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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts

Gary Kesler and Terry Harkness honored by ASLA. (Photo by Sarah Harkness Wotherspoon)

Landscape Architecture Department
University of Illinois
101 Buell Hall
611 E. Taft
Champaign, IL 61820
LADept@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-0176

 

Awards and Honors for Landscape Architecture Faculty

M. Elen Deming

In October, 2008, M. Elen Deming was elected First Vice President/President-Elect of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). Deming was also named a Fellow of CELA in January 2009.

The American Society of Landscape Architecture 2008 Honor Award in Communications was awarded for the 25th Anniversary of Landscape Journal, edited by M. Elen Deming from 2002 to 2009.

Rebecca Ginsburg

The College of Fine and Applied Arts has awarded Rebecca Ginsburg the 2008-2009 Faculty Award for Excellence in Service. The announcement from the College read: "Rebecca Ginsburg, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, in addition to fine teaching and research, fulfills her service obligation to the campus and community in highly innovative ways. Besides a good load of departmental committee work, she has founded and supervises the Education Justice Program to bring UIUC classes to inmates at the Danville State Correctional Center."

Terrence Harkness

At the 2007 ASLA Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA, October, 2007) Professor Terry Harkness received the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal. This medal is awarded to "an individual who has made a sustained and significant contribution to landscape architecture education." The full citation underscores how “Harkness’ passion for teaching continues to inspire many leading designers in the profession today.”

Dianne Harris

In 2009, Dianne Harris is serving as First Vice President of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).

Also in 2009, Harris (with co-editor D. Fairchild Ruggles) was awarded the Allen G. Noble Award for best edited book from the Pioneer America Society for the book, Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision. The Society stated that the award was issued for this work because it "represents the best current scholarship in the field of material culture."

Harris is also recognized for her role as guest editor for "Race, Space and the Destabilization of Practice," Volume 26:1 (Spring 2007) of Landscape Journal. This special issue was prominently featured in the 2008 Landscape Journal Honor Award in Communications which was received from the ASLA for the 25th Anniversary of Landscape Journal.

In 2006, Dr. Harris was honored with an Iris Foundation Award given by the Bard Graduate Center "for outstanding scholarly contributions to the history of arts, decorative arts, and cultural history."

David Hays

In 2007-2008, David Hays was honored with the Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship for Studies in Landscape Architecture.

In 2006, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) awarded him the Excellence in Studio Design Award.

Laura Lawson

On November 11, 2009, under the direction of Laura Lawson, the East St. Louis Action Research Project was honored as a recipient of the inaugural Larine Y. Cowan "Make A Difference Award." This award recognizes and honors university programs and individuals that demonstrate exceptional dedication to and success in promoting diversity and inclusivity through teaching, research, hiring practices, courses, programs, and events.

D. Fairchild Ruggles

In 2009, The Foundation for Landscape Studies awarded D. Fairchild Ruggles the J. B. Jackson Book Prize for her book Islamic Gardens and Landscapes.

Also in 2009, Ruggles (with co-editor Dianne Harris) was awarded the Allen G. Noble Award for best edited book from the Pioneer America Society for the book, Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision. The Society stated that the award was issued for this work because it "represents the best current scholarship in the field of material culture."

Amita Sinha

In Spring 2009, Amita Sinha is a Senior Fulbright Scholar in New Delhi, India. She is affiliated with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) where she is engaged in a number of projects including listing and mapping of natural heritage sites and organizing a symposium on environmental heritage of Delhi. She is also researching the National Archives and Archaeological Survey of India documents for her forthcoming book on heritage landscapes in India. She is lecturing at Indian Institute of Technology, Jamia-Milia University, and the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi. She presented at the Modern Asian Architecture Network Conference and the Sacred Arts Festival, both held in Delhi.

On September 27, 2007, Professor Amita Sinha was presented with a plaque of recognition by the Eco-Development Foundation, New Delhi, India for "major contributions to research on and raising awareness of cultural landscapes of South Asia."