Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

CAREN S. MARTIN, Ph.D., CID
Assistant Professor, Interior Design Program

Program Director, InformeDesign®

Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
240 McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612)624-5318
cmartin@umn.edu

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Evidence-based design
  • Interior design profession's body of knowledge
  • Interior design and architecture educational accreditation requirements
  • Professionalization of interior design and the public's opinion of architecture, interior decoration and interior design
  • Legislation and regulation of design practitioners
      Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):
  • DHA 2612 Interior Materials and Specifications
  • DHA 2613 Lighting Design and Life Safety Issues
  • DHA 3606 Interior Design Studio VI
  • DHA 4607 Interior Design Studio VII
  • DES 5160 Topics in Design: Evidence-Based Design  

Selected Scholarship:

  • Martin, C., & Guerin, D. (2010, February). The state of the interior design profession. New York: Fairchild Books. (ISBN 978-56367-920-9).
  • Martin, C. (2009). The challenge of integrating evidence-based design. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2(3), 29-50.
  • Zollinger, S., Guerin, D., Hadjiyanni, T., & Martin, C. (2009). Deconstructing service-learning: A framework for interior design. Journal of Interior Design, 34(3), 31-45.
  • Martin, C. (2008). Rebuttal to the Institute for Justice report entitled “Designing cartels, how industry insiders cut out competition.” Journal of Interior Design, 33(3), 1-49.
  • Martin, C. Research and creative scholarship. (2008). In K. Ankerson & J. Pable (Eds.), Interior design: Practical strategies for teaching and learning, 20-21. New York, NY: Fairchild.
  •  Martin, C. (2007). Interior design: From practice to profession. Washington, DC: American Society of Interior Designers.
  • Martin, C., & Guerin, D. (2006). The interior design profession’s body of knowledge, 2005 edition. Grand Rapids: Council for Interior Design Accreditation, American Society of Interior Designers, Interior Designers of Canada, International Interior Design Association, and the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.
  • Martin, C., & Guerin, D. (2006). Using research to inform design solutions. Journal of Facilities Management, 4(3), 167-180. Bradford, England: Emerald.
  • Guerin, D., & Martin, C. (2004). The career cycle approach to defining the interior design profession’s body of knowledge. Journal of Interior Design, 30(2), 1-22.
  • Guerin, D., & Martin, C. (2001). The interior design profession’s body of knowledge: Its definition and documentation. Toronto: Association of Registered Interior Designers of Canada. (Co-author, © 2001 United States and Canada.)

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) National Legislative and Codes Advisory Council, 2009-2010
  • Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), Board of Visitors, 2001-2006; 2007-2010
  • Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), Legislative Liaison to the Board of Directors, 2007-present
  • Journal of Interior Design (JID), Academic ad hoc reviewer, 2005 – present
  • Minnesota Interior Design Legislative Action Committee (MIDLAC), Steering Committee, Member, 2002 – present
  • College of Design Centers Policy and Advisory Committee, Member-at-Large, 2008-2010
  • Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) Certified Interior Designer Board Member (2000-2008); Rules Committee Member, 2000-present, chair, 2001, 2006; Classes of Buildings Sub-committee Member, 2004; Board Delegate to NCIDQ, 2000-2007
  • College of Design Constitution Task Force, DHA member, 2006-2008
  • National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), Nominating Committee, 2003, 2007; Model Language Task Force, 2004-2005; Chair, 2005; Definition of Interior Design Task Force, 2003-2004
     Awards:      
  • Presidential Citation, American Society of Interior Designers, 2003, 2008
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession, Interior Design Educators Council, 2008
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Journal of Interior Design Reviewer, Interior Design Educators Council, 2008.
  • Service Award, 2008 Annual IDEC Conference Abstract Reviewer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Outstanding Service, American Society of Interior Designers, Minnesota Chapter, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service, National Council for Interior Design Qualification, 2003, 2005
  • College of Human Ecology Excellence in Outreach and Engagement Award, University of Minnesota, 2004
  • Appointment to Women’s Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003