La Barbara James Wigfall
EDUCATION
Master of City and Regional Planning 1977
Social Planning and Urban Design
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
Bachelor of Architecture (with honors) 1975
School of Architecture and Planning
Howard University
HONORS
Commerce Bank Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Kansas State University (one of four faculty) 2010
People's Choice Poster Awards/Brownfields 2002 & CIC Conferences
"Strategic Planning for Communities"
Conoco Presidential Award for Distinguished Services to Minority
Education, Kansas State University 1995-6
First Visiting Fellow for Multiculturalism & Diversity
School of Architecture, University of Arkansas/Fayetteville 1994-5
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
National Organization of Minority Architects, Director/Member 2008-present
National Association for Ethnic Studies, Member 2009-2010
American Institute of Architects, Associate 1973-1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ConsultantComprehensive Planning, Preservation & Urban Design
PrincipalPrincipalFly Associates, Inc. (planning/design services) 1978-1987
Director/ChairEntourage, Inc. (research/education services) 1980-present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
AssiAsst./Assoc. ProfessorKansas State University 1987-present
Dept. of Landscape Arch/Reg & Comty Planning (Environmental Design)
Adjunct Asst. Adjunct Asst. ProfessorKansas State University 1988-present
Ethnic Studies Program
Faculty MentorKansas State University FIPSE 1988-1994
Community Service Project
Visiting LecturerUniversity of California, Berkeley 1985
College of Environmental Design/Joint Appointment
Departments of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Adjunct LecturerThe University of Texas at San Antonio 1979-1987
Architectural Design Program
Assistant ProfessorThe University of Texas at Austin 1978-1979
School of Architecture and Planning
Assistant ProfessorHoward University 1977
School of Architecture and Planning
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RESEARCH/GRANTS*
Project Co-authorsThe Impact of Civic Discourse on Citizen Participation in the Public Process Kansas State CECD Grant on Smoking Ordinances with Dr. EM Steichen 2009
Advance Team MemberKansas State University Presidential Travel Grant 2007
Faculty team to South Africa & Botswana
Co-RecipientFulbright Five-Week Study Abroad 2005
Tanzania (East Africa), with Shannon Chance, Hampton University
RecipientFulbright Five-Week Study Abroad 1999-present
Senegal (West Africa), Uganda and Kenya (East Africa)
Pattern in the Environment
AuthorKansas State University Presidential Travel Grant 1999 & 2002
Senegal (West Africa), Uganda and Kenya (East Africa)
Co-InvestigatorTechnical Outreach Services for Communities 1998-present
Great Plains/Rocky Mountain CHSR
SPECIAL PROJECTS/PUBLICATIONS*
Principal InvestigatorParks for the People: Nicodemus, NPS Competition Proposal (pending)
Designing the Parks Studio – Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
AuthorFour Theorems of African Archetype and Landscape - Selected Paper
Considering Research: Reflecting Upon Current Themes in Arch. Research
Arch. Research Centers Consortium Spring Research Conference 2011
AuthorAn Apprentice's Journey in Time, Place & Culture/Senegal
A Walk in the Park/Uganda
Kansas State University Libraries 2002-2005
Project Manager Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center 2002-present
"Strategic Planning for Communities" - CD/DVD visioning process
Oakgrove/Kansas City, Kansas (co-authored with Sylvia Michaelis)
Author"Waiting on the Dawn at demus"
Sites of Memory; Craig Barton, editor
Princeton Architectural Press 2001
Co-administeredEntourage, Inc. (with Everett L. Fly)
"Black Dallas Remembered"
Dallas Historical Society/AKA Sorority, Inc. 1985
"Harrison-Walnut Historic Survey"
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1984
"Northeastern Montgomery Co. Black Oral History Study"
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development 1983
"Historic Black Enclaves of Miami, Dade County"
Black Archives, History and Research Fd. of South Florida, Inc. 1981
Nicodemus, Kansas Historic American Buildings Survey
National Park Service; Design Arts/NEA; K-State; KSHS 1983-1986
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