Jody Beck PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
- Administration and Instruction Services (CAP)
- Landscape Architecture Department (CAP)
Email Address:jody.beck@ucdenver.edu
Primary Phone:303-315-2409
Office Hours: By appointment
Mailing Address:
- CU Denver
CU Denver Building
1250 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Areas of Expertise
My central interest is in the political nature of landscapes. The vast majority of my work focuses on landscapes as they relate to food, agriculture, and/or utopian thought.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
DEGREES HELD
- Doctor of Philosophy, Architecture, University of Pennsylvania (2009)
- Dissertation: John Nolen and his political ordering of landscapes supervised by John Dixon Hunt
- Master of Science in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
- Bachelor of.Architecture, Rice University (1995)
- Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, Rice University (1993)
Awards
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2017, Food Studies International Award of Excellence
2015, College of Architecture and Planning Excellence in Teaching
2010, Merit Award for art.landscape.performance.life, Ellerslie Garden Show, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006, Special Initiatives Volunteer Award, Community Design Collaborative Philadelphia
RECENT GRANTS
$150,000 of funding from the Colorado Water Conservation Board for a three-year study to test the impacts of using reclaimed water on soil and produce in an in-ground mixed vegetable production methodology in partnership with Colorado School of Mines and Denver Water.