Faculty

Department

Architecture

Degrees Held

M.Arch., HAB

Research Interests

Environment & Cognition, Human & Social Factors of the Environment, Design for children’s nature play

Professional Activities

ACSA Faculty Councilor Research Associate, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA)

Publications

“Gehry talks about architecture and the mind at neuroscience conference”, AIArchitect. November 10, 2006.http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/1110/1110n_gehry.cfm

Neuroscience Laboratory Design: Understanding the Cognitive Processes of Neuroscientists at work, Workshop Report. Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, 2006. www.anfarch.org

Kalbfleisch, M.L., Banasiak, M. (2007). “Special Populations: Giftedness and ADHD”, In: Callahan, C., Plucker, J. (Eds.) What Research Says About…: An Encyclopedia on Research in Gifted Education. National Association for Gifted Children, Washington, D.C. Prufrock Press.

“Programming Blog Offers Information-sharing Loop in Pre-design Stage and Beyond”, AIArchitect. December 30, 2005.http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/1230/1230blog.cfm 12/2005

Most Recent Courses

• ARCH 6290: Architecture and Cognition
• ENVD 2001: Social Factors in Environmental Design
• ENVD 2002: Environmental Design Media Lab
• ENVD 1004: Introduction to Environmental Design Recitation
• ARCH 201/202: 2006 Summer Institute for Architecture, The Catholic University of America