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Herb Childress, Mellon Lecturing Fellow

Contact Info:
Office Location:  Bell Tower 3, Room 106, Box 90025
Office Phone: 660-4393
E-mail Address:  send me a message

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Education:
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996
Research Interests:

For the past eleven years I've studies the social and physical landscapes of American teenagers. I'm fascinated by the spatial behavior and spatial meanings that young people have, and how those are often different than the behaviors and beliefs of adults. This has included exploring the institutions that young people are compelled to inhabit (homes, schools, and youth centers, for example), as well as the causal gathering places that they choose themselves.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  • H. Childress. ""Architecture, Pedagogy, and Social Climate" and "School Culture"." The American High School: An Encyclopedia  (Accepted, in press).
  • H. Childress. ""Experts, Kids and Design: The Uses and Limits of Expertise in Designing for Young People"." Creating a Geography of Yes! Young Adult Spaces in Libraries  (Accepted, in press).
  • H. Childress. Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy: Curtisville in the lives of its Teenagers.  Albany: NY: State University of New York Press, 2000 .
  • H. Childress. ""A Storyteller's Beliefs: Narrative and Existential Research"." Theoretical Perspectives in Environment-Behavior Research: Underlying Assumptions, Research Problems, and Methodologies. Edited by S. Wapner, J. Demick, T. Yamamoto, and H. Minami. New York: Kluwer/Plenum 2000.
  • H. Childress, Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America. The Journal of Architecture and Planning Research  (in press).
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