Professor Bordelon joined the Landscape Architecture Department as a full-time Instructor in Fall 2019. She holds undergraduate degrees in Architecture from the University of Cape Town and Landscape Architecture from University of Pretoria, as well as a Masters in Landscape Architecture and a PhD in Geography and Anthropology from Louisiana State University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Professor Bordelon has also held a
postdoctoral fellowship in Geography at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Areas of Expertise
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Cultural Landscapes of the American West
- Representation of Tourist Landscapes
- Parkways & Tourist Landscapes
- Pollinator Cities, Connected Ecologies
Education, Licensure & Certifications
DEGREES HELD
- Postgraduate Fellow, Department of Geography & Mines, Stellenbosch University
- Doctor of Philosophy (Geography & Anthropology), Louisiana State University
- Master of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons), University of Pretoria
- Bachelor of Architectural Studies, University of Cape Town
Awards
AWARDS RECEIVED
- Fulbright Scholar to United States (South Africa) 2008-2010
Courses
MOST RECENT COURSES
- LDAR 5503: Integral Studio: eDEN (co-taught with Eugene Howard and Peter Park)
- LDAR 6604/5/7/8: Integral Studio: Auraria Campus and Westridge Public Housing DHA (co-taught with Nancy Locke and Amir Alrubaiy)
- LDAR 5510: Introduction to Landscape Graphics
- LDAR 5500: Studio 1
- LDAR 6604/7: Vertical Studio – Cultural Landscape Icons
- LDAR 6711: Advanced Graphics – Hand Drawing
- Prior to CU Denver: Introduction to Landscape Representation (undergraduate), Studio V: Urban Field Trip (grad/undergrad), Ecology & Technology (graduate)
Publications and Presentations
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Wilson, G., Bordelon, L., & Eades, C. (2020) One Year Later, Pollinator BioBlitz at Heron Pond/Heller/Carpio-Sanguinette Park in Denver. National Recreation & Park Association Blog. www.nrpa.org. August 4, 2020.
- Paper Presentation, Designing Places that Foster Social Collisions, AIA Colorado Conference, Breckenridge, 2019
- Bordelon, L. & Ferreira, S. (2018). Mountain Biking is for (Old, White, Wealthy) Men: The Cape Epic Mountain Bike Race. Journal of Sport & Tourism 23 (1): 41-59.
- Bordelon, L. & Ferreira, S. (2018). Going off-road: Stellenbosch Winelands as a Mountain Biking Destination. African Journal for Physical Activity & Health Sciences (AJPHES) 24: 659-672.
- Bordelon, L. & Ferreira, S. (2017). Photographs and Destination Imagery: Reading the Stellenbosch Winelands through a Tourist Lens. Tourism Review International 21 (3): 317-329.
- Paper Presentation, Western Cape Tourism Conference 2017 (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Paper Presentation, SA Geography Society Conference 2016 (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
- Paper Presentation, SWAAG Conference 2011 (Austin, Texas)
- 1914/2014: 100 Years of Landscape Change on the Natchez Trace (exhibition), LSU Design Building Atrium, 2015
- Cheetham, L. (2010). Graphite Walking Plan. In Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects by Bradley Cantrell and Wes Michaels. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc, page 3.
- Cheetham, L. (2010). Graphite Plan. In Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects by Bradley Cantrell and Wes Michaels. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc, page 20.
- Cheetham, L. (2010). Graphite Perspectives. In Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects by Bradley Cantrell and Wes Michaels. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc, page 230.
- Cheetham, L. (2014). Graphite Plan. In Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects (Second Edition) by Bradley Cantrell and Wes Michaels. Hoboken: John Wiley &Sons Inc, page 17
