Recent awards:Department of Interior Design Merit Award 2014, 15 & 16, UFSecond place prize for graduate student research poster competition at the UF DCP Research Symposium, 2016Recent article publications of my research: Weinberger, N., Butler, A. G., McGee, B., Schumacher, P. A., & Brown, R. L. (2017). Child life specialists’ evaluation of hospital playroom design: A mixed method inquiry. Journal of Interior Design, 42(2), 71–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12097McGee, B., & Marshall-Baker, A. (2015). Loving nature from the inside out: A biophilia matrix identification strategy for designers. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 8(4), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586715578644Recent activities and grants:Co-organizer (one of six doctoral students representing the College of Design, Construction, and Planning) of the Ethics and the Built Environment Symposium Conference 2016 at the University of Florida, with a grant by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere and the Yulee Fund ($2,000), co-sponsored by UF Office of Research ($3,000) and additional various donations ($5,000).Recent conferences:Butler, A., Weinberger, N., Schumacher, P., McGee, B., & Brown, R. (2015, May). Can kids be kids here? The evaluation of hospital playrooms by child life specialists. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science 27th Annual Convention, New York, N.YMcGee, B. (2014, October). Active learning in a historic neighborhood: A residential design studio pedagogy. Presentation presented at the Interior Design Educators Council Regional Meeting, Tallahassee, FL.McGee, B., Butler, A., Weinberger, N., Schumacher, P., & Brown, R. (2015, May). Good, better, best: Evaluating hospital playroom design on child life goals and biophilic features. Poster presented at the Environmental Design Research Association 46, Los Angeles, Calif.

This job included a full-time teaching load of one studio course and one support course for the undergraduate Interior Architecture program. I also supervised the Materials Resource Library and a staff of six in order to support the sustainable learning initiative of the program through our up to date and sustainable library of books and materials. I also managed the student run social media outlet, the iblog and inews. This position also included supporting continued personal research projects and allowed for the integration of evidence-based design research into the students' creative process. The goal for including research-based design in education is to inspire and enhance the learning experience while also postively impacting the future through interiors that are more sustainable, supportive, and human-oriented. Recent community minded projects have also allowed for hands-on, experiential instruction that have had a positive impact on my students, such as an interdisciplinary design charrette for a community mural.Refereed presentations:Marshall-Baker, A., Tucker, L., & McGee, B. (2013, February). Biophilia in interior design education and scholarship. Panel discussion presented at the Interior Design Educators Council National Meeting, Tallahassee, FL.McGee, B. (2013, May). An inventory of biophilic attributes in child life play spaces. Poster presented at the Environmental Design Research Association 44, Providence, RI.McGee, B. (2013, October). Participatory LEED building exercise. Poster presented at the Interior Design Educators Council Regional Meeting, Peachtree, GA.

Graduate assistant responsibilities were divided among teaching assistance in the classroom and working in the library. The classroom assistance included three Visual Communications classes and an Environmental Design Studio class. This required teaching in the professor’s absence, assistance with running the classes, student assistance, grading, and assisting with creating new curriculum. Additionally, I personally championed the re-organization of the IARc Resource Library’s policies and processes for the benefit of the student body. It included managing the staff and the resources in the library toward this goal. This sustainable resource library required continuing research of new sustainable materials and completing CSI protocol sheets listing the sustainable attributes for public access on the UNCG library website. Daily maintenance was required to keep the resources current, administrative tasks complete, and staff scheduling/work load organized.

J.C. White design responsibilities included product specification of walls, floors, and furniture. Individually, I was responsible for multiple high profile clients requiring constant customer interaction, project team coordination, and concurrent multiple project management. Projects include local, national, and international installations with a variety of both government and private industries in corporate, educational, and medical facilities.

Designed custom kitchen and baths including customer presentations, product specification, and order management. The 20/20 cabinet design/specification program was utilized. Also, I brought in new product lines, including the company’s first solid surface and granite sales.

This job required assisting guests with selections using extensive product knowledge and product coordination. Additional assistance of Fine China floor staff was provided for solving customer issues and for additional sales support. Computer issue management, collateral organization, and training others on policy for POS were areas of support I helped with after idenitfiying their needs.