“People centered Approach to Research and Teaching in Design: A Personal Journey” presentation by Mallika Bose, Associate Professor, Graduate Program- Professor in Charge, Department of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, PA.

Time and Place

Time: 5:30pm
Location: Architecture and Urban Planning Building 170

Bio

Mallika Bose is an Architect and Urban Planner with a specialization in Environment-Behavior Studies. She is Associate Professor and Professor in Charge of Graduate Programs in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn State University. Her research is motivated by her interest in understanding how social structures are embedded in the built environment, and how such socio-spatial constructions shape behavior of different groups in society. She has been active in research in the following areas: Built Environment and Active Living/Healthy Eating; Public Scholarship and Community Engaged Design and Planning; Gender and Development; and Design/Planning Pedagogy.Her scholarship has been published in Landscape Journal, Habitat International, International Development and Planning Research, Journal of Urban Design among others. She recently co-edited a book on community engaged teaching/scholarship titled – Community Matters: Service-learning in Engaged Design and Planning – which received the 2015 Great Places Book Award from the Environmental Design Research Association. She served as the Chair of EDRA Board of Directors in 2012-13 and joined the National Advisory Board of Imagining America – Artists and Scholars in Public Life.

Lecture Summary

In this talk, Mallika Bose shares the trajectory of her research and teaching streams to reveal how her training in environment-behavior research and more specifically here interest in commitment to issues of democracy, social justice, and equity have shaped her professional life. Using specific examples from teaching, research and service activities she speaks about the relevance of people centered place making especially in today’s intimately connected yet deeply divided world.

For more information about this speaker’s visit, contact Arijit Sen, Assistant Professor of Architecture

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