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Lisa Abendroth

Professor of Communication Design

Art

Office Hours

Office hours are scheduled by appointment. Please contact the Art office at 303-615-0300.

Biography

Working across diverse disciplines of design, Lisa's activities include research, assessment, and development of design that operates with, and within, the contexts of underserved people, places, and problems.

Research Interests

    public interest design; public participation in design; social, economic, environmental design issues

Teaching Interests

    public interest design; design research; design outcome assessment

Education

Other in Graphic Design

Rhode Island School of Design

Other in Communication Arts and Design

Virginia Commonwealth University

Published Works

    Abendroth, M. L. (2024). Design for the Common Good nemzetközi kiállítás. Design for the Common Good in collaboration with Budapest Metropolitan University, https://designforthecommongood.net/budapest-2023/ Abendroth, M. L. (2022). Taiwan Architecture Magazine June 2022 Vol.321. Taiwan Architecture Magazine, https://www.ta-mag.net/ta/News.php?id=2071 Abendroth, M. L. (2022). Design for the Common Good International Exhibition. Design for the Common Good in collaboration with Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver, https://designforthecommongood.net/dcg-exhibition/denver-2022/ Abendroth, M. L., Palleroni, S., Bell, B., Hou, J., Priest, C., Colwill, S. (2021). Design for the Common Good - Exhibition & Digital Archive. Design as Common Good Network, https://www.designforthecommongood.net/ Anderson, J., Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B., Colwill, S., Fatinger, P., Hartig, U., Hou, J., Palleroni, S., Pawlicki, N., Priest, C. (2021). Expanding the Common Good. Design as Common Good / Framing Design through Pluralism and Social Values: Swiss Design Network Symposium 2021 Conference Proceedings; Published by SUPSI, HSLU, swissdesignnetwork, https://swissdesignnetwork.ch/en/conferences/design-as-common-good/ Bell, B., Abendroth, M. L., Palleroni, S. (2021). Greater Good and Good Difference. Design as Common Good / Framing Design through Pluralism and Social Values: Swiss Design Network Symposium 2021 Conference Proceedings; Published by SUPSI, HSLU, swissdesignnetwork, https://swissdesignnetwork.ch/en/conferences/design-as-common-good/ Abendroth, M. L. . SEED Evaluator 5.0. , Abendroth, M. L. (2020). SEED (SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN) EVALUATOR (illustration featured on page 39). Urban Land Institute, uli.org Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2018). Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies . (pp 366). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627458 Abendroth, M. L., Monico, K., Bergman, P. (2018). From the Ground Up: Envisioning an MFA in Public Interest Design at Metropolitan State University of Denver. (pp 93-104). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2018). Introduction. (pp 1-6). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627458 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2018). SEED Academic Case Studies. (pp 231-290). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627458 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2018). The SEED Process for Academia. (pp 228-230). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627458 Abendroth, M. L., . (2018). How Do We Know? A Search for Meaning and Intention in Design Pedagogy. (Issue Book 3, pp 245-265). Common Ground Research Networks. Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Assessing Results: Defining and Measuring Results. (pp 147-149). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Case Studies and Issues Index. (pp 185-305). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Doing More: Issue-Based Design and the Triple Bottom Line. (pp 133-135). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Introduction. (pp 1-7). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues. (pp 364). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Scaling a Project: Uniting Diverse Stakeholders. (pp 163-165). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Social Economic Environmental Design Methodology. (pp 93-97). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Starting a Project: Public Participation and the Feedback Loop. (pp 105-108). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). Sustaining Collaboration: Extended Engagement. (pp 121-123). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). The Issues Index: Expanded Opportunity through an Issues Approach. (pp 181-183). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2015). The SEED Evaluator and SEED Certification. (pp 99-103). Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315749570 Abendroth, M. L. (2013). Social Justice, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation: The SEED Network and the public interest design movement. AIGA Design Educators Community, http://educators.aiga.org/social-justice-economic-development-and-environmental-conservation-the-seed-network-and-the-public-interest-design-movement/ Abendroth, M. L., Bell, B. (2010). Defining a Movement: The imperative for social justice, economic development and environmental conservation in the classroom and beyond. Batture: The Louisiana State University School of Architecture Journal, 6(Reciprocity), 20-27. . Abendroth, M. L. (2008). Untitled Essay. Ramp Press, Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology), Abendroth, M. L. (2005). We Love our Lawn: Identity, representation, and communication in the green. Journal of the Mid-Atlantic American and Popular Culture Association, Mid-Atlantic Almanack, 14(2005), 47-60. http://mapaca.net/almanack/2005/contents. Abendroth, M. L. (2003). Seeking Significance: A Design Process Research Methodology. Delmar Learning (OnWard Press), Abendroth, M. L. (1998). Making Meaning: Addressing Interaction and Personal Understanding in Interpretation . Zed 5: Beyond the Object, (5), 134-141. .