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Thoren said she is excited to join a department that is known for its design excellence, creativity and commitment to environmental and social good.
“I am looking forward to working with faculty, staff and students on the important challenges of climate change, social equity, and community and environmental health, areas where landscape architecture can play an innovative leadership role in society.”
Thoren, currently a Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Senior Fellow for Innovation and Leadership, is an award-winning educator and scholar whose leadership experience spans undergraduate and graduate studies, faculty affairs, recruitment, student services, and equity and inclusion. She is the founder and director of the Fuller Center for Productive Landscapes at the University of Oregon, and served as the associate dean for academic affairs in the university’s College of Design from 2015 to 2018. She currently serves as the Council of Educators in Land