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DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Margaret Portillo
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison B.S., Carroll College Fine Arts Psychology
Margaret Portillo, PhD has examined creativity and innovation in interior design and allied fields, design narratives, and color planning processes. Her psychologically-based research has furthered the understanding of how designers think and how people perceive designed spaces, particularly workplace environments. The dissemination of this research has resulted in refereed papers, invited and refereed book chapters, an exhibition catalog, industry publications, and refereed proceedings from national and international conferences.
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DEPARTMENT FACULTY
Candy Carmel-Gilfilen
Masters of Architecture, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Design, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Candy Carmel-Gilfilen is an assistant professor in the Department of Interior Design, College of Design Construction and Planning, University of Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design and a Masters of Architecture from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her graduate work focused primarily on the overlap of interior design and architectural education.
She practiced professionally as an interior designer at firms in Columbus, Mansfield, and Dayton Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her professional background is grounded in educational, institiutional, and heathcare design.
Professor Carmel-Gilfilen is also a member of the loss prevention research team with research focus centering on crime prevention and environmental relationships.
Jason Meneely is an assistant professor in the Department of Interior Design, College of Design Construction and Planning, University of Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Radford University and a Master of Science in Interior Design from the University of Kentucky.
Professor Meneely joined the college in 2006 after working four years at Cornell University in the department of Design and Environmental Analysis as a full time researcher. His research examines design strategies for enhancing creative performance in individuals, teams, and organizations. At the individual level Meneely’s research is pedagogically focused, emphasizing cognitive awareness and thinking strategies to promote effective creative problem solving behavior. At the organizational level Meneely’s work examines design strategies for supporting creative performance in the workplace via environmental, cultural, psychological, and procedural channels. Meneely also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Interior Design.
Dr. Torres-Antonini is associate professor in the Department of Interior Design. She obtained a bachelor of architecture (Arquitecto) degree from Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, Venezuela; a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a doctorate under a Fulbright Fellowship from our College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. She is registered to practice architecture in Venezuela by the national professional board, Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela.
Prior to joining our faculty in the Summer of 2006, Dr. Torres-Antonini taught at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela and at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. Her teaching experience centers on design studio, architectural and interior design history and theory, and environmental behavior. She is a member of and ad-hoc reviewer for the Interior Designers Educators Council (IDEC) and the Housing Educators Research Association (HERA), and member of the international Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).
Her research has addressed a range of issues at the human-environment interface, including passive solar design of vernacular buildings, gaming simulation applications for sustainability education, and environmental behavior issues of collaborative housing. Her doctoral dissertation investigated the physical and social features of cohousing as instruments for achieving a sense of community. Most recently she coordinated a two-year research extension project for the development of a historic house museum in Northern Iowa. Other research efforts, conference presentations, and publications have addressed historic house museum development, interior design pedagogy, privacy issues in cohousing communities, and the potential of cohousing to effect social change.
Dr. Mary Joyce Hasell joined the Interior Design faculty in 1988. She is the Graduate Coordinator for the Master of Interior Design (MID) program that began offering courses fall, 1999. She is the Director, Ph. D. Program, College of Design, Construction and Planning, and teaches a Ph.D. Seminar. In the MID program she teaches Methods and Research and Current Topics in Interior Design. In addition, she teaches the undergraduate Theory of Interior Design course and the Third year of Interior Architecture I and II Design Studios. She was honored as Teacher of The Year in 1992 and received a prestigious Teaching Improvement Award (TIP) in 1994.
A registered Interior Designer in the State of Florida, Dr. Hasell specializes in the reciprocal interactions between people and space focused on special populations such as women, elderly, disabled and low income people. Her work investigates and develops participatory action research strategies that involve people in decision making about their homes, workspaces, and community places. Dr. Hasell recently co-authored a book titled Accessible Design Review Guide: ADAAG Compliance in Building and Site Plans and Specifications. She has published many articles and delivered numerous national and international papers aimed at developing a theoretical base and improved research within the discipline of interior design.
Dr. Hasell recently served as Chair of the Research Committee for the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER). She co-authored FIDER's The Futures of Interior Design publication that explores the significant research and future trends that will impact and shape the interior design profession, education, and industry in the 21st Century. Professor Hasell is also Chair of the Publication Board for the Journal of Interior Design (JID) and serves on its Editorial Review Board. Teaching Focus Graduate research methods Interior design theory Interior design studio Participatory design and programming processes
Master of Arts in Architecture, 1975, University of Florida Master of Science, 1972, Interior Design, University of Tennessee Bachelor of Arts, 1963, Liberal Arts, University of Tennessee Registered Architect, Florida AROO9620, 1983 Certified General Contractor, Florida, 1979 Professor Susan Tate, AIA, serves on the DCP Interdisciplinary Historic Preservation Governing Board and as Chair of the University Committee for Preservation of Historic Buildings and Sites. She is principal investigator for a Getty Campus Heritage Grant to develop preservation guidelines and to recognized significant features of the post-World War II era on the UF campus. Professor Tate currently heads a project to document the history and restoration of the 18th century Talleyrand Building and Marshall Center in Paris for the U.S. Department of State. Other research interests include cooperation with the France-Florida Research Institute to promote international exchange of preservation perspectives. Professor Tate has served as DIrector of the Preservation Institute: Nantucket and has been named Teacher of the Year, Teaching Incentive Program Award and Dean's Faculty Service Award recipient. A registered architect and general contractor specializing in historic preservation, her professional consulting work includes building analysis, code compliance with preservation standards, and historic district guidelines. Teaching Focus History of Interior Design Preservation of Historic Interiors Design for Adaptive Use
Courses IND 2100 and IND 5106 - History of Interior Design I IND 2130 and IND 5136 - History of Interior Design II IND 5157 - Preservation of Historic Interiors: Theory and Application IND 6154 - Preservation of Historic Interiors: Historic Interior Materials DCP 6931 - History of the Built Environment for Preservation Practice IND 4226 - Advanced Architectural Interiors II
Research Historic Preservation
Read Hayes, PhD, CPP examines how spaces and places influence consumer and offender behavior. His research using offender interviews and location visits, CCTV video footage review, surveys, and controlled field experiments has furthered the understanding of how location operators can use design and layout, employee tasks, packaging, product marking, display fixtures, signage, and technologies to boost positive behaviors, while reducing negative activities and impact. Dr. Hayes’ research findings are disseminated in refereed journals, trade magazines, invited and refereed book chapters, books, workshops, industry conferences, and refereed national and international conferences.
