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Alabama

Auburn University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2000

David M. Hill, ASLA
Associate Professor and Program Chair 
Master of Landscape Architecture Program
School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture  
361 Graves Drive
104 Dudley Hall
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849 
tel: 334-844-5434
email: lachair@auburn.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)

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Alaska

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


Arizona

Arizona State University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1997

MLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2011

Chingwen Cheng, ASLA
Associate Professor and Program Head
Landscape Architecture Program
The Design School
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 871605
Tempe, AZ 85287-1605
tel: 480-965-0615
email:  chingwen.cheng@asu.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2020) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2020)  

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University of Arizona

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1998

Lauri Macmillan Johnson, FCELA, ASLA, APA
Professor and Director
School of Landscape Architecture and Planning
College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture
University of Arizona
1040 N. Olive Road, A303A 
Tucson, AZ 85721-0075 
tel: 520-621-8790
email: ljohnson@u.arizona.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019)

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Arkansas

University of Arkansas

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1983

Ken McCown, ASLA
Department Head and Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture 
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design 
University of Arkansas 
120 Vol Walker Hall 
Fayetteville, AR 72701 
tel: 479-575-4907 
email: kennethm@uark.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022)

Public Policy Information


California

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1975

Beverly Bass, ASLA
Department Head and Professor
Landscape Architecture Department
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
tel: 805-756-1319 
email: bjbass@calpoly.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2021)  

Public Policy Information 

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

BSLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1963

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1980

Claire Latane, FASLA
Assistant Professor and Interim Department Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Environmental Design
California State Polytechnic University
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
tel: 909-869-2673 
email: calatane@cpp.edu
  
Official Accreditation Letter, BSLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017

Public Policy Information

University of California, Berkeley

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025 
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1968 

G. Mathias "Matt" Kondolf, Ph.D., Affiliate ASLA
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning
College of Environmental Design
University of California at Berkeley
202 Wurster Hall #2000
Berkeley, CA  94720-1820
tel: 510-642-2962
email: kondolf@berkeley.edu; laepgrad@berkeley.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)

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University of California, Davis

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1978

N. Claire Napawan  
Professor and Program Director
Department of Human Ecology
Landscape Architecture + Environmental Design Program 
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of California at Davis
One Shields Ave, 131 Hunt Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8585
tel: 530-752-3907
email: ncnapawan@ucdavis.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2018)   

Public Policy Information  

University of Southern California

MLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2010

Alison B. Hirsch, PhD, ASLA, Associate Professor and Director
Esther Margulies, ASLA, Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant Director 
Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture + Urbanism
School of Architecture 
University of Southern California
Watt Hall 204  
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0291
tel: 213-740-2092
email: alisonh@usc.edu  
email: emarguli@usc.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2017)

Public Policy Information


Colorado

Colorado State University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1982

Brad Goetz, Professor and Program Director
Jane Choi, Associate Professor and BSLA Accreditation Manager  
Program in Landscape Architecture
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Agricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173 
tel: (970)-491-7018
email: Bradley.Goetz@colostate.edu 
email: jane.choi@colostate.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2019)   

Public Policy Information

University of Colorado, Denver

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1981

Louise Bordelon, Ph.D., ASLA
Professor and Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture and Planning
University of Colorado Denver
1250 14th Street, Suite 2000
Denver, CO 80217-3364
tel:(303) 315-1000 
email: louise.bordenlon@ucdenver.edu 
 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)  

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Connecticut

University of Connecticut

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1998

Jill Desimini
Director and Associate Professor
Sydney Everhart, PhD
Associate Professor and Department Head 
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Connecticut
1376 Storrs Road, U-4067
Storrs, CT 06269-4067
tel: (860) 486-1940 
email: jill.desimini@uconn.edu
email: everhart@uconn.edu 
 
Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2018)

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Delaware

University of Delaware

BLA Program - Initial
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2019

Eric Bardenhagen, ASLA, RLA
Associate Professor and Director
Landscape Architecture Program
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Delaware 
152 Townsend Hall
Newark, DE 19716
tel: (302)-831-1388
email: ebard@udel.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2020) 

Public Information Policy


Washington DC

The district does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved  accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


Florida

Florida International University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1993

Roberto Rovira, ASLA, PLA
Professor and Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design  
College of Architecture + the Arts
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street, PCA 277A
Miami, FL 33199
tel:(305) 348-6026
email: rovirar@fiu.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2020)

Public Information Policy

University of Florida

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1972

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1993

Jules Bruck, Ph.D., ASLA, RLA
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Design, Construction and Planning
University of Florida
1480 Inner Rd, Suite 431A
Gainesville, FL 32611-5704 
tel: (352) 294-3859
email: jbruck@ufl.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2023)   
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)  

Public Information Policy


Georgia

University of Georgia

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1951

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1983

Sonia Hirt, PhD, FAICP, Dean and Hughes Professor in Landscape Architecture and Planning
Ashley N. Steffens, ASLA, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Crowley Professor of Urban Planning and Design
Ronald Sawhill, ASLA, Associate Professor and BLA Coordinator
Brad Davis, ASLA, Associate Professor and MLA Coordinator
Program in Landscape Architecture
College of Environment+ Design
University of Georgia
Jackson Street Building
285 South Jackson  
Athens, GA 30602-1845
tel: (706) 542-5194 (BLA),
(706) 542-4720 or (706) 542-4704 (MLA)
email: sonia.hirt@uga.edu, steffens@uga.edu, sawhill@uga.edu, bdavis@uga.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

BLA Public Information Policy
MLA Public Information Policy


Hawaii

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

MLA Program - Initial
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2022

Judith Stilgenbauer, ASLA
Professor and MLA Program Director
School of Architecture 
University of Hawai'i at Manao
2410 Campus Road, Room 202-B 
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 
tel: (808) 956-7227
email: jstilg@hawaii.edu


Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)  

Public Information Policy


Idaho

University of Idaho

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2012 

Raffaella Sini
Assistant Professor and Program Head
Faculty of Landscape Architecture
College of Art and Architecture 
875 Perimeter Drive MS #2481 
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844
tel: (208) 885-5107
email: rsini@uidaho.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)  

Public Information Policy


Illinois

Illinois Institute of Technology

MLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2010

Nilay Mistry, PLA, ASLA
Professor in Practice and Interim Director
Program in Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology
3360 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60616
tel: (312) 567-3230 
email: nmistry1@iit.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019)  

Public Information Policy

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1929

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1981

David L. Hays 
Professor and Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
101 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 
611 E. Lorado Taft Drive 
Champaign, IL 61820
tel: (217) 244-8235 
email: dlhays@illinois.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2020)  
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2020)

Public Policy Information


Indiana

Ball State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1973

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2022
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1986

Martha Hunt, ASLA
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture and Planning
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
tel: (765) 285-1971 
email: mhunt@bsu.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter, BLA, 2018 
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017   

Public Information Policy

Purdue University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1971

Paul Siciliano
Professor and Interim Program Chair
Landscape Architecture Program
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Purdue University
625 Agriculture Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010
tel: (765) 494-1300 
email: sicilian@purdue.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2023)

Public Information Policy


Iowa

Iowa State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1929

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2026
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2014

Carl Rogers
Interim Chair 
Department of Landscape Architecture
Iowa State University
College of Design, Room 156 
Ames, IA 50011
tel: (515) 294-5334 
email: rogersc@iastate.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2020) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2020)  

Public Policy Information


Kansas

Kansas State University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1980

Huston Gibson, Ph.D., Affiliate ASLA
Professor and Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional &
Community Planning
College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Kansas State University
1086 Seaton Hall
920 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Manhattan, KS 66506-2909
tel: (785) 532-5961
email: hgibson@ksu.edu 
email: abeamish@ksu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)  

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Kentucky

University of Kentucky

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1978

Christopher K. Sass, Ph.D., ASLA
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
S305 Agriculture Science North
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
tel: (859) 257-3485
email: chris.sass@uky.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2022)

Public Information Policy  


Louisiana

Louisiana State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1960

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1983

Mark E. Boyer, FASLA, PLA
Director & Robert Reich Teaching Professor
Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture
Louisiana State University
302 Design Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7020
tel: (225)-578-1474 
email: markboyer@lsu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, BLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017 

Public Information Policy


Maine

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


Maryland

Morgan State University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1993

Laurel McSherry, ASLA 
Department Chair + Program Director
Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture
Department of Graduate Built Environment Studies  
CBEIS 104 
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
tel: (443) 885-3225  
email: laurel.mcsherry@morgan.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

Public Information Policy

University of Maryland

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1998

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2011

Christopher D. Ellis, Ph.D., ASLA, PLA
Professor and Director of Landscape Architecture, MLA Chair
Dennis Nola, PLA, FASLA
Instructor and BLA Chair 
Landscape Architecture Program
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
2146 Plant Sciences Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301)-405-7782 
fax: (301)-314-9308
email: cdellis@umd.edu 
email: dnola@umd.edu


Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2017)  
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2017)

Public Information Policy  


Massachusetts

Boston Architectural College

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2010

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2013  

Maria Bellalta, ASLA
Dean and Faculty
School of Landscape Architecture
Boston Architectural College, Room 305-306
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
tel: (617)-585-0157
email: maria.bellalta@the-bac.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)  

Public Policy Information

Harvard University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2022
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1929

Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA, Peter Louis Hornbeck Professor in Practice and Department Chair
Karen Janosky, ASLA, Lecturer and MLA Program Director
Sarah Hutchinson, Program Manager
Department of Landscape Architecture
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
48 Quincy Street, Suite 312 
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel: (617) 495-0782 
email: ghilderbrand@gsd.harvard.edu 
email: kjanosky@gsd.harvard.edu
email: shutchinson@gsd.harvard.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)  

Public Information Policy

University of Massachusetts

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1990

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1971

Robert L. Ryan, FASLA, Department Chair
Patricia McGirr, Associate Professor, Assistant Department Chair, BLA Program Director
Ethan Carr, PhD, Professor and MLA Program Director  
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
University of Massachusetts
210 Design Building
551 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
tel: (413) 545-2255
email: rlryan@larp.umass.edu  
email:  mcgirr@larp.umass.edu 
email: carr@larp.umass.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, BSLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017

BSLA Public Policy Information 
MLA Public Policy Information


Michigan

Michigan State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1952

Jun-Hyun Kim, Ph.D., ASLA, APA
Program Director and Associate Professor
School of Planning, Design, and Construction
Michigan State University
552 W Circle Drive 
East Lansing, MI 48824-1221
tel: (517) 432-6379
email: junhkim@msu.edu 
 
Official Accreditation Letter, 2018

Public Information Policy  

University of Michigan

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1929

Stanton Jones, ASLA
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator of Landscape Architecture
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
3546 Dana Hall
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
tel: (734) 764-6529
email: stanj@umich.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

Public Information Policy  


Minnesota

University of Minnesota

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1993

Kristine Miller
Professor and Interim Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Minnesota
89 Church Street, S.E., 145 Rapson Hall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
tel: (612) 626-7948
email: mille407@umn.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, 2018   

Public Policy Information


Mississippi

Mississippi State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1973

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2008

Sadik Artunc, FASLA
Professor and Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box 9725
Landscape Architecture Facility, Suite C100
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9725
tel: (662)-325-3012
email: sartunc@lalc.msstate.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2019)
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019)  

Public Policy Information


Missouri

Washington University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2013

Derek Hoeferlin, AIA
Associate Professor and Chair
Master of Landscape Architecture Program
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Washington University in St Louis
University Campus Box 1079
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO  63130
tel: (314) 749-3342 
email: hoeferlin@wustl.edu

  
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019)

Public Policy Information


Montana

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


Nebraska

University of Nebraska

BLA Program

BLA: LR Spring 2018/NR Spring 2025

Mark Hoistad, Affiliate ASLA, AIA
Interim Program Director 
Landscape Architecture Program
Room 302 Architecture Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0107
tel: (402)-472-9230
mhoistad1@unl.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2018)

Public Policy Information


Nevada

University of Nevada

BLA Program
BLA: LR Fall 2016/NR Fall 2021

Phillip Zawarus
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator
Department of Landscape Architecture and Planning
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 4018
Las Vegas, NV 89154
tel: (702) 895-4535
fax: (702) 895-1119
email: phillip.zawarus@unlv.edu 
 
Official Accreditation Letter, 2017  

Public Information Policy

 


New Hampshire

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


New Jersey

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

BS Program
LR Fall 2018/NR Fall 2024

MLA Program
LR Fall 2018/NR Fall 2024

Richard Alomar, ASLA
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Blake Hall, Cook College
93 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8524
tel: (848)-932-9317
fax: (732)-932-1940
email: ra462@sebs.rutgers.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter, BSLA 2018   
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2018  

Public Information Policy


New Mexico

University of New Mexico

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2003

Katya Crawford, Affiliate ASLA
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture 
School of Architecture and Planning
George Pearl Hall
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
tel: (505)-277-4120 
fax: (505)-379-0772
email: katyac@unm.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)  

Public Information Policy


New York

Cornell University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1971

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1984

Joshua Cerra, ASLA
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Landscape Architecture Department
Cornell University
440 Kennedy Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
tel: (607) 255-9552 
email: jfc299@cornell.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2022) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

Public Information Policy

State University of New York

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1957

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1981

M. Margaret Bryant, Ph.D., ASLA
Associate Professor and Interim Chair 
Department of Landscape Architecture
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2787
tel: (315) 470-6544
email:  mbryant@esf.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2018)
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)  

Public Information Policy

The City College of New York

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2009

Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, FASLA
Program Director and Professor
Master of Landscape Architecture Program
Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
The City College of New York
141 Convent Avenue, Room 3M24A
New York, NY 10031
tel: (212) 650-5937
email: cseavittnordenson@ccny.cuny.edu


Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

Public Information Policy

American University of Beirut

BLA Program
Next Review: Spring 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2021

Yaser Abunnasr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Department Chairperson & BLA Program Coordinator
Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management
American University of Beirut
Bliss Street, Ras Beirut
P.O. Box 11-0236
Riad El Solh, Beirut 1102 2020 Lebanon
tel: +9611350000 ext. 4548
email: ya20@aub.edu.lb
 
Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2021)  

Public Information Policy 


North Carolina

North Carolina A&T State University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1992 

William C. Harrison, ASLA
Lecturer and Program Coordinator
Landscape Architecture Program
231 Carver Hall
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC 27411
tel: (336) 285-4849
fax: (336)334-7844
email: wcharris@ncat.edu     

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2018)    

Public Information Policy

North Carolina State University

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1972

Gene Bressler, FASLA
Professor Emeritus and Interim Department Head
Landscape Architecture Department
College of Design
North Carolina State University
P.O. Box 7701
Raleigh, NC 27695-7701
tel: (919) 515-8342
email: gene_bressler@ncsu.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)

Public Information Policy


North Dakota

North Dakota State University

MLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2020

Dominic L. Fischer, ASLA, PLA
Chair and Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
North Dakota State University
Klai Hall
711 2nd Avenue N
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
tel: (701)-231-5145
email: dominic.fischer@ndsu.edu
  
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)   

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Ohio

Kent State University

MLA Program - Initial
MLA: IR Spring 2018/NR Spring 2024


Professor Cat Soergel Marshall, Landscape Architecture Program Coordinator
Kent State University 
College of Architecture and Environmental Design 
1309 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200 
Cleveland, OH 44115 
tel: (216)-357-3434
email: cmarsh40@kent.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)
  

Public Information Policy

Ohio State University

BSLA Program
BSLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023
MLA Program
MLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023

Kristi Cheramie
Landscape Architecture Section Head and Associate Professor 
Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture
Ohio State University
275 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1138
tel: (614)-292-0081
fax: (614)-292-7106
email: cheramie.1@osu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, BSLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017
  

Public Information Policy

University of Cincinnati

MLA Program
Candidacy Status

Virginia L. Russell, FASLA, RLA, SITES AP, LEED AP
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Director, Landscape Architecture Program
School of Planning / DAAP
University of Cincinnati
342 Clifton Court
Cincinnati, OH 45221
tel: 513-556-1135
email: virginia.russell@uc.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2021)
  

Public Information Policy


Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1983

Michael Holmes
Landscape Architecture Program Directore
358 Agricultural Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-6027
tel: (405) 744-7333
dept office: (405) 744-5414 
email: michael.holmes@okstate.edu

 
Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022)   

Public Information Policy

University of Oklahoma

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1995

Sarah Little, Ph.D., PLA
Acting Director and Associate Professor
Division of Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture 
University of Oklahoma
830 Van Vleet Oval, Room 180
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-0265
tel: (405) 325-1519
email: sarah.little@ou.edu  

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2017)

Public Information Policy


Oregon

University of Oregon

BLA Program
BLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023
MLA Program
MLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023

Liska Chan
Department Head and Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture & Environment
College of Design 
5234 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
tel: (541)-346-3634 
fax: (541)-346-3626
email: chan@uoregon.edu
 
Official Accreditation Letter, BLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017 

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Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2023
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2017

Michael Fleischacker, RLA, LEED AP
Department Chair and Associate Professor
Department Landscape Architecture & Environmental Sciences
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
700 East Butler Avenue 
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA 18901
tel: (215) 489-2330
email: michael.fleischacker@delval.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2017)

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Pennsylvania State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1957

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2013

Roxi Thoren, ASLA
Professor and Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture
Stuckeman Chair of Integrative Design
121 Stuckeman Family Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
tel: (814) 865-2900
email: rthoren@psu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2017)  
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2020)

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Temple University

BSLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1991

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2012

Kate Benisek
Assistant Professor and LA-Hort Programs Head
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Temple University
580 Meetinghouse Road
Ambler, PA 19002
tel: (267) 468-8179
email: kate.benisek@temple.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2022)
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)

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Thomas Jefferson University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2008

Kimberlee Douglas, ASLA, RLA
Director of Landscape Architecture Program and Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture & Geodesign
College of Architecture & the Built Environment
Thomas Jefferson University
4201 Henry Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
tel: (215) 951-0115
email: Kimberlee.Douglas@jefferson.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022)

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University of Pennsylvania

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1957

Richard J. Weller, ASLA
Professor and Chairman
Department of Landscape Architecture
Weitzman School of Design
University of Pennsylvania 
119 Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
tel: (215) 898-6591
email: rjweller@design.upenn.edu
Eric Baratta, Coordinator
email: eab@design.upenn.edu

 Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)

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Puerto Rico

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2011

Diana Rivera Rivera, Interim Dean
Olga E. Angueira, Director of Academic Affairs
Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 192017
San Juan, PR  00919-2017
tel: (787) 622-8000, ext. 417
fax: (787)-294-1214
email: drivera@pupr.edu 
email: oangueira@pupr.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)

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Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM Gurabo Campus)

BSLA Program - Initial
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 2019

Lorena Gonzalez Robles, Director
Rolando Garcia Gonzalez, Dean
Architecture Department 
International School of Design and Architecture
Universidad Ana G. Mendez (UAGM Gurabo Campus)
Gurabo, PR  00778
tel: (787) 743-7979 
email: lgonzalez355@uagm.edu
email: rogarcia@uagm.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BSLA (2019)

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island School of Design

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1995

Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, ASLA 
Department Head 
Department of Landscape Architecture
Rhode Island School of Design
20 Washington Place
Providence, RI 02903
tel: (401) 454-6282
email: jbarthma@risd.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2023)  

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University of Rhode Island

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1990

Jane A. Buxton, Ph.D., ASLA
Faculty of Practice
Department of Landscape Architecture 
University of Rhode Island
210 Rodman Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
tel: (401) 874-4549
email: jabuxton@uri.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, 2016  

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South Carolina

Clemson University

BLA Program
LR Fall 2018/NR Fall 2024

MLA Program 
LR Fall 2018/NR Fall 2024

Matthew Powers, Ph.D., ASLA, Associate Professor 
Director of Landscape Architecture and Undergraduate Programs
Paul Russell, ASLA, Associate Professor
Director of Landscape Architecture Graduate Programs  
Landscape Architecture Program
School of Architecture
Clemson University
3-112 Lee Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0512
tel: (864) 656-4408 
fax: (864) 656-7519
email: powers8@clemson.edu 
email: russel5@clemson.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2018)
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018) 

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South Dakota

South Dakota State University

BLA Program - Initial
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2019

Don Burger, ASLA
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Landscape Architecture Program
School of Design
South Dakota State University
The BARN 116C
Brookings, SD 57006
tel: (605) 688-6704
email: donald.burger@sdstate.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2019)  

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Tennessee

University of Tennessee

MLA Program 
LR Fall 2018/NR Fall 2024 

Gale Fulton, ASLA, Director
School of Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture + Design
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1715 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996
tel: (865) 974-5253
email: gfulton@utk.edu

Official Accreditation Letter 2018  

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Texas

Texas A&M University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1970

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2028
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1988

Galen D. Newman, Ph.D., ASLA, Associate Professor and Interim Department Head 
Bruce D. Dvorak, ASLA, Associate Professor and MLA Program Coordinator
Chang-Shan Huang, Ph.D., ASLA, PLA, Associate Professor and BLA Program Coordinator
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
3112 Langford Architecture Center
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-3137
tel: (979) 845-1019
email: gnewman@tamu.edu
email: bdvorak@tamu.edu 
email: cshuang@arch.tamu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022)  

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Texas Tech University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2024
Initial Accreditation: Spring1972

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2003

Leehu Loon, ASLA, PLA
Chair and Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Texas Tech University
Box 42121
Lubbock, TX 79409-2121
tel: (806) 834-5215
email: leehu.loon@ttu.edu   

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2018)   
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2017)

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The University of Texas at Arlington

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1994

Diane Jones Allen, D.Eng., PLA, ASLA, Program Director
Austin Allen, Ph.D., ASLA, Interim Program Director
College of Architecture Planning and Public Affairs
Program of Landscape Architecture
P.O. Box 19108
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX 76019-0108
tel: (817) 272-2801
email: diane.allen@uta.edu 
email: austin.allen2@uta.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, 2018  

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The University of Texas at Austin

MLA Program 
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2024
Initial Accreditation: Fall 2006

Hope H. Hasbrouck, ASLA, MArch, MLA, FAAR
Director
Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Architecture 
310 Inner Campus Drive B7500 
Austin, TX 78712-0222
tel: (512) 475-7994 
email: hhasbrouck@austin.utexas.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019) 

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Utah

Utah State University

BLA Program
BLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023
MLA Program
MLA: LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023

Keith Christensen, ASLA
Professor and Interim Department Head 
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4005
tel: (435)-797-0500
fax: (435)-797-0503
email: keith.christensen@usu.edu 
Mary Ann Anderson, Program Assistant
email: maryann.anderson@usu.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter, BLA, 2017
Official Accreditation Letter, MLA, 2017   

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Vermont

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 


Virginia

University of Virginia

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2023
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1973

Leena Cho, Program Director
Brad Cantrell, ASLA, Professor & Department Chair
Shelley Miller, Assistant to Department Chair
Cindy Kiefer, Graduate Admissions Director
Department of Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture
University of Virginia
Campbell Hall
P.O. Box 400122
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4122
tel: (434) 924-1428
email: lcho@virginia.edu; bcantrell@virginia.edu; swm3r@virginia.edu; cgk4h@virginia.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2018)  

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1975
 
MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1988

Terry Clements, FASLA, FCELA
Chair and Professor
Landscape Architecture Program
School of Architecture + Design
121 Burruss Hall - 0190
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
tel: (540) 231-5583
email: tclement@vt.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2021)
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2021)

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Washington

University of Washington

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1969

MLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2027
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1986

Ken Yocom, PhD, ASLA
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Built Environments 
University of Washington
348 Gould Hall, Box 355734
Seattle, WA 98195-5734
tel: (206) 543-9240
email: kyocom@uw.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2022) 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2022) 

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Washington State University

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Spring 2025
Initial Accreditation: Spring 1973

Jolie B. Kaytes
Associate Professor and Program Head
Landscape Architecture Program
School of Design and Construction
Washington State University
P.O. Box 642220
Pullman, WA 99164-2220
tel: (509) 335-7331
email:jolie@wsu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2019)

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West Virginia

West Virginia University

BSLA Program
LR Spring 2017/NR Spring 2023

MLA Program
LR Fall 2019/NR Fall 2025

Elisabeth "Lisa" Orr, MLA, ASLA, RLA
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator 
Landscape Architecture Program
School of Design and Community Development 
Davis College of Agriculture Natural Resources and Design 
West Virginia University
Agricultural Sciences Building Room 4321, PO Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
tel: (304) 293-5439 
email: elisabeth.orr@mail.wvu.edu

Official Accreditation Letter, BSLA, 2017 
Official Accreditation Letter - MLA (2019)   

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Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin - Madison

BLA Program
Next Accreditation Review: Fall 2025
Initial Accreditation: Fall 1966

Eric Schuchardt, ASLA
Faculty Associate and Program Chair
Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
College of Letters and Science 
University of Wisconsin - Madison
M25U, Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel: (608) 263-7300
email: ejschuchardt@wisc.edu 

Official Accreditation Letter - BLA (2019) 

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Wyoming

This state does not have a landscape architecture program that has achieved accreditation or candidacy status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. 

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