Nadia Volchansky, an Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture, Undergraduate Faculty Advisor, and a leader in the Interior Architecture Program, is a known published researcher, established designer, and strategic problem solver. While Professor Volchansky's most recent publication discusses, Sound, Time, and Cognitive Processing: Implications for Medical Contexts, poster presentation (2015), her current research focuses on how to sustain culture through community engagement and how failure can be used as a design tool.
A previous publication of Professor Volchansky, Transcending Global, Cultural and Disciplinary Boundaries: The Evolving Role of Interior Design (2010), "examin[es] an interior design studio project, designed to respond to an acute need for healthcare delivery in Haiti" (81). Scholars "collaborat[ed] with professionals from various industries and sectors (architecture, design, medical, political), eighteen interior design students unveiled a schematic design proposal for a sustainable, cost-efficient model of a women’s clinic and education center" (81). To read the full article, please click here.
We are honored to have Professor Volchansky serve as a Nashman Affiliate. To learn more about how the Nashman Center supports community engaged faculty, click here. If you would like more information on getting your Community Engaged Scholarship course designated, click here.
