DBE Faculty

Program Directors

Dina Battisto, Ph.D.

Professor of Architecture

Design for health and wellness; Evidence-based health facility design; Pre-and post-occupancy evaluations; Sustainable design

Email: dbattis@clemson.edu

Vincent Blouin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Architecture

Sustainability and high-performance buildings; Systems integration; Design and optimization; Multi-physics numerical simulation; Material science

Email: vblouin@clemson.edu

Ufuk Ersoy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Architecture

History &Theory of Architecture; Architecture and Narrative; Cultural History of Building Materials

Email: uersoy@clemson.edu

Faculty

Lyndsey Deaton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Spatial Equity and Health; Urban Design and Public Space; Dispossession, Displacement & Gentrification; Women and Children’s Environments; Participatory Design & Action Research

Email: ldeaton@clemson.edu

Anjali Joseph, Ph.D., EDAC

Director, Center for Health Facilities Design & Testing; Professor of Architecture

Evidence-based health facility design; Design for safety; Simulation-based evaluation; VR/AR applications in healthcare design; Design for mental health

Email: anjalij@clemson.edu

Peter Laurence, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Architecture

Architecture and Urbanism; Urban Design History

Email: plauren@clemson.edu

Andreea Mihalache Ph.D.

Director of Architecture Graduate Programs; Associate Professor of Architecture

History & Theory mid to late 20th century; Architectural Representation; Phenomenology

Email: amihala@clemson.edu

Winifred Elysse Newman, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies

Space perception and adaptive architecture; Ecological psychology; Neuroaesthetics, neuroscience, and data visualization

Email: elyssen@clemson.edu

James Stevens, AIA, Ph.D.

Director, School of Architecture; Professor of Architecture

Digital Vernacular; Digital Fabrication

Email: jsteve@clemson.edu

Berrin Terim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Architecture

History & Theory; Representation; Design Methods

Email: bterim@clemson.edu

Lavender Tessmer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Computational Design; Digital Fabrication; Textiles Research & Development

Email: ltessme@clemson.edu

Hyejung Chang, MLA, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Environmental Ethics; Landscape Aesthetics; Typology and Phenomenology in Theory and Design

Email: hyejunc@clemson.edu

Hala Nassar, Ph.D., Fellow CELA

Director of Landscape Architecture and Graduate Program; Professor of Landscape Architecture

Sustainable design and planning; Urban design; Cultural landscape preservation; Public art and place-making; Health care, design and ecological restoration

Email: hnassar@clemson.edu

Matthew Nicolette, MLA, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Gamification engagement strategies in landscape architecture; Microplastics and native plant competition; Design pedagogy and performance-based design; Communicating mission through design; Green infrastructure

Email: mlnicol@clemson.edu

Mary G. Padua, Ph.D., ASLA, CLARB, RLA

Professor of Landscape Architecture

Adaptive strategies; The meaning and cultivation of place; Socio-cultural theories and emancipatory research; Health, well-being and outdoor restorative environments; Novel technologies

Email: mgpadua@clemson.edu

Thomas Schurch, PhD, FASLA, PLA(CA)

Professor of Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture; Urban Design

Email: tschurc@clemson.edu

Kawthar Alrayyan, Ph.D., MLA, ASLA

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Cultural landscapes, Post-industrial landscape, Landscape transformation, Production of Knowledge analysis

Email: kalrayy@clemson.edu

John Gaber, Ph.D., AICP

Director, City and Regional Planning

Urban planning, Urban planning strategies, Health Impact Assessments (HIA), Public participation in planning processes, policy development and community involvement

Email: jgaber@clemson.edu

Caitlin Dyckman, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning

Environmental planning, institutional infrastructure and policy analysis, coastal resilience, water and natural resource management and law, with an emphasis on the land-water nexus.

Email: cdyckma@clemson.edu