Renee Walsh
Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
252 Wallace Hall
295 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-8520 | rwalsh12@vt.edu
Renee Walsh is an Assistant Professor of Practice in residential environments in the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management at Virginia Tech.
Renee is a licensed Interior Designer, NCIDQ Certificate holder and has professional accreditations in ASID, IDEC, and NKBA. She is an Assistant Professor of Practice, study abroad coordinator and teaches studio courses in residential interior design, history of architecture, furniture and interior design, and art and design for consumers at Virginia Tech. She holds a Master’s of Science and Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from Florida State University.
Research interests include Pedagogical Analysis: On-Line Web Course Creation for Interior Design Programs, Experiential Learning in Study Abroad Coordination and Inductive Analysis of History of Architecture and Interior Design.
Renee is the owner and designer of Walsh CIRcle Designs specializing in commercial, industrial and residential interior design.
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.