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JULIE M. JOHNSON, RLA , AICP, ASLA
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Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture
Faculty, Urban Design Certificate Program
348B Gould Hall
Box 355734
Seattle WA 98195-5734
jmjsama@u.washington.edu
206.685.4006
julie johnson | curriculum
vita | research | publications | courses
taught | awards
CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
1988 Master of City Planning, specialization in Environmental Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1984 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture,
Valedictorian for College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Utah State University
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
2004-present Registered Landscape Architect, State of Washington, #918
1992-2003 Registered Landscape Architect, State of Florida, #LA0001440
1991-present Certified Planner, American Institute of Certified Planners, #8905
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Washington
2003-present Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
1996-present Faculty Affiliate, Center for Environment, Education and Design
Studies
1997-present Faculty, Urban Design Certificate Program
1996-2003 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture
1995-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
University of South Florida
1992-94, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Architecture Program
fall 1990 developed and taught site design and engineering course, co-taught
two studios,
served on thesis committees
Boston Architectural Center
sp 1989 Faculty, co-taught architectural/urban design studio
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
fall 1998 community workshop co-facilitator, collaborator on site concept
designs
Winterbottom Design, Seattle, WA
1992-94 senior research associate / co-principal investigator
Florida Center for Community Design + Research, Tampa, FL
1989-92 senior planner in urban design division
Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission, Tampa, FL
1988-89, landscape and urban designer
pt/sp 1990 Carr, Lynch, Hack and Sandell, Cambridge, MA
July 1987, planning assistant
Jan 1988, State Division of Capital Planning and Operations, Office of
Programming,
sum 1988 Environmental Design Division, Boston, MA
sum 1987 consultant to inventory public art
George B. Henderson Foundation, Boston, MA
1984-86 landscape designer
Civitas, Inc., Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS -- see "publications" web page
PRESENTATIONS
Invited
2006 University of Washington University-Community Partnerships "Celebrating and Strengthening University of Washington and South Seattle Community College Community Partnerships in White Center, Delridge, and South Park," brief presentation on involvement in Delridge community through studio courses.
2006 University of Washington ASLA Student Chapter Brown Bag Panel
"Women in Landscape Architecture," one of seven invited panelists/presenters
2002 Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center, Professional Development
Program workshop
“Designing for Children: Magical Places for Learning”
2001 Facilities Advisory Board of WA Office of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (OSPI)
“School Communities as Three-Dimensional Textbooks” with Dr. Sharon
Sutton
2001 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Online Continuing
Education Session, live national online PowerPoint presentation
“Design for Learning: Values, Qualities and Processes of Enriching School
Landscapes”
1999 Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), Washington
Chapter Annual Conference
“Designing School Sites and Surrounds as Learning Environments”;
panel organizer and presenter with Professor Iain Robertson and Kas Kinkead.
1998 University of Minnesota Department of Landscape Architecture
"Meanings of Place"
1996 Utah State University Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental
Planning
"Women in Landscape Architecture" one of five invited alumni, presentation & panel
Conference
2006 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)/ Council of Educators
in Landscape Architecture (CELA) 2006 Congress
"Urban Community Gardens as Hybrid Public Space." panel organizer
and presenter with
Jeffrey Hou, Stanton Jones (University of Oregon) and Daniel Winterbottom
2004 [Re] constructing Communities: Design Participation in the Face of
Change. The 5th Pacific Rim conference on Participatory Community Design
“Building a Multicultural Learning Community through the Nature of Place.” presenter
2003 Ecological Design: The Unstoppable Wave Global Interdisciplinary
Conference
“Who Makes the Future and Where Do They Learn? Inspiring Ecological Literacy
through Design and Design Education” presenter
2003 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) International Conference
“Learning in Place: Connecting Ecology, Community and Sustainability
in Design of School Environments” organizer and presenter, workshop with
Kas Kinkead, Kristin Kildall, and Craig Skipton
2003 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) International Conference
“Competing Voices in Community Planning and Design: Issues and Approaches
for Democratic Place-making” presenter, workshop with Nancy Rottle, Jeffrey
Hou, and Lynne Manzo
2002 Designing Modern Childhoods: Landscapes, Buildings, and Material Culture international conference by UC Berkeley and Southern Denmark University “Seeking the Wonder of Nature: Children’s Visions for an Environmental Learning Center”
2002 13th Annual National Service Learning Conference
“Let’s Draw It Together: Community/School Strategies to Enhance
Ecological
Literacy Through Service Learning” presentation and workshop with
Nicole
Kistler
2001 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference
“Engaged Learning: Transforming Realities through Participatory Design” presentation
and workshop with Roxanne Hamilton and Shawna Micic.
2000 Third Annual Continuums of Service Conference, Western Region Campus
Compact Consortium
"Design and Community: Combining People, Place, and Culture in Service-Learning" with
Dr. Kathy Wolf, Daniel Winterbottom, and Roxanne Hamilton.
1999 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) International Conference
“Perceptions, Values and Uses: Developing a Collective Community Vision
to Inform University Campus Master Planning” presentation and workshop
with Iain Robertson, Daniel Winterbottom, Jake Woland.
1998 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting
“Designing School Sites and Surrounds as Learning Environments” panel
organizer and presenter with Iain Robertson, Dr. Susan Janko-Summers, and Kas
Kinkead.
1998 10th Annual Northwest Region Conference Association for Experiential
Education
"Envisioning School Sites as Learning Environments" panel organizer
and presenter with Iain Robertson, Mark Windschitl, Kas Kinkead, Luanne Smith,
Kathy Harmon.
1997 20th International Conference on Making Cities Livable
"Lessons for the 21st Century Metropolitan Park: Learning from Current
Paradigms"
1997 19th International Conference on Making Cities Livable
"Reconnecting Community and School: Initiatives to Expand Children's Environments"
1994 Tampa Bay Section ASLA Workshop
"The Nature of Street Trees: Innovations in Design and Technology"
moderator and workshop coordinator.
1994 Florida Main Street and Florida Redevelopment Association Workshop
"Using Transportation to Revitalize Our Downtowns" panelist.
1993 Florida Planning and Zoning Association State Conference
"Community Character and Neighborhood Identity" panelist.
FUNDED RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND OUTREACH -- see "research" web page
FELLOWSHIPS -- see "research" web page
HONORS AND AWARDS -- see "awards" web page
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and Washington Chapter
of ASLA
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
American Planning Association (APA)
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
References in Professional and Community Publications and press
2005 Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Lists "Design for Learning" LATIS issue among "Suggested Reading" section.
2002 “Oh, the Possibilities: UW Students Reveal Monorail Station Designs” by Pat Kearney, The Stranger, March 21, 2002, p. 11. Article describes outcomes of design studio I taught addressing transit-oriented design for proposed monorail station areas.
2001 “Wonder Land” by Richard Seven, Pacific Northwest, The Seattle Times magazine, June 24, 2001. Article describing development of the Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center includes discussion of children’s design charrettes by UW Department of Landscape Architecture.
2001 “Professor creates study of school landscapes” by Jeremy
Vesbach,
Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, Oregon, April 9, 2001, pp. 1 and 5.
Article describes findings presented in "Design for Learning" LATIS
issue and includes quotes on specific qualities of case studies.
2001 “Creating Landscapes for Better Education” ASLA Press
Release, April 9,
2001. online press release describes the "Design for Learning" LATIS
issue and includes quote.
1998 “UW students explore Delridge’s possibilities” by Tim St. Clair, West Seattle Herald, March 18, 1998. Article describes studio proposals presented to the community, quoting faculty, students and community planner.
1998 “The Greening of Seattle” by Leslie Holdcroft, Washington CEO, November 1998, pp. S30-S35. Article describes Seattle parks initiatives, includes quotes.
1997 “To 3Rs add Roaming Nature’s Classroom” by Dionne Searcey, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, October 2, 1997, pp. B1 and B2. Article describes outcomes of teacher workshop, with quotes.
TEACHING -- see "courses taught" web page
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2006 member, Architecture Department Chair Search Committee
2002-2006 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Coordinator
2002-2006 member, Department of Landscape Architecture Curriculum Committee
2005-2006 member, Department of Landscape Architecture Strategic Plan Update Committee
2005 faculty representative, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Admission Committee
2004 member, Landscape Architecture Department Chair Search Committee
2003 chair, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Awards Committee
2003 chair and faculty representative, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Admissions Committee
2002-03 member, Department of Landscape Architecture Curriculum Committee
2002 faculty respondent with Jeff Hou for PRAXIS presentation, College Lecture Series
2002, 2001 member, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Awards Committee
2001 member, Landscape Architecture Faculty Search Committee
2001 provided tour of Landscape Architecture department and selected Seattle sites for visiting Utah State University Landscape Architecture students and faculty
1999, 2000 member, Master of Landscape Architecture Admissions Committee
1996-1998 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Co-Advisor with Associate Professor Daniel Winterbottom
1998 coordinated with ASLA for UW students as Annual Meeting session monitors
1998 arranged for bringing Robin Moore to present in CAUP Lecture Series
1998 coordinated half-day design workshop for four local schools with landscape architecture students and faculty, school representatives, and Robin Moore
1998 arranged for New York planner Alyce Russo to present to ASLA UW Student Chapter
2001, 1998 faculty reviewer, Urban Design Student Review
1996 abstracts reviewer: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 1996 annual conference presentations
1996 team co-leader, College of Architecture and Urban Planning/Northwest Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy Spring Design Charrette
1996 member, search committee for Architecture Department Chair
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2003 Sand Point/Magnuson Park Environmental Learning Center Steering Committee member, participating in meetings to consider center scope and users
2002-2003 New School @ South Shore School Design Review Team member, participating in ongoing meetings and design workshops with school and consultant team to inform design of school renovation
2002 Design Charrette for the New School at South Shore: co-convenor with Dr. Sharon Sutton; initiated discussion with Foundation, participated in planning meetings, solicited team leaders, co-led design team (also listed in: funded research)
2002 Edible Schoolyard Presentation: arranged location and invited guests to presentation by teacher and board member of Edible Schoolyard, Berkeley, CA
2001 NSF Learning Garden Planting Scheme: as quarter-long independent study, provided design supervision with MLA student Craig Skipton to TT Minor Elementary, Seattle
1998 Design for Play Presentation: presented design process and techniques focusing on playground design to fifth and sixth grade students North City Elementary School, WA
1998 Design for Learning Charrette: organized and coordinated half-day design charrette for four local schools with landscape architecture students; participation by faculty, students, school representatives and author/professor Robin Moore
1998 Learning Environments Studio Proposals: presented design studio proposals for park surrounding new Cooper Elementary School (LARC 301) to school principal; facilitated display of proposals at school and groundbreaking; co-taught studio.
1998 Outdoor Classroom Vision: instructor for two BLA students of independent study project for Lake Forest Park Elementary School, WA
1997 Outdoor Classroom Vision: co- instructor for BLA student of independent studio project for Normandy Park Academy Montessori, WA
1996 Fern Cove Planning Charrette: invited charrette participant, Vashon Island, WA
1996 Playground Renovation Visions: instructor for MLA student independent study on playground renovation for Martin Luther King Elementary School, with time related to Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods Semi-Annual Matching Grant award
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2003 juror, Washington Chapter of ASLA Professional Awards in Landscape Architecture
1995-96 LARE Review: committee chair and course coordinator (LARC 498 U and V) for Washington Chapter, ASLA (also listed in “teaching”)
1994 chair, Tampa Bay Section, Florida Chapter, ASLA
1993, 94 juror, Annual Beautification Awards, City Beautiful Commission;
St. Petersburg, FL