peowens@ucdavis.edu

Patsy Eubanks Owens Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture CDPS Faculty Director, Landscape Architecture  Courses for 2009-2010 LDA 2 (Winter)   Courses for 2008-2009 LDA 191 (Fall) LDA 270 (Spring)   Courses for 2007-2008 LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 193A (Winter) LDA 180/181J (Spring)   Courses for 2006-2007 LDA 180/181: Social Factors in LA (Fall) 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 Fall 2001 LDA 170 (Spring) 193A/B (Winter/Spring)   Courses taught 2000-2001 LDA 190 (Fall) LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 180/181J (Spring) LDA 202 (Spring)   Courses taught 1999-2000 LDA 170 (Fall) LDA 70 (Winter) LDA 180/181K (Spring) 175 Hunt Hall Phone (530) 752-9145 to leave a message (530) 752-3907 to make an appointment Fax: (530) 752-1392

      The overall focus of my work concerns the influence of social factors on the design of places. This focus provides direction to my teaching, research, and service - all three of which are linked in ways that strengthen each other. The basic tenet that informs my work is that the designer's base of ideas - and, consequently, the design itself - is enhanced when the values, patterns, and activities of the community who will use a place are understood and considered.

In particular, my research focuses on two areas -- adolescents and the physical environment and community participation in design. My research and design activities on adolescents include examining what places teenagers value and why, how they use places, how places can influence the adults that teens become, public response to teenagers' use of place, and how to design places to meet the needs of this specific age group. My research and creative activities regarding community participation include examining and developing public participation strategies, applying these strategies to design projects, and providing service-learning experiences for students.

Adolescents
Most recently, my research on adolescents has examined their exclusion from public open spaces. This research was spurred by many professionals telling me that they had been asked to design places so teens would not use them. I have presented papers on this topic at two international conferences, "Living at the Edge: An International Conference of Young People and Social Exclusion," University of Strathclyde, Scotland (1999), and "Metropolis: Cities, Social Life, and Sustainable Development," Paris, France (2000). I also presented my research results at the 1999 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. My paper on this subject, "No Teens Allowed: the exclusion of adolescents from public space," is currently being reviewed for publication.

In addition, I have a forthcoming article in Urban Geography on community skateboard parks. The article presents a multi-site case study of three skateparks in California. The study includes interviews with skateboarders and park administrators, and behavior observations. The motivations behind the creation of skateparks, as well as specific design recommendations are explored.

My research on adolescents and the physical environment also includes a project I am conducting with researchers from six other states. The project, a five-year longitudinal study, is examining resilience to violence among youth. In particular, my component of the project is to examine how the physical environment can facilitate resiliency. For example, do the youth feel safe or unsafe in a place, do they have places where they can go to be with friends, or do they have control over their own rooms.

Community Participation
I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in community participation. The courses are designed to provide students with hands-on experience working with communities in the design decision-making process. I have several recent publications drawn from my community participation research and experience. My article, "That Same Ole Participation," in Places challenges some of the standard participation strategies and proposes areas that need to be considered by design practitioners. In particular, demographic changes to the US population and advances in communications technology need to be addressed when developing participation approaches. My paper, "Community Participation in a New Cultural Context," was published in the 1997 ASLA Annual Meeting Proceedings. The full version of this paper can be obtained by contacting the UC Davis Center for Design Research.

I am also very concerned with providing service-learning opportunities to students. To this end, I co-founded and serve as the faculty director of Community Design & Planning Services, an outreach program that provides design and research expertise to local and regional organizations. I co-authored a paper, "Learning through Service: The Community Design Studio," (College Teaching, 2000) which examines opportunities for and challenges of involving students in "real-world" projects during their education experience.

• Faculty Director, Center for Design and Planning Services, 1994-present.
• Fellow, Davis Humanities Institute, 1994.
• Member, American Society of Landscape Architecture, 1987-present.
• Member, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), 1998-present.
• Co-chair, Children &Youth Environments Network (EDRA).
• Reviewer, Children's Environments Quarterly, 1990, 1994.
• Reviewer, Department of Education - Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, 1990.
• Member, Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society (Architecture and Allied Arts).
• Director, Center for Design Research, 1992-94.
• Reviewer, Landscape Journal.
• Reviewer, EDRA 25 -Conference Presentations and Proceedings.

1. Owens, P.E. No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Landscape Journal
2. Owens, P.E. Stompin' Grounds of Teens: Valued Outdoor Places in Matewan, West Virginia. (Under Review)
3. Owens, P.E. Recreation and Restrictions: Community Skateboard Parks in the United States Urban Geography
4. Cameron, M., A. Forsyth, W. Green, H. Lu, P. McGirr, P.E. Owens & R. Stoltz (equal contributors). Learning through Service: The Community Design Studio. College Teaching, 2000.
5. Bressi, T.W.& P.E. Owens. Santa Ursula Public Lavandara and Water Collection System. Places, 13(1), 35. 2000.
6. Owens, P.E. That Same Ole Participation? Places, 13(1), 34-36. 2000.
7. Owens, P.E. No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Bulletin of People-Environment Studies, 14, 21-24. 1999 (reprint).
8. Owens, P.E. No Teens Allowed: the Exclusion of Adolescents from Public Spaces. Proceedings of the 1999 American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting. September, 151-153. 1999.
9. Owens, P.E. Book Review: Landscapes for Learning: Creating Outdoor Environments for Children, by Sharon Stine. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.
10. Owens, P.E. Developmentally Appropriate Play Space Design: the Special Needs of Teens. Play Space: Challenges in Planning and Design. Proceedings of the 1995 Conference.
11. Owens, P.E. Teens' Place in the Community. 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. 1998.
12. Owens, P.E. Case Studies of Youth in Design Decision Making. Children in Design. International Play Association: Nagoya, Japan chapter. 1997.
13. Owens, P.E. Youth in Design Decision Making: the context, some strategies, their concerns. International Urban Design Conference Proceedings Nagoya, Japan. 1997
14. Owens, P.E. Community Participation in a New Cultural Context. American Society of Landscape Architects: 1997 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Washington D.C., 123-127. 1997.
15. Owens, P.E. Adolescence and the Cultural Landscape: Public Policy, Design, Decisions, and Popular Press Reporting. Landscape and Urban Planning, 39, 153-166. 1997.
16. Owens, P.E. Teen Places in Sunshine, Australia: Then and Now Children's Environments, 11(4), 292-299. 1994.
17. Owens, P.E. Hang-outs, Look-outs, and Wipe-outs. Landscape Architecture Magazine, 84(10), 64. 1994
18. Owens, P.E. 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. 1994.
19. Owens, P.E. 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. 1993.
20. Owens, P.E. Natural Landscapes, "Gathering Places, and Prospect Refuges: Characteristics of Outdoor Places Valued by Teens, Children's Environments Quarterly, 5(2), 17-24. 1988.
    

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