John is a registered landscape architect and emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture in the College of Design, where he was department chair for over a decade. He has instructed graduate and undergraduate courses in ecological design and planning, landscape representation, and landscape construction.

At the University, John led the multi-year Laurentian Vision Plan, an innovative research and outreach project to rehabilitate former mined landscapes of the Mesabi Iron Range. His academic experience is complemented by over 40 years of professional experience in urban design, the planning and design of education centers, zoological gardens, interpretative centers for Native American sites, and community design workshops. His professional and scholarly interests focus on the culture and ecology in Native American communities. John is a reflective practitioner with an intuitive ability to listen carefully and integrate input from a variety multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary perspectives. He is adept at bringing many diverse groups together to build consensus. John is also a gifted artist, whose illustrations bring a richness of representation to the variety of life in the natural world.

Education

BS, Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington