Keane Selected as Jarvis Chair of Landscape Architecture

Professor Tim Keane has been selected as the 2009-2010 Jarvis Chair of Landscape Architecture in the Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design. 

Professor Keane’s selection was announced by Stephanie Rolley, professor and head of the Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning.

“This is the fifth year the $10,000 annual stipend has been awarded to one of our faculty,” Rolley said.

Rolley continued, “Faculty applied for the award by submitting a portfolio that included a teaching portfolio, student evaluations, evidence of scholarship and the candidate’s statement regarding his/her contributions to landscape architecture. Three faculty from another university then form a blind jury to evaluate the applications. Tim de Noble, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, and Dr. Ruth Dyer, K-State’s Interim Provost, approved the selection.”

The jury noted the continued development of Dr. Keane’s expertise in natural systems and his engagement in multidisciplinary teaching and research that broadens the recognition of the landscape architecture program and profession.

Professor Keane’s teaching and scholarship are held in high regard. The recipient of multiple teaching awards, he has developed a series of natural systems and fluvial systems courses that provide a depth and breadth of material unusual to landscape architecture programs. For the past 13 years Professor Keane has taught in the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences secondary major program. He has also been involved in the Landscape Architecture Capstone Design course. Professor Keane’s research deals with stream morphology and process, as well as urban stormwater management. In the past five years, he has been a part of teams that have brought over $2 million of funded research to K-State.

A K-State faculty member since 1984, Professor Keane holds a bachelor of science in landscape architecture from Iowa State University, and a master of landscape architecture and PhD in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan. 

The Jarvis Chair of Landscape Architecture is funded through a bequested endowment established by Mary K. Jarvis, a 1942 graduate who is thought to be the first female to receive a landscape architecture degree from K-State. Interest from the endowment is matched by the State of Kansas Faculty of Distinction program and is used to recognize faculty who, in the previous year, made significant contributions in their teaching, scholarship and/or service.

For more information, contact:
Stephanie Rolley, 785.532.5961
Diane Potts, 785.532.1090