city and regional planning, and geography) and academic and professional experiences. Our collaborative scholarship, creative research, innovative teaching, and service reinforce an interdisciplinary and systems approach to design, planning, and management that are the hallmark of landscape architectural practice. We stress the importance of solving problems responsibly and imaginatively. The studio experience engages students in the process of creating comprehensive alternatives for real and hypothetical design interventions in cultural and natural landscapes.

People

Faculty	Contact information	Research Focus
	Christopher Ellis, Ph.D., PLA, ASLA Professor email: cdellis@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2144 \| phone: 301.405.7782	Landscape performance Sustainable development Landscape ecology Environmental perception Information technology for landscape planning and design
	Kelly Fleming, PLA, ASLA Assistant Clinical Professor email: kflemin2@umd.edu\| room: PLS 2132 \| phone: 301.405.4335
	Byoung-Suk Kweon, Ph.D., PLA Professor email: kweonb@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2140 \| phone: 301.405.4341	Environmental behavior Environment and health School and children’s environments Landscape performance Environmental justice Urban Agriculture
	David Myers, Ph.D., PLA, ASLA Director and MLA Program Chair Associate Professor email: dnmyers@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2146 \| phone: 301.405.4350 \| skype: david.myers.asla	Forest conservation Landscape ecology Green infrastructure and community greening Greenway planning and design
	Deni Ruggeri, Ph.D. Associate Professor & BLA Program Chair email: druggeri@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2136 \| phone: 301.405.0229	landscape democracy & right-to-landscape community participation and co-design place identity and attachment engaged scholarship and pedagogy social factors in urban design and livability Bottom up community development processes
	Naomi Sachs, Ph.D., MLA, AIA, EDAC Assistant Professor email: nsachs@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2134 \| phone: 301.405.1602	Landscapes for health Healthcare design Environmental justice Cultural geography / cultural landscapes
	Jack Sullivan, PLA, FASLA Associate Professor email: jack@umd.edu \| room: PLS 2142 \| phone: 301.405.0106	Urban Landscapes Garden History and Design Landscape + Art Service-Learning and Community Engagement

Affiliate Faculty	Contact Information	Research Focus
	Allen Davis Professor email:apdavis@umd.edu \| room: EGR 1151 \| phone: 301.405.1958	Water quality and physiochemical treatment processes Urban storm water quality characterization and treatment Fundamental and applied research on stormwater control measures Development of media and designs for enhanced stormwater quality improvement
	Peter May Assistant Research Professor email: pimay@umd.edu \| room: ANS 1426 \| phone: 301.405.1198	Ecosystem Ecology Ecology and Natural Resource Management Carbon Management
	David Tilley Associate Professor email: dtilley@umd.edu \| room: ANS 1421 \| phone: 301.405.8027	Ecological Technology, Engineering, Design, & Modeling Energy and water balance of living architecture Green walls
	Jana VanderGoot Associate Professor email: jvanderg@umd.edu \| room: ARC 1206 \| phone: 301. 405.4005	Urban development Principles and methods of site analysis

Lecturer Photo	Contact Information	Research Focus
	Ron Sessoms, AICP Lecturer email: rsessom1@gmail.com	Public Realm Design Community Master Planning Equitable Development Project Management
	Sherry Russell Lecturer (LARC151) email: slr2020@umd.edu	Landscape performance Economic effects of community managed open spaces and parks Practice business strategy
	Tom Mateya Lecturer (LARC265) & Director of Development at Toll Brothers email: tmateya@umd.edu
	John Wray Lecturer (LARC321 & LARC721); HOK email: jwrayiv@umd.edu
	Caren Yglesias, Ph.D., AIA, Affil. ASLA Lecturer (LARC263 & LARC470/670); Architect; author of the recent book, *Desert Gardens of Steve Martino* (Monacelli, 2018) email: caren@umd.edu
	Jueminsi Wu, Ph.D Lecturer email: jueminw@g.clemson.edu	Urban water resilience/green infrastructure data analysis Landscape performance assessment Adaptive urban design
	Shihua Wang Lecturer email: shihua@umd.edu	Experience in city planning and site design International experience in China, Korea and Middle East Expertise in graphic illustration as well as layout and color design
	Reza Mabadi, Ph.D Lecturer email: raymabadi@gmail.com	Healthcare design, environmental planning and sustainability, healing environments, design for public health Sustainable campus planning Revit Architecture, AutoCAD, InDesign, Sketchup and hand drawing
	Colleen Vacelet, LEED AP, ASLA Lecturer (LARC 160) & President of Intreegue email: cbathon@umd.edu	Sustainable Design Planting Design Building and landscape integration
	Jessica Baker, PLA, ASLA Lecturer email: jessbaker302@gmail.com	Multifamily, Campuses, Parks, Entertainment Districts, and Healthcare 3D modeling and design technology Sustainable material selection

Recent Lecturers	Contact Information	Research Focus
	Ann Anderson Lecturer with 20+ years of landscape architectural office practice specializing in graphic communication and planting design email: aanders8@umd.edu
	James Westwater Ph.D Lecturer (LARC489R, LARC620, LARC689C) email: jamesw@umd.edu	Art + design Land art Conceptual art Creative spaces
	Brenda Iraola, FASLA, PLA, CPSI, CPTED, MRPA Lecturer (LARC 321) University Email: biraola@umd.edu	Construction Methods & Materials for Landscape Architectural Design Construction Bid Documents & Specifications Project Management Sustainable Design

Recent Lecturers

Contact Information

Research Focus

Ann Anderson

Lecturer with 20+ years of landscape architectural office practice specializing in graphic communication and planting design
email: aanders8@umd.edu

James Westwater Ph.D

Lecturer (LARC489R, LARC620, LARC689C)

email: jamesw@umd.edu

Art + design
Land art
Conceptual art
Creative spaces

Brenda Iraola, FASLA, PLA, CPSI, CPTED, MRPA

Lecturer (LARC 321)

University Email: biraola@umd.edu

Construction Methods & Materials for Landscape Architectural Design
Construction Bid Documents & Specifications
Project Management
Sustainable Design

LARC Faculty

We hope you will consider joining us in protecting and restoring sensitive and critical environments, and creating socially equitable, ecologically sustainable, and economically viable landscapes.

People

Full-time Faculty

Affiliate & Graduate Faculty

Jana VanderGoot

Instructional Faculty

Lecturer Photo

Ron Sessoms, AICP

Sherry Russell

Tom Mateya

John Wray

Caren Yglesias, Ph.D., AIA, Affil. ASLA

Jueminsi Wu, Ph.D

Shihua Wang

Reza Mabadi, Ph.D

Colleen Vacelet, LEED AP, ASLA

Jessica Baker, PLA, ASLA

Recent Visiting Lecturers

Ann Anderson

James Westwater Ph.D

Brenda Iraola, FASLA, PLA, CPSI, CPTED, MRPA