Academic Staff

Reflecting the increasing breadth and complexity of the profession itself, the academic staff includes scholars and practitioners in landscape architecture, social and educational psychology, ecology, architecture, environmental engineering, geography, architecture and landscape architecture history, and urban and regional planning. Almost two-thirds hold doctoral degrees.

Opportunities for independent and interdisciplinary study are available in all these areas. Such diverse academic pursuits contribute to a dynamic educational environment and complement the diversity of the students themselves, who come from a variety of backgrounds.

Faculty and other academic staff in the Department of Landscape Architecture devote varying portions of their time to teaching, research, and public service at the undergraduate and graduate levels. They bring to the Department, professional experience from a variety of regions across the United States and degrees earned from the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Ohio, Washington, Georgia, California, Arizona, Manchester, Miami, as well as Stanford, Harvard, Colorado State, MIT, SUNY and Mount Mary.

In addition to the permanent faculty, the Department brings in prominent educators and visiting practitioners in landscape architecture and related disciplines as lecturers and studio critics for periods varying from one day, half semesters, to a year. The following table lists academic staff of the department. Select a staff member's name to link to their bio or web page.

Academic Staff Listing
Name Title Email Office Phone
Bellafiore, Vincent Professor Emeritus vbellafi@illinois.edu 101 TBH 217-244-8658
Deming, M. Elen Professor/Head medeming@illinois.edu 101 TBH 217-333-0176
Emmerling-DiNovo, Carol Assistant Head /
Academic Advisor /
Lecturer 		cemmer@illinois.edu 101C TBH 217-244-0994
Fulton, Gale Assistant Professor gfulton@illinois.edu 320 TBH 217-333-7731
Ginsburg, Rebecca Assistant Professor rginsbur@illinois.edu M218 TBH 217-265-6737
Harkness, Terence Professor Emeritus tharknes@illinois.edu 101 TBH 217-333-3612
Harris, Dianne Professor harris3@illinois.edu 220 TBH 217-333-7727
Hays, David Associate Professor / MLA Coordinator dlhays@illinois.edu M212 TBH 217-244-8235
Hinrichs, Marilou IT Manager mhinrich@illinois.edu 330 TBH 217-244-6107
Kim, Jinki Assistant Professor jinkikim@illinois.edu 308 TBH 217-244-8658
Kovacic, David Associate Professor dkovacic@illinois.edu 328 TBH 217-244-5133/
217-244-9680
Lawson, Laura Associate Professor ljlawson@illinois.edu M222 TBH 217-244-5408
Riley, Robert Professor Emeritus rbriley@illinois.edu 101 TBH 217-333-0175
Ruggles, D. Fairchild Professor, PhD Program Chair dfr1@illinois.edu 222 TBH 217-333-9279
Sears, Stephen Assistant Professor ssears@illinois.edu 310 TBH 217-333-2437
Sinha, Amita Professor sinha2@illinois.edu M214 TBH 217-333-2437
Sullivan, William Professor / Undergraduate Coordinator wcsulliv@illinois.edu 326 TBH 217-333-4178

Faculty Affiliates
Name Title Email
Anderson, James R. Professor, Architecture jimand@illinois.edu
Anthony, Kathryn H. Professor, Architecture kanthony@illinois.edu
Bartlett, Tim Visiting Lecturer  
Fennell, Christopher C. Assistant Professor, Anthropology cfennell@illinois.edu
Hamlin, Lawrence Instructor, Architecture lhamlin@illinois.edu
Hopkins, Lewis D. Professor Emeritus, Urban & Regional Planning l-hopkins@illinois.edu
Jakle, John A. Professor Emeritus, Geography jjakle@illinois.edu
Lovell, Sarah T. Assistant Professor, Crop Sciences stlovell@illinois.edu
Schleicher, Barbara Visiting Lecturer bschleic@illinois.edu
Silverman, Helaine Professor, Anthropology helaine@illinois.edu
Stewart, William P. Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism wstewart@illinois.edu
Soesbe, Jerry Visiting Lecturer j-soesbe@illinois.edu
Urban, James Visiting Lecturer jurban@illinois.edu
Vining, Joanne Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jvining@illinois.edu