Landscape Architecture :: Kristina Hill

Faculty

Department Faculty

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Lecturers

Luanne Smith
Nhon Truong

Visiting Scholars

Students

KRISTINA HILL

CURRICULUM VITA

EDUCATION

Harvard University Ph.D., Landscape Architecture, minor in Ecology, 1997.
Harvard University MLA, with distinction, 1990.
Tufts University BS, Geology, magna cum laude, 1985.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1997 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington
1993 - 1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990 - 1992
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University
Statewide Extension Specialist in Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University Extension

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLISHED DESIGN PROJECTS

"A process language for urban design," in Urban Fabric: Sites and Systems, ARCADE, June 2003. Guest editors and authors, Kristina Hill and Miranda Maupin.

"Green Good, Better, Best: ecological design in cities," Harvard Design Magazine, March, 2003.

"Urban Design and Biodiversity," in CASE: Downsview Park Toronto, ed. by Julia Czerniak, Prestel Publishers. 2002.

Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, ed. by B. Johnson and K. Hill, Island Press, 2002.

"Design and planning as healing arts: the broader context of health and environment," in Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, ed. by B. Johnson and K. Hill, Island Press, 2002.

"In expectation of relationships: centering theories around ecological understanding," in Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, ed. by B. Johnson and K. Hill, Island Press, 2002.

"The Role of Category Definition in Habitat Models: Practical and Logical Limitations of Using Boolean, Indexed, Probabilistic and Fuzzy Categories," K. Hill and M. Binford, in Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of scale and accuracy, Island Press, 2002.

"Visions of Sustainability," in Landscape and Sustainability, ed. by J. Benson and M. Roe, EF&N Spon, London, 2000.

"Ring Parks as Inverted Dikes," in Eco-Revelatory Design: Special Issue, Landscape Journal, Spring 1998.

"Emphasizing Strategic Thinking in Landscape Architecture: Implications for the Form and Content of a Curriculum," in proceedings of the ASLA Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, 1995.

"Gender, Moral 'Voices,' and the Making of Environmental Policy: A Case Study in Norway's Ministry of Environment," Landscape Journal 13(2):145-151, Fall 1994.

"Habits of Mind: Re-Envisioning Infrastructure," in proceedings of the Art and Infrastructure Conference, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1994.

RECENT CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2003
Committee, Seattle Monorail Project Board of Directors.Chair, Green Line Design and Construction (The Seattle Monorail is a $1.7 billion, 14-mile transit system approved by voters in Nov. 2002.)
2000
Charrette team, "Salmon Friendly Landscapes," Seattle Public Utilities, City of Seattle.
1997
Peer reviewer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C., for interagency manual, "Stream Corridor Restoration."
1994-1996
Consultant to Ministry of Environment, State of Brandenburg, Germany, on landscape-scale strategies for treating groundwater contamination.
1994-1996
Consultant to Alliance Development (The Perot Group), Dallas, Texas, on the development of more sustainable "new towns" using strategies to control surface and ground water supplies.
1995
Consultant to the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on urban design changes for a downtown arterial that was to receive light rail service.

HONORS, HONORARY SERVICE, AND AWARDS

2003
Fellow, Institute for Urban Design, New York, New York.
2000
Lionel Pries Distinguished Professor Award, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington (awarded by the students of the College).
1997
Member of the Urban Design and Planning Jury for the National Awards Program, American Society of Landscape Architects.
1996
Listed in Marquis' peer-reviewed volume, "Who's Who in Science and Engineering."
1990
Fulbright Scholar, Stockholm University, Sweden.
1990
Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

2001
"Urban Ecology as an Interdisciplinary Field for the Ph.D.," National Science Foundation IGERT Program, with M. Alberti, G. Bradley, J. Marzluff, C. Ryan, E. Shulenberger. $2,700,000.
2000
"Teaching Urban Ecology at the Graduate Level," University of Washington Tools for Transformation Fund, with M. Alberti, G. Bradley, J. Marzluff, C. Ryan, E. Shulenberger. $330,000.
1999
"Urban Ecological Patterns: Measuring the Effect of Urban Development Patterns on Ecological Processes," National Science Foundation; with M. Alberti, D. Booth, J. Marzluff. $441,000.
1998
"Internet Teaching Resource Center," Office of the Provost, University of Washington; with J. Finrow, D. Riley, M. Alberti, V. Prakash. $130,000.
1998
"Web-Based Collaboration in Professional Education," Student Technology Fund, University of Washington. $68,000.
1998
"Classification of LANDSAT Images for Urban Hydrological Models," PRISM Regional Modeling Program; University of Washington, with D. Booth. $12,000.
1994
"A Workshop on Urban Design in the Coal-Mining Region of Senftenberg, Eastern Germany," U.S.-German Marshall Fund, Washington, D.C.. $16,000.

OUTSIDE SERVICE ACTIVITIES

2000 - present
Member, Livable Futures Committee, 1000 Friends of Washington.
1998 - present
Member and Vice Chair, Elevated Transportation Company Council (A Seattle Public Development Authority charged by voters with the task of preparing a plan for monorail service in the City of Seattle).