FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES

The College of Design had 12 faculty members receive grants from the UMN Imagine Fund: Vincent deBritto (Landscape Architecture), Greg Donofrio (Heritage Studies and Public History), Lucy Dunne (Apparel Design), Linsey Griffin (Apparel Design), Brad Holschuh (Apparel Design), Brad Hokanson (Graphic Design), Hyunjoo Im (Retail Merchandising), Lauren Kim (Retail Merchandising), Carlye Lauff (Product Design), Kristine Miller (Landscape Architecture), Malini Srivastava (Architecture), and Cecilia Xi Wang (Graphic Design).

Read more about the awarded projects at z.umn.edu/2022CDesImagineGrants.

Abimbola Asojo (Interior Design) was named the recipient of the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance’s 2021 Award for Global Engagement. Asojo was also awarded the 2022 Louis S. Tregre Award from The Council for Interior Design Qualification.

Elizabeth (Missy) Bye (Apparel Design) received the 2022 International Textile and Apparel Association’s Fellow Award.

Tejas Dhadphale (Product Design) and Naeun (Lauren) Kim (Retail Merchandising) received a 2022 College of Design Collaborative Research Grant for their project, “Understanding Product Localization for Global Market.”

Gail Dubrow’s (Architecture) article, “Practicing Architecture under the Bamboo Ceiling: The Life and Work of Iwahiko Tsumanuma (Thomas S. Rockrise), 1878–1936,” was published in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Lucy Dunne and Missy Bye (both Apparel Design) received a National Science Foundation grant for the project, “Reducing Finished-Product Waste through Augmented Design Intelligence.”

Tom Fisher’s (MDC) latest book, Space, Structures and Design in a Post-Pandemic World, was published in April 2022.

Linsey Griffin (Apparel Design) and Carlye Lauff (Product Design) joined the Kusske Design Initiative as co-principals.

Linsey Griffin (Apparel Design) and Professor Susan Sokolowski (University of Oregon) received second place in The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Protective Clothing Challenge for the project, “Apples-2-Apples Measures + Pattern Drafting Method.”

Tasoulla Hadjiyanni’s (Interior Design) chapter “Milkweed” is included as a case study in the book Designing Coffee Shops and Cafés for Community by Lisa Waxman. Hadjiyanni also received a 2021 University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award.

Daniel Handeen (CSBR) was awarded a grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to research the development of thermal curtains that will reduce heat loss through the glazing walls of winter greenhouses.

Brad Holschuh (Apparel Design) was chosen as the recipient of a 2021–22 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education.

Hyunjoo Im (Retail Merchandising) and Yui (Hyunok) An (Ph.D. Student, Design Graduate Program) received a 2021 International Textile and Apparel Association Paper of Distinction Award in the Consumer Behavior Track for the paper, “Consumer’s local retailer support during and after the pandemic: Empathyaltruism hypothesis perspective.”

Rolf Jacobson (CSBR) and the Center for Sustainable Building Research were awarded a $250,000+ grant from the Minnesota Department of Commerce for the proposal, “The Market for Passive House Multifamily Projects in Minnesota.”

Karen Lutsky’s (Landscape Architecture) book Five Bay Landscapes: curious explorations of the Great Lakes Basin was released by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Steven McCarthy’s (Graphic Design) article, “Design Thinking? Thank an Engineer” was adapted by AIGA into a podcast. McCarthy was also named jury chair of the 2022 Communication Design Educators Awards and presented a peer-reviewed paper, “Resurfacing: Tiles of Our Times,” at the AIGA national conference in Seattle.

Jean McElvain (GMD) and Caren Oberg (Ph.D. Student, Design Graduate Program) had the paper, “Curating Dior to Disco: Extrapolating complex narratives from existing objects,” published in the journal Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty.

Kristine Miller (Landscape Architecture) received the 2022 Lob Pine Award, the highest honor given by ASLA-MN.

Terresa Moses (Graphic Design) was chosen as a recipient of the University of Minnesota’s 2022 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. Moses has also co-authored a forthcoming book on Racism Untaught that will be published by MIT Press in fall 2023.

Laura Musacchio (Landscape Architecture) was selected as a member of the University of Minnesota’s Graduate School Advisory Board.

John Owens’s (Graphic Design) new book, One Winter Up North, was published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Cecilia Xi Wang (Graphic Design), Eugene Park (Graphic Design), and Carlye Lauff (Product Design) received a 2022 College of Design Collaborative Research Grant for their proposal, “Human-centered Design Approach to Training Medical Residents and Fellows: An Immersive, Multi-modal, and Interactive Platform for Learning Cardiac Anesthesia.”

Cecilia Xi Wang’s (Graphic Design) paper, “Visualizing Tacit Knowledge in Cardiac Operating Room: a NeedFinding Study,” was accepted for oral presentation at Thematic Area: Design, User Experience, and Usability Conference and for publication in the proceedings.

Dingliang Yang (Architecture) was elected to the board of the USA Minnesota Expo 2027 bid commission. This bid is the United States national bid to host Expo 2027, commonly known as the World’s Fair.

Becky Yust (Housing Studies) received the Housing Education and Research Association’s 2022 Housing Impact Award.

2021–2022 Academic Year Retirements

Marilyn Bruin

Marilyn DeLong

Eunice Haugan

Patricia Hemmis

Elizabeth Goebel

John Koepke

Carol Waldron

Becky Yust