Dr. Sarah Little, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, has recently been elected as the Vice President for Research and Creative Scholarship with the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). In this position, Dr. Little is a part of the 2022-2023 CELA Board of Directors, who work to fulfill CELA’s mission to encourage, support and further education in the field of landscape architecture specifically related to teaching, research, scholarship, and public service
CELA’s Committee for Research and Creative Scholarship exists to review and propose policies and procedures that foster knowledge generation and dissemination through data collection, data analysis, and data reporting via such sources as the Academic Information System (AIS) Annual Conference Proceedings, and Annual Conference Papers. They also review CLASS Fund proposals and submit recommendations. The CLASS Fund supports scholarship and research among academic units in landscape architecture, horticulture, and related fields.
Dr. Little’s research specialties involve designing outdoor space for young people, the role of youth in placemaking, and the importance of wildscapes in cities.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.
