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Dr. Jeff Lackney has committed his entire 20-year practice as a licensed architect to creating high-quality visionary learning
environments for children and youth around the world. Jeff is dedicated to authentic community involvement in school planning,
believing that the best solutions come from working in concert with people to identify desires and expectations for the future of
education, and building on the creative potential of the surrounding community culture. Currently he consults nationally with FNI
as an educational facility planner advocating innovative vision-driven approaches to planning for education. In addition to
working on various projects in the USA, Jeff is actively working on projects in Australia, Thailand, New Zealand and the Cayman
Islands.
In addition to his practical experience in school design, Jeff has conducted extensive research, published and presented
internationally on the influence of the physical setting on learning, assessing the fit between educational programs and older
buildings, community-based planning, action research, planning for small learning communities, the role of the physical setting
in mediating school climate and culture, post-occupancy evaluation in schools, and neighborhood schools planning. He is co-author
of a new textbook entitled “Educational Facilities Planning: Leadership, Architecture and Management”, published by Allyn and
Bacon in 2006. He published a highly proclaimed digest entitled “Thirty-three Educational Design Principles for Schools and
Community Learning” for the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF)
http://schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu/33principles.html
that outlines innovative strategies and trends in educational design. He work has attracted the attention of media outlets CNN.com, NY Times,
BBC Radio, National Educational Association (NEA) and Edutopia.
Prior to joining FNI, Jeff was assistant professor within the Department of Engineering Professional Development at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison where he conducted continuing education courses in architecture and facility management. He
manages several websites dedicated to collaborative design and action research at School Design Research Studio. Visit
http://schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu and
http://schoolstudio.typepad.com.
From 1998 to 2000, he served as the first director of the
Educational Design Institute (EDI) at Mississippi State University, an interdisciplinary collaborative between the College of
Education and the School of Architecture that promotes innovative practices in educational facility planning and design. He also
worked as educational planning consultant with Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN from 1997-1998, and served as
assistant director of the Johnson Controls Institute for Environmental Quality in Architecture at the School of Architecture and
Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1995-1998.
AWARDS
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Design Share/ School Construction News Citation Award for the McWillie Elementary School, Jackson, Mississippi, partnership between the Educational Design Institute and Dale & Associates Architects, 2003.
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Council of Educational Facility Planners International Midwest/Great Lakes Region Chapter Service Award, 2002.
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International Chapter Service Award, Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 2000.
EDUCATION
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Doctorate of Architecture, Option in Environmental Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1996
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Masters of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning,1988
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Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1984
LICENSES
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Licensed Architect, Commonweath of Pennsylvania, Licence No. RX-12345, 1991-present
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Recognized Education Facilities Planner (REFP) 1999-present.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
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Member, Environmental Design Research Association, 1988-present.
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Member, Council of Educational Planners International 1997-2005.
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Member of the Research Committee for the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), 2002-present.
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Member, Urban Educational Facilities for 21st Century (UEF21) of the Northeast Chapter of CEFPI, 1999-present.
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Member, Committee on Architecture for Education within the American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1995-present.
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Advisory Board Member, School Construction News, 2000-present.
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Jurist, DesignShare annual international school design competition, 2000-2005
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Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, White House Briefing, Panelist, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1999.
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Meeting on School Facilities and Educational Outcomes, Participant in a planning workshop conducted by the National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE), Washington, D.C., Feb., 18, 1998.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering, 2000-2006.
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Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, College of Educational Leadership, 1998-2000.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1996-1998.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Tanner, K. and Lackney, J. (2006). Educational architecture: Planning, designing, constructing, and managing environments for learning. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
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Lackney, J.A. (2005). New approaches for school design. In F. W. English (Ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Educational Administration.
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Lackney, J.A. (2004). The History of High School Architecture. In K. Borman, S. Cahill, and B. Cotner (Eds.) Encyclopedia of the American High School
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Lackney, J.A. (2003). Trends in school design and construction. Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Architecture for Education: New School Design From the Chicago Competition. pp.3.23-3.27.
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Lackney, J.A. (Spring, 2003). Book Review: Architecture of Schools: The New Learning Environments by Mark Dudek. Children, Youth and Environments. Volume 13, Issue 1. http://cye.colorado.edu:8080/CYElom/BookReviews/BookReview43
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Lackney, J.A. (2002). Forming Small Learning Communities: Implementing Neighborhoods in an Existing High School. CEFPI Journal, 36:3, 5-10.
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Lackney, J.A. (2001, Fall). School Design: An Architect’s View. Horace: The Journal of the Coalition of Essential Schools, 18:1, 15-18.
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Lackney, J.A. (2000). Thirty-three Educational design principles for schools and community learning centers. National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS), National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF), Washington, D.C.
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Lackney, J.A. (1998). Changing Patterns in Educational Facilities: An REFP Workshop conducted at the CEFPI 1998 Vancouver Conference with T. Magney, R. Fielding and D. Menzel. http://www.designshare.com/Research/ChangingPatterns/ChangingPatterns1.htm
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Lackney, J.A. (1998). Twelve design principles based on brain-based research: A summary from a workshop conducted at the Midwest/Great Lakes Regional Council of Educational Facility Planners International Conference (CEFPI), Minneapolis, MN, May 1. Internet address: http://www.designshare.com/CEFPIBrain-basedsum.htm
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Moore, G.T. & Lackney, J.A. (1995). Design patterns for America’s schools: Responding to the reform movement. In Meek, A. (Ed.) Places for Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Also available from ERIC Document Reproduction Service, No. EA 026224.
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Lackney, J.A. (1994). Educational facilities: The impact and role of the physical environment of the school on teaching, learning and educational outcomes. Johnson Controls Monograph Series Report R94-4. School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research.
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Moore, G.T. & Lackney, J.A. (1994). Educational facilities for the Twenty-first Century: Research Analysis and Design Patterns. Report R94-1, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research. Also available from ERIC Document Reproduction Service, No. EA 026223.
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Lackney, J.A., From Home School to House Plan, 1650-2001. New York Times, Special Segment on Education, August 5, 2001.
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & WORKSHOPS
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Master Class in Educational Facilities: Principles of 21st Century School Design, Building Exchange Conference, Madrid, Spain, June 7-9, 2006.
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A New Spirit of Innovation in School Design: An International Perspective, 35th annual Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2 – 6, 2004.
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Why Designing High Performance Schools is Good for Education, Greening the Heartland 2004: Beyond Sustainability. Missouri Chapter of the United States Green Building Council, Columbia, Missouri, March 11, 2004.
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Smaller Learning Communities By Design, invited workshop, Northeast Chapter of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, Trenton, NJ, April 23, 2004.
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Inventing Non-traditional Collaborative Learning Environments, workshop conducted with F. Locker, Northeast Chapter of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, Trenton, NJ, April 23, 2004.
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The 21st Century School Design Workshop, A Workshop organized as part of the Great Schools New Jersey Action Research Project, Livingston Campus Center, Rutgers Campus, New Brunswick, NJ., November 3, 2003.
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That Was Then, This Is Now: Exploring New Possibilities In Educational Facilities. A Workshop conducted at the Coalition of Essential Schools, Fall Forum 2002. Washington, D.C. November 14-16, 2002
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The State of Post-Occupancy Evaluation in the Practice of Educational Design. Paper presented at the 32nd annual Environmental Design Research Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5, 2001.
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Implementing a Neighborhood Structure in an Existing High School: A Case Study in Cultural Change. Paper Presented at the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 78th Annual International Conference: Creating High Performing Schools, Denver, CO., October 17-20, 2001.
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The Challenges of Encouraging Educational Design Innovations. Invited Keynote Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Alaska Chapter of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International (CEFPI). Anchorage, AK. December, 1999.
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Assessing the Impact of the Physical Environment on the Educational Process: Integrating Theoretical Issues with Practical Concerns; Urban Educational Facilities 21 – Northeast Chapter First Annual Conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture, Newark, NJ; September 17, 1999.
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Learning from the School of Environmental Studies: A Post occupancy evaluation, Council of Educational Facilities Planners International Conference (CEFPI), Vancouver, B.C. October 4-7, 1998.
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