Tina Patel
Tina Patel is an Associate Professor in the Interior Design program of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from India and her MA and MFA in Interior Design from Iowa State University. She has held academic positions of Professor at Algonquin College, Ottawa; Teaching Specialist in Interior Design at the University of Minnesota; Instructor and Coordinator of the Interior Design Program at South Dakota State University. Before teaching, Tina worked at Callison RTKL, Washington, DC, and Baltimore offices, SVPA Architects, West Des Moines, and Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Chicago. Her work examines the intersection of people, processes and the built environment. She has presented at national and international conferences and has published her research on learning environments for neurodiversity, the impact of evolving workplaces on behavior, and design pedagogy.