Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

TASOULLA HADJIYANNI, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Interior Design Program
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
491 McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
612-626-1245
thadjiya@umn.edu
     

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Architecture
  • Interior design
  • Housing
  • Design pedagogy
  • Cultural aspects of space
  • Identity construction
  • Immigration
  • Globalization
  • Non-western traditions     

Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):

  • DHA 3605: Interior Design Studio V
  • DHA 4162: History of Furnishings and Interiors--1750 to presen.
  • DHA 4165-5165: Design and Globalization
      Selected Scholarship:
  • Hadjiyanni, T., & Kwon, J. (To appear 2009). The social dimension of electronic surveillance: Exploring how camera and video systems relate to Interior Design. Journal of Interior Design.
  • Hadjiyanni, T., & Helle, K. (in press 2009). Re/claiming the past – Constructing Ojibwe identity in Minnesota homes. Design Studies, doi:10.1016/j.destud.2008.12.006.
  • Hadjiyanni, T., & Helle, K. (in press 2008). Kitchens as cultural mediums – The food experiences of Mexican immigrants in Minnesota. Housing and Society Special Issue on Kitchens and Baths, 35(2), 97-116.
  • Hadjiyanni, T. (July 2008). Beyond concepts - A studio pedagogy for preparing tomorrow’s designers. International Journal of Architectural Research, 2(2), 41-56.
  • Hadjiyanni, T. (2007). Bounded choices – Somali women constructing difference in Minnesota housing. Journal of Interior Design, 32(2), 17-27.
  • Hadjiyanni, T. (2006). Integrating social-science inquiry into studio teaching – Housing new immigrants. Open House International – Design Studio Teaching Practices: Between Traditional, Revolutionary, and Virtual, 31(3), 60-66.
  • Hadjiyanni, T., & Robinson, J. W. (2005). Incorporating cultural issues in sustainable housing design - The case of the Hmong. In Walter Leal Filho (Ed.) The handbook of sustainability research. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, pp. 69-95.
  • Hadjiyanni, T. (2005). Culturally sensitive housing: Considering difference. Implications, 3 (1), 1-6.
  • Hadjiyanni, T. (2002). The making of a refugee - Children adopting refugee identity in Cyprus. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.     

 

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • 2003 - Present. Building Ties. Yearly exhibit of culturally sensitive housing designs created by students in DHA 3605 at the Hennepin History Museum.
  • 2008 – Present. College of Design Diversity Committee.
  • 2005 - Present. Chair of the Environmental Design Research Association’s Residential Environments Network.
  • Spring 2006 – Spring 2008. Inaugural member of the Women’s Faculty Cabinet
  • Intermittent since 2004 - EDRA Paper Reviewer (Environmental Design Research Association)
  • Intermittent since 2007 – IDEC Paper Reviewer (Interior Design Educators Council)
      Awards:
  • President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award - Toward culturally sensitive housing – Hmong, Somali, Mexicans, Ojibwe, & African-Americans. 2009-2010.
  • National Science Foundation/Industry University Cooperative Research Centers, Surveillance systems – Societal impacts and design approaches. 2008 – 2010.
  • National Science Foundation – Engineering, Design issues and optimal camera placement. 2005 – Present (Papanikolopoulos, N. (PI), & Hadjiyanni, T. (Co-PI)).
  • Grant-in-Aid, Designing with culture in mind - Understanding Mexican-Americans’ housing needs. 2006-2007.
  • President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award, Toward culturally sensitive housing – The case of American-Indians and African-Americans. 2006 - 2007.