|| EDUCATION
- Master of Landscape Architecture, 2001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thesis: “Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Development”
Thesis Committee: Patrick Miller, Ph.D. (Chair), John Randolph, Ph.D., Bob Jones, Ph.D.
Awards: Stanley Abbott Award for Excellence in Master’s Thesis
American Society of Landscape Architects Certificate of Merit for Excellence in the study of Landscape Architecture
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, 1997
Mississippi State University
Award: American Society of Landscape Architects Certificate of Merit for Excellence in the study of Landscape Architecture
|| SELECTED ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
- August 2003 – Present
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
- June 2001 – June 2003
Landscape Architect
The Landscape Studio – Landscape Architecture LLC, Ed Blake, Jr. Principal Hattiesburg, Mississippi
|| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
- Refereed Journal Articles (Under Review)
Brzuszek, B. & Walker, J. A survey of community fire ordinances and their impacts upon the design profession.
Landscape Journal, submitted July 2006.
- Refereed Articles in Proceedings
Walker, J., & Brzuszek, B. 2005. The wildland-urban interface and the design professions. 2005 Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), The Reach of Research Conference Meeting Proceedings, Jackson, MS, 121-125.
Walker, J., & Brzuszek, B. 2004. Emerging role of landscape architects in wildland-urban interface development. American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 2004 Annual Meeting Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, 171-175.
- Refereed Conference Presentations
Brzuszek, B., Walker, J., and Schauwecker, T. 2006.
To build or burn: conflicts of development and wildfire within the wildland-urban interface. Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA), May 3-7, Atlanta, GA
Walker, J., && Brzuszek, B. 2005. The wildland-urban interface and the design professions. Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), April 6-9, Jackson, MS
Walker, J., & Brzuszek, B. 2004. Emerging role of landscape architects in wildland-urban interface development. American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), October 29-November 1, Salt Lake City, UT
|| SELECTED FUNDED GRANTS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Project Title: Assessing the Impact of Ordinances, Outreach and Enforcement on the Resiliency of Gulf Coastal Watersheds
Funding Source: NOAA (012600)
Period: 2006-2007 (on-going)
Grant Amount: $100,782 awarded (pending)
Role: Principal Investigator focusing the research to test the hypothesis that the most ecologically resilient watersheds are those with well-defined ordinances and regulations that include established enforcement and are supplemented with active and effective NGO (non-governmental organization) involvement. A GIS database will analyze and map relationships between watershed regulation and water quality by compiling regulatory codes, ordinances, enforcement actions, and NGO outreach efforts for coastal watersheds. The data will be correlated with water quality data to determine the effectiveness of regulatory action. Further research will expand our efforts to larger watersheds and define the components and characteristics of resilient coastal watersheds. It is expected that results from this effort can serve as input for policy recommendations at state, county, and municipal levels. This research funding supported one graduate student for 1 year. Refereed journal articles and conference presentations will be developed as project progresses.
- Project Title: U.S. Highway 49 Transportation Corridor Development Alternatives Study
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
Period: 2005-2006 (on-going)
Grant Amount: $68,084 awarded
Role: Researcher, consultant focusing on assessing the potential for integrating Smart Growth development alternatives into transportation planning projects along the U.S. Highway 49 Transportation Corridor between Jackson and Wiggins, MS. The research identifies the types of data needed to develop Smart Growth-based alternatives to standard economic development along the highway by-passes of rural Mississippi communities, and offer a proposal for a GIS-based method of collecting and analyzing these data. The long range goal of this on-going project is to provide an interface between research in transportation corridor dynamics and the planning professionals carrying out corridor development projects by developing a decision making tool for planers and officials responsible for the implementation of transportation corridor planning projects. This research funding supported one graduate student for 1.5 years. Refereed journal articles and conference presentations are under development.
