peowens@ucdavis.edu	Patsy Eubanks Owens Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture 177 and 131 Hunt Hall Phone (530) 752-9145 Fax: (530) 752-3677 Education & Experience Teaching & Advising Research & Engaged Scholarship Publications Grants & Research Projects Design Portfolio Lectures, Presentations & Workshops Technical Reports & Limited Distributions
Education & Experience
A PDF of this web page/full curriculum vitae is here. EDUCATION Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban and Community Design, University of California at Berkeley, 1987. Thesis: "Venues and Values of Teens." Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (cum laude), University of Georgia, 1980. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS – Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Department of Environmental Design, 1990–1999; Associate and then Professor of Landscape Architecture, Department of Environmental Design, 1999–present. Virginia Tech – Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, August 1987–August 1990. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley – Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Landscape Architecture, 1984 – 1987. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Landscape Architectural Consultant, Community Development Planning & Design, Berkeley, California, 1985 - 1986. Research and Design Consultant, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1983 - 1987. Instructor, Uniform National Exam Review Seminars, Berkeley, California and Wilmington, Delaware, 1983 – 1985. Landscape Architect, The Delta Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1980 – 1983. HONORS AND AWARDS Faculty Fellow, Art of Regional Change. UC Davis Humanities Institute, 2009. ASLA Fellow Nominee, Sierra Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2003. Community Service Award, Knights Landing, 2002. Faculty Development Award, University of California, 1996. Fellow, Davis Humanities Institute, University of California, 1994. Community Service Citation (Master Plans for Muir, Johnson, and Zapata Parks), City of Sacramento, 1994 Award of Distinction, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 1990. Honor Award (Park and Recreational Planning : Runyon Canyon Master Plan), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) – 1987. First Place - Local Resources Preservation (The Presidio of San Francisco), National Resource Council of America, 1987. Honor Award (Urban Design: Manteo Community Design Project), American Society of Landscape Architects, 1985. Honor Award (Park and Recreational Planning: Chestnut Street Park), American Society of Landscape Architects, 1983. Honor Award (Urban Design: Downtown Salem Central Business District Plan), American Society of Landscape Architects, 1983. MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS Professional Landscape Architect, Registration #122E, State of Delaware Member, The American Society of Landscape Architects Member, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Co-chair, Children &Youth Environments Network (EDRA) Faculty Affiliate, Children & Youth Environments Research Center, University of Colorado. back to top
Teaching & Advising
Courses taught 2011-2012 LDA 2 (Winter) LDA 180/181 (Fall) Courses for 2009-2010 LDA 2 (Winter) LDA 190 (Spring) Courses for 2008-2009 Research Leave (Fall & Winter) LDA 270 (Spring) Courses for 2007-2008 LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 193A (Winter) LDA 180/181J (Spring) lecture & studio (separate PDFs) Courses for 2006-2007 LDA 180/181: Social Factors in LA (Fall) lecture & studio (separate PDFs) LDA 190: Proseminar (Fall) LDA 70: Basic Landscape Design Studio (Winter) LDA 202 (Grad): Methods in Research (Winter) Courses for 2005-2006 LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 193 (Winter & Spring) On sabbatical 2003-2004 Courses for 2002-2003 LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 202 (Winter) LDA 180/181K (Spring) LDA 190 (Spring) Courses for 2001-2002 LDA 170 (Spring) 193A/B (Winter/Spring)  Courses for 2000-2001 LDA 190 (Fall) LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 180/181J (Spring) LDA 202 (Spring) Courses for 1999-2000 LDA 170 (Fall) LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 180/181K (Spring)
Research & Engaged Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS back to top Owens, P. E. (1988). Natural Landscapes, Gathering Places, and Prospect Refuges: Characteristics of Outdoor Places Valued by Teens, Children's Environments Quarterly, 5(2), 17-24. Owens, P. E. (1993). Valued Outdoor Places: A Study of Teen Places in Sunshine, Australia. Power by Design: Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. Chicago, Illinois, 62-66. Owens, P. E. (1994). Designing Places for Teens. CELA 1993: Public Lands/scapes (Proceedings of the 1993 Conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture). Landscape Architecture Foundation, Washington, D.C., 20-29. Owens, P. E. (1994). Hang-outs, Look-outs, and Wipe-outs. Landscape Architecture Magazine, 84(10), 64. Owens, P. E. (1994). Teen Places in Sunshine, Australia: Then and Now. Children's Environments, 11(4), 292-299. Owens, P. E. (1997). Adolescence and the Cultural Landscape: Public Policy, Design Decisions, and Popular Press Reporting. Landscape and Urban Planning, 39(2-3), 153-166. Owens, P. E. (1997). Community Participation in a New Cultural Context. American Society of Landscape Architects: 1997 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Washington, D. C., 123-127. Owens, P. E. (1997). Youth in Design Decision Making: the context, some strategies, their concerns. International Urban Design Conference Proceedings. Nagoya, Japan. Owens, P. E. (1997). Case Studies of Youth in Design Decision Making. Children in Design. International Play Association: Nagoya, Japan chapter. Owens, P. E. Teens’ Place in the Community. (1998). In A. Brosnahan and F. Lee (eds.), History of Our Children’s Future: Proceedings of the Third Annual Human Resources Continuing Conference and Partners in People Conference. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sacramento, CA, April 21, 21-27. Owens, P. E. Developmentally Appropriate Play Space Design: the Special Needs of Teens. Play Space: Challenges in Planning and Design. Proceedings of the 1995 Iowa ASLA Conference. Owens, P. E. Book Review: Landscapes for Learning: Creating Outdoor Environments for Children, by Sharon Stine. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 18(1), 86-88. Owens, P. E. (1999). No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Proceedings of the 1999 American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting. September, 151–153. Owens, P. E. (1999). (Reprint of #13) No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Bulletin of People–Environment Studies, 14, 21–24. Owens, P. E. (2000). That Same Old Participation? Places, 13(1), 34–36. Bressi, T. W. and P. E. Owens. (2000). Santa Ursula Public Lavandara and Water Collection System. Places, 13(1), 35. Cameron, M., A. Forsyth, W. Green, H. Lu, P. McGirr, P. E. Owens and R. Stoltz. (2001). Learning through Service: The Community Design Studio. College Teaching, 49(3), 105–113. Owens, P. E. (2001). Recreation and Restrictions: Community Skateboard Parks in the United States. Urban Geography, 22(8), 782-797. Owens, P. E. (2001). No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Landscape Journal, 21(1–2), 156–163. Owens, P. E. (2003). Adolescents and Landscape. In Christensen, K. and D. Levinson, Ed. Encyclopedia of Community. Thousand Oaks, CA Sage. Vol. 1, 7–9. Evans, W. P., P. E. Owens and S. C. Marsh. (2005). Environmental Factors, Locus of Control, and Adolescent Suicide Risk. Child and Adolescent Social Work, 22(3-4), 301-319. Owens, P. E. (2004). Gather at the River: Identification and preservation of local culture. (Re)constructing communities/design participation in the face of change. (Proceedings of the 2004 Participatory Community Design in the Pacific Rim Conference, Seattle, Washington.), 102-07. Travlou, P., P. E. Owens, C. W. Thompson and L. Maxwell. (2008). Environment, identity and experience: Place-mapping as a method to understand teenagers’ engagement with public places. Children’s Geographies, 6(3), 309-326. Owens, P. E. (2008). Book Review: Open Space: People Space, by Catherine Ward Thompson and Penny Travlou. Children, Youth and Environments, 18 (2), ISSN: 1546-2250. Owens, P. E. and I. McKinnon. (2009). In Pursuit of Nature: The role of nature in adolescents’ lives. Journal of Developmental Processes, 4(1), 43-58. Enfield, R. P. and P. E. Owens. (2009). Building and Sustaining Community-Based Youth Development Collaboratives. Community Development, 40(4), 381-397. Owens, P. E. (Ed.) (2010). Youth Voices for Change: Opinions and ideas for the future of West Sacramento. Center for Regional Change, University of California. INTERNET PUBLICATONS Rapore, Matthew (producer). (June 2008). GHS Campus Design Project: The future of Grant High School is up to you.  Prepared in conjunction with LDA 181J-Community Participation in Design. Sactown Heroes. (June 2009). Youth Voices for Change: An Interactive Web Map.  Prepared in conjunction with the Healthy Youth – Healthy Regions Initiative: Youth Voices for Change. GRANTS back to top Resilience to Violence Among At Risk Youth. Cooperative Regional Research Project (W–193), (1997–2004). Co-PI (research partners at University of Nevada, Reno & Las Vegas; University of Arizona; University of Montana; and University of Colorado. Action Research for Rural School/Community/University Collaborative: Hands–on/MANOS I, Presidential Grants in Education, $18,000 (2000–2001). (Knights Landing & Grafton Elementary School Project). Co-PI. Action Research for Rural School/Community/University Collaborative: Hands–on/MANOS II, Presidential Grants in Education, $18,000 (2001–2002). (Knights Landing & Grafton Elementary School Project). Co-PI. Action Research for Rural School/Community/University Collaborative: Hands–on/MANOS III, Presidential Grants in Education, $18,000 (2002–2003). (Knights Landing & Grafton Elementary School Project). Co-PI. Always United & Together, César Chávez Day of Service and Learning, State of California, $100,000 (2003). (Partner with Yolo Connections in the installation of landscape plan at the Knights Landing Family Resources Center). Co-PI. Applied Developmental Science: Taking an Asset Approach in California, (You, Your Community, Your View) Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources, $23,806 (2001–2002), $20,166 (2002–2003), $4,000 (2003–2004), $4,000 (2004–2005), $4,000 (2005–2006) and $4,000 (2006–2007). Co-PI (research partners at UC Cooperative Extension, YMCA, California Parks & Recreation and Sacramento County Office of Education). Identity, space and social exclusion: teenagers and public places in the urban environment, British Academy, £2,150 (2004–2005), £1,700 (2005–2006) and £1,900 (2006–2007). Co-PI (partners at University of Edinburgh and Cornell University). Teens’ Eye View of Community. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Core Issues Grant, $34,995 (July 2006–June 2007). PI. California Community and Regional Mapping Laboratory, UCD College of Agricultural and Environmental  Sciences temporary Hatch and Multi-State Funds, $75,000 (February– September 2008). PI (project conception and proposal author). West Sacramento Arcistas Project. Art of Regional Change, Faculty Fellow Program. $1500.  (2009). Multiple Pathways to Youth Success and Regional Vitality. Sierra Health Foundation, $700,000. (October 2008 – September 2010). Co-PI  (Team lead for youth participation component of project). Healthy Youth - Healthy Regions (link to website). The California Endowment. $300,000. (January 2009 – September 2010). Co-PI  (Team lead for youth participation action research component of project). PDF of project is here. RESEARCH & CREATIVE WORK back to top Knights Landing Community Goal Setting & Planning. (1999). In cooperation with Grafton Elementary School and citizens of Knights Landing, California. Knights Landing Park Revitalization. (1999). In cooperation with parents of students of Grafton Elementary School, Knights Landing, California. EDRA Conference, program graphic and t–shirt design. (1999). Environmental Design Research Association 30. EDRA Conference, overall conference logo. (2000). Environmental Design Research Association 31. César Chávez Kindergarten Playyard. (2000). In cooperation with César Chávez Elementary School, Davis, California. César Chávez Art Fair. (2000). César Chávez Elementary School, Davis, California. Wolfskill High School Landscape Master Plan. (2000). In cooperation with Wolfskill High School, Winters, California. Knights Landing Park Master Plan. (June 2001). Prepared for the citizens of Knights Landing, California. Grafton Elementary Playground Design. (2001). Supervision of student designer, Marlies Nagl, including design and installation consultation. Knights Landing, California. Knights Landing Family Resource Center. (2003). Site design and construction. Knights Landing, California. Explorit Science Center Campus. (2003). Conceptual Plan/Outdoor Learning Centers. Davis, California. Child Development Center César Chávez Elementary School. (2003) Site design alternatives. Davis, California. Community Design & Planning Services. (1994 – 2005). Faculty Director. Resilience to Violence Among At Risk Youth. (1997–2002). Cooperative Regional Research Project (W–193). Extended until September 30, 2004. Hands–on (Manos) III: Action research for a rural school/community/university collaboration (2002–2003). University of California, Office of the President, Community Education Resource Center Program. You, Your Community, Your View: Perceptions of Youth in California Communities. (2001-2007). Youth-serving collaboratives’ evaluation and youth photographic study. (See “Applied Developmental Science” grant.) Knights Landing Community Garden. (2005). Community Design Facilitation. Knights Landing, California. White Rock Community Park. (2005). High school student design education sessions and community design facilitation, Rancho Cordova, California. California School Memories. (2005). Mural project with 6th grade class. Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Davis, California. N Street Co-Housing Community Space. (2006). Community Design Facilitation. Davis, California. Positive Youth Development through Place. (10/01/01 – 09/30/06). Agricultural Experiment Station project. South Sacramento Youth Leadership Council. (2007). Youth training, meeting facilitation, and community goal setting. Identity, space and social exclusion: teenagers and public places in the urban environment. (2004-2007). Cross-cultural examination of teen engagement with urban open space. Teens’ Eye View of Community. (2006-2007). Perceptions of youth in Santa Cruz and Kern Counties, and Modesto. Sunrise & Sunset. (2008). Mural project with 6th grade class. Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Davis, California. Planting Seeds…Developing a Vision: the Grant High School Landscape Master Plan. 2008-present. Multi-phase effort in collaboration with the Grant High Environmental Design Academy. Healthy Youth – Healthy Regions: Youth Voices for Change (website). (10/1/2008- present). Participatory action research project. PDF of project is here. Youth Voices for Change Project Exhibit. (March – June 2010). Nelson Gallery, Walter A. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, University of California, Davis. Youth Voices for Change Project Exhibit. (February 2010 – indefinitely). City Hall Council Chambers Lobby, West Sacramento, California. Youth Voices for Change Project Exhibit. (June 2010 - unspecified). Sierra Health Foundation. Sacramento, California. ABSTRACTS: see complete curriculum vitae LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS: see complete curriculum vitae TECHNICAL REPORTS AND LIMITED DISTRIBUTIONS Community – Building: Learning a Participatory Process. (1999). A report on the Knights Landing community goal setting and planning process prepared for the citizens of Knights Landing. César Chávez Kindergarten Playyard; A Post Occupancy Evaluation. (2000). Prepared for the kindergarten teachers of César Chávez Elementary School, Davis. Wolfskill High School Landscape Master Plan: Research Information and Design Ideas. (2000). Prepared for the teachers and students of Wolfskill High School, Winters, CA. Gather at the River: To remember our past, enjoy our present, and build our future. (2001). A conceptual master plan for the Knights Landing Community Park prepared for the citizens of Knights Landing. Knights Landing Opinion Leaders Interview Summary. (2001). Developed in conjunction with the Knights Landing Conceptual Master Plan. Self–evaluation Report: Landscape Architecture Accreditation (2001). Field Researcher Notebook (2002). Prepared in conjunction with the DANR sponsored project, “Applied Developmental Science: Taking an Asset Approach in California.” Overarching Issues for Planning and Creating the Knights Landing Community Park. (2003). Submitted to the Knights Landing (California) Park Advisory Committee. 11th Grade Teen Safety Survey Results: Hiram W. Johnson High School, Sacramento, California. (2003). Submitted to the Sacramento City Unified School District and Hiram W. Johnson High School. School Safety and Youth Resiliency to Violence: Focus Group Data. (2003). Submitted to the Sacramento City Unified School District and Hiram W. Johnson High School. Pasadena Youth Photographic Surveys: Summary of Responses. (2006). Prepared for the Pasadena Youth Collaborative. Pasadena Adult Interviews: Summary of Responses. (2006). Prepared for the Pasadena Youth Collaborative. Sacramento FACES Youth Photographic Surveys: Summary of Responses. (2006). Prepared for the Sacramento FACES Youth Collaborative. Sacramento FACES Adult Interviews: Summary of Responses. (2006). Prepared for the Sacramento FACES Youth Collaborative. N Street Co–Housing Open Space Plan. (2007). Prepared with Lawrence Cuevas and Andrew Haskin for the residents of N Street, Davis, California. Planting Seeds … Developing a Vision for Grant High School: A Conceptual Landscape Master Plan. (2008). P.E. Owens, E. Gellerman, M. Hernandez and M. Patel (eds.). Prepared for the Grant High School community (Sacramento). GHS08: A Photographic Survey by Students. (2008). Prepared for the Grant High School community (Sacramento). GHS Campus Design Project: The future of Grant High School is up to you. (2008). Matthew Rapore (producer). The Inclusive Campus: Innovations for the Eastern Edge of the UC Davis Campus. (2009). Presented to UC Davis, Office of Resource Management and Planning. Youth Voices for Change: An Interactive Web Map. (2009). Prepared with the Sactown Heroes of West Sacramento in conjunction with the Healthy Youth Healthy Regions Initiative. Healthy Youth Environments: Youth Voice, Youth Place, Youth Support. (2010). A Report of the Healthy Youth-Healthy Regions Participatory Action Research Team. Center for Regional Change. University of California, Davis.