Renee Walsh

1. History of Architecture, Furniture and Interior Design

2. Residential Interior Design

3. Online Course Creation

4. Study Abroad Coordination

5. Professional Practice in Interior Design

Masters of Science in Interior Design, Florida State University

Bachelors of Science in Interior Design, Florida State University

• Student Advising

• Curriculum Development

• Industry Outreach

• Program Promotions Coordinator

• Student Organization Liaison

• Professional Organization Coordinator

• Commonwealth of Virginia Committee Member

• Faculty Council Member

• Study Abroad Coordinator

• Housing and Education Research Association

• National Kitchen and Bath Association

• Florida Licensed Interior Designer ID #5135

• National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) Cert. No. 021284

• Golden Key National Honor Society member

• American Society of Interior Design (ASID) Professional Member

• Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Professional Member

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Walsh, Renee K. Pedagogical Analysis: On-Line Web Course Creation for Interior

Design Programs. (Poster presentation abstract). Virginia Tech Conference on Higher

Education Pedagogy. Blacksburg, Virginia. 2010

Walsh, Renee K. Pedagogical Analysis: On-Line Web Course Creation for Interior

Design Programs. (Poster presentation abstract). Hawaii University International

Conference of the Arts and Humanities. Maui, Hawaii. 2010

Walsh, Renee K. Volvo Trucks of North America. (Creative scholarship presentation).

IDEC South Regional Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2011.

Walsh, Renee K. An Inductive Analysis of History of Architecture and Interior Design.

(Poster presentation abstract). Virginia Tech Conference on Higher Education

Pedagogy. Blacksburg, Virginia, 2012

Walsh, Renee K. An Inductive Analysis of History of Architecture and Interior Design.

(Poster presentation abstract). Hawaii University International, Conference of the Arts

and Humanities. Maui, Hawaii, 2012.

Pathways Assessment Grant

• Virginia Tech

Intro to Interior Design lecture on History or Interior Design

• Radford Public Library

Presented a 1 hour lecture on the architecture and interiors of

Frank Lloyd Wright

• Emerging Green Builders membership meeting

Presented a 1 hour lecture on the USGBC/ Emerging Green

Builders membershipbenefits to students and faculty.

• USGBC/ IADT membership meeting

Presented a 1 hour follow-up presentation to the president,

vice president, student relations coordinator and chairwoman

of the interior design announcingacceptance of membership

and requirements of IADT in maintaining the membership.

• USGBC /IADT membership meeting

Presented a 1 hour presentation to the president, vice

president, student relations coordinator and chairwoman of

the interior design department on thebenefits to IADT and

the students in obtaining an academic membership in the

AHRM 1014 Intro to Design for Consumers

Development of new pathways course to meet assessment goals. It was

important indeveloping this course that it meet the expectations across a vast

differing student body. The students ranged from freshman to seniors and also

included students across different majors. The assessment goals were also a

priority in creating measureable and effective content.

AHRM 2014 Design for Consumers Studio

Development of new studio course as the sequential studio course to Intro to

Designfor Consumers. This studio course was created for design major students

to have thestudents apply design principles and elements to two-dimensional

and three- dimensional designs. Different visual mediums to create two-

dimensional and three- dimensional designs and practice techniques for

enhancing creativity in developing adesign.

Incorporation of new technologies or pedagogies.

AHRM 2014 Design for Consumers Studio

Integration of Adobe Suite design programs to provide the students with

introductory skills to carry over to subsequent courses. Programs include

Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch Up. These programs enhance design skills

needed to support overall design.

Transition of this course to online due to pandemic demand for remote learning.

Meetings, critiques and feedback were conducted via Zoom and communication

wasa priority as studio coursework in an online environment can be difficult.

AHRM 1014 Intro to Design for Consumers

Transition of this course to online due to pandemic demand for remote learning.

Everyopportunity and technique to enhance online learning was studied,

developed and implemented. PowerPoint Lectures were narrated to replace in

class lectures. All information was converted to Canvas and organized for

consistency and ease of remote learning.

Further evolution of this course to a compact, effective, 3 week wintermester

course.All material was distilled and condensed to retain the quality of the course

in an editedtime frame.

RED 2654 Residential Environments

Transition of this course to online due to pandemic demand for remote learning.

Every opportunity and technique to enhance online learning was studied,

developed and implemented. Meetings, critiques and feedback were conducted

via Zoom andcommunication was a priority as studio coursework in an online

environment can bedifficult.