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Profile Daniel H. Ortega, is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ School of Architecture. He holds a first professional Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a terminal Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. His scholarly interests lie in the cultural interpretations of place and the role(s) that those interpretations play in the crafting of contemporary landscapes. Additionally, his research includes issues related to emerging technologies and visual representation as factors that affect the crafting of our built environment. His co-edited/co-authored text, Innovations in Landscape Architecture, is an inspiring and thought-provoking book that explores how recent innovations in landscape architecture have uniquely positioned the practice to address complex issues and technologies that affect our built environment.

Experience 2018 - Present Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs University of Nevada Las Vegas, College of Fine Arts, Las Vegas, NV.

2017 - Present Associate Director for Academic Affairs University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

2017 - Present Professor Landscape Architecture and Planning Program, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

2010 - Present Program Coordinator Landscape Architecture and Planning Program, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

2007 - 2017 Associate Professor Landscape Architecture and Planning Program, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

Curriculum Vitae - Daniel H. Ortega, ASLA, MLA �1

Daniel H. Ortega, ASLA, MLA

Professor of Landscape Architecture Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, UNLV College of Fine Arts Associate Director for Academic Affairs,, UNLV School of Architecture Program Coordinator, UNLV Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program

Phone: 702.895.3031 Email: [email protected] Office: ARC 139 A

CurriculumVitae

2000 - 2007

Assistant Professor Landscape Architecture and Planning Program, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

1995 - 1997 and 2000 - 2004 Design Associate Landaco Design Build Landscape Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

1995 Design Associate Southwick Landscape Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

Education Terminal Degree Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Master of Landscape Architecture - 1999

First Professional Degree University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture - 1997

Professional Memberships American Society of Landscape Architects Full Member - 2000 - Present Program Administrator - 2010 - Present

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Full Member - 2000 - Present Program Administrator - 2010 - Present

Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) Member - Educator. Roster of Visiting Evaluators (ROVE) - 2010 - Present

Sigma Lambda Alpha the National Landscape Architecture Honor’s Society Full Member - 2001 - Present

Awards and Honors 2017 Nominee — The Yonema "Bill" Tomiyasu Lifetime Achievement Award The Desert Green Foundation, Las Vegas, NV.


2016

The Paul L. Cejas Visiting Scholar in Landscape Architecture The Florida International University

2009 - 2012

UNLV Graduate College - Special Graduate Research Award

The University of Nevada Las Vegas

2010 American Society of Landscape Architects President’s Award Nevada Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2008 Citation Award AIA Nevada - Unbuilt Category - Casa Go Go in collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

Gold Leaf Award International Society of Arboriculture Gold Leaf Award for Community Service in collaboration with the UNLV Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

2005

Merit Award AIA Nevada - Unbuilt Category - The J2 Bamboo House in collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

2004 Merit Award AIA Nevada - Built Category - The Lynn Bennet Early Childhood Education Center in collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

Participant Designing the Highline - Design Competition, NY, NY

2001 Honor Award AIA Nevada - Unbuilt Category - The Lynn Bennet Early Childhood Education Center in collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

2000 Participant The Martin Luther King Jr. National Monument, Design Competition, Washington, D.C.

Teaching Experience University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Architecture


AAD 182 Introduction to Design – Studio AAE 100 Introduction to Architecture – Lecture AAE 693 Graduate Independent Study AAI 100 Introduction to Interior Architecture and Design - Lecture AAL 100 Introduction to Landscape Architecture - Lecture AAL 101 Design with Nature – Lecture AAL 286 Landscape Architecture Design II - Studio LAND 255 History of Landscape Architecture - Lecture LAND 284 Landscape Architecture Design I - Studio LAND 306 Charrette LAND 384 Landscape Architecture Design III - Studio LAND 386 Landscape Architecture Design IV - Studio LAND 443 Storm Water Management - Lecture LAND 455/655 Theory in Landscape Architecture - Lecture LAND 467 Geographic Information Systems for Landscape Architecture - Lecture LAND 484 Landscape Architecture Design III - Studio LAND 486 Landscape Architecture Design IV - Studio LAND 493 Undergraduate Independent Study LAND 495 Special Topics in Landscape Architecture - Lecture LAND 499 Sustainable Design for the 21st Century City - Lecture

Directed Undergraduate Student Learning 2017 Co-Advisor - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Capstone Degree Project

“An Amenities Based Masterplan for the Las Vegas Rescue Mission”," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Dangduy Trinh

2016 Co-Advisor - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Capstone Degree Projects

"Adaptive re-use of a Large Campus Parking Lot to Mitigate Negative Environmental Conditions," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Sebastian Aguirre

"An Adaptive Re-Use Approach to Redesigning the UNLV School of Architecture's Exterior Environment," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Vincent Aldana

"Adaptive Re-Use of Three Distinct Campus Typologies for the UNLV Campus," UNLV School of Architecture Student: John Duncombe

"A Small Scaled Plaza Design for the UNLV Campus Community," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Giuseppe Romano


"An Amenities Approach to Addressing Negative Circulation Conditions on the UNLV Campus," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Gavyn Silva

2015 Advisor - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Capstone Degree Projects

"Pedestrian Safety Master Plan for Maryland Parkway," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Theodore Armijo

"Play Scapes : Mini Parks for Downtown Chicago," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Kalani Blackwell

"A Therapeutic Residential Garden For Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Tanner Chee

"Healthy Play Environments for Schoolyards," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Mirella Garcia "Sustainable Community Development: A redesign for Las Vegas' Naked City," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Arely Lopez

"Adaptive Re-Use of Southern Nevada's Waste Stream," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Jamie Mitchell

"A Master Plan for a Downhill Cycle Facility at Mount Charleston, NV." UNLV School of Architecture Student: Jeffrey Murvin

"Campus Safe: A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Analysis for the UNLV Campus," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Christopher Rucker


"Eco-Streets: Algae as a Refined Design Material" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Diego Alvarez, Jacob Johnson Excerpts from this project are published in Representing Landscapes: Digital (2015) Nadia Amoroso, (ed.) Routledge Press


"Safe Routes to Schools: Pedestrian Best Management Practices for Children, Las Vegas, NV.“ UNLV School of Architecture Student: Cameron Arizmendez

"Public Trails as an Inclusive Catalyst to Promote Public Health" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Nyal Bedong

"An Active Way of Life: A Health and Wellness Re-Purpose of the Naniloa Golf Course, Hilo, HI.” UNLV School of Architecture Student: Brent Felipe

"A Healing Garden for Alzheimer's Patients: Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Campus, Las Vegas, NV.” UNLV School of Architecture Student: Diana Garcia

"An Ecological Master Plan for the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Melissa Gonzalez

"Acacia Demonstration Garden: A Master Plan" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Ailyn Marrero Mascaro

"An Alternative Energy Master Planned Community: Cornerstone Lake, Henderson, NV." UNLV School of Architecture Student: Coryden May

“A Storm Water Management Master Plan for the Thomas and Mack Parking Lot, UNLV Campus" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Steve McKeown


"Creating, Improving, Connecting: Revitalizing Public Open Space in Downtown Las Vegas" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Jonathon Barrios, Michael Little

"Extending the Embodied Benefits of a Community Garden Beyond the Garden Walls" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Shenandoah Ellis


"Redesigning FEMA Relief Housing Sites to Increase Community Wellness" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Kyle Killian, Jeffrey Ruziecki

"Redesigning Las Vegas' Chinatown as a Way to Increase Foreign Tourism" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Jixin Liu

"Plant for NetZero: A Landscape Design for the Desert Sol Solar Decathlon House" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Alex Muldrow

"Radiant Park: An Urban Park for the Las Vegas Strip” UNLV School of Architecture Student: Justin Ocampo

"Retrofitting Asphalt Playgrounds into Outdoor Learning Environments" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Justin Paula

"Building From the Bin: A Design Build Collection of Outdoor Furnishings Crafted from Scrap Materials" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Larry Rodriguez


"A Masterplan for a Permaculture Facility as an Economic Catalyst in Suburban Las Vegas" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Carlos DeSantiago, Taylor Quiram

"A Phenomenological Approach to Designing Amenities for Downtown Las Vegas" UNLV School of Architecture Student:: Sabrina Hazel

"A Case Study Model for Fitness Education in Underutilized Urban Spaces" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Greig Jameson

"A Tourism Based Master Plan forGoldfield Nevada" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Erik Kelly

"A Master Plan for Accessible Complete Streets in Boulder City Nevada,"


UNLV School of Architecture Student: Tricia Sullivan

"A Master Plan for Accessible Play Environments in Urban Neighborhoods" UNLV School of Architecture Student: Lorraine True


"Production Based Urban Agriculture at the Backyard Scale," UNLV School of Architecture Student:: Mandeep Dhillon This Project Received Highest Honors at the UNLV School of Architecture’s All School Super Jury

"Master Plan for A Sustainable California Grizzly Bear Habitat," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Mylene Geronimo

"Prototyping Outdoor Furniture for Hybridized Customization," UNLV School of Architecture Student: David MacDougall

"Design Guidelines for Aesthetically Enhanced Safety Features on Federal Properties," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Joshua Ramsey

"Retrofitting Suburban Residences to Accommodate Green Roofs," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Sarah Saunders

"A Master Plan for an Extreme Sports Park in North Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture Student: Jayson Vorce

Directed Undergraduate External Research Projects 2009

"Nevada Division of Forestry Best Management Practices Technical Manual," UNLV School of Architecture. Student: Chris Levy Student: Ramil Santiago


2001 "A Design Guideline Approach to Master Planning in Real Estate Development," UNLV Lee Business School Student: Kevin Hayes

Directed Graduate Student Learning

2004 - 2005 Chair - Master of Architecture Thesis Committee Projects

"Las Vegas: Active Living-Urban Living," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Erik Bond Mr. Bond received a 4th place award for graduate student projects at the 2005

Environmental Design Research Association’s (EDRA) annual conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.


"A Mixed-Use Master Plan for Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Justin Lam

"Developing a Hybrid, For-Profit vs. Not for Profit Community Design Center for the Las Vegas Community," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Kenneth Levesque "A Performing Arts Center as a Catalyst for Urban Renewal in Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Adita Secaira


"A Performing Arts Center for Chattanooga, TN," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Travis Burgdorf

"Mass Transit's Potential to act as a Catalyst in the Urban Re-Development of Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Michael Corrente Mr. Corrente received the School of Architecture’s Design Excellence Award.


"Transit Oriented Developments and their Role in Downtown Las Vegas' Re- Development," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Chadwick Reichert Mr. Reichert received the School of Architecture’s highest honor, the Fielden Medal

Award.

2013 - 2014 Member - Master of Architecture Thesis Committee Projects

"Predicted Performance of A Skytherm North with a Highly Insulated Building Envelope System." UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Kitrina Stratton

"The Water Wall: A Passive Solar Collection and Thermal Massing Device for Supplementary Radiant Heating," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Rhett Nosecki


"Development and Validation of Heat Transfer Model to Predict Indoor Room Temperatures in

Roof Pond Buildings," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Afzal Hossain

"MIXed: The Generational Evolution of Mixed Use Housing," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Blaine Verlanic

2008 - 2009 Member (External) - Master of Science in Sports Management Thesis Committee Project

"FANgrandSTAND: An Alternative Seating Design for Use in Stadia and Arenas," College of Hotel Administration. Master of Science Candidate: Rusty White


"Validation of the Load Collector Ratio Method for Predicting the Thermal Performance from Five Passive Solar Test Rooms Using Measured Data," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Daniel Overbey



"Sustainable Mixed-Use and Low Cost Housing Redevelopment in Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Deepa Ananthakrishnan

"A Trend Responsive Non-Gaming Hotel Model for the Las Vegas Strip," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Glen Curry

"Pristine Environments: Towards Sustainability Guidelines for a Ecological Resort in Trumsa, Norway," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Toini Harris


"Perth Amboy Preparatory Academy National Design Competition," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: David Almany

"An Amenities Approach to Creating an Urban Environment in Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Vincent Esposito "A Native American Cultural Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Rex Noble

"A Model Live-Work Housing Development for Downtown Las Vegas," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Allison Warren


"Traditional Indian Architecture and it's Adaptability to Mumbai City," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Saloni Kadakia

"The Creation of a Downtown Art School as a Catalyst for Urban Renewal.," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Brandon Maldonado

"A New Architectural Model for Housing Sexual Predators," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Paul Olswieski "Green New-Urbanism" as a Catalyst for Urban Re-Development,"


UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Dominick Romano

"Towards a Bio-Architecture," UNLV School of Architecture. M. Arch Candidate: Andy Rougas

Publications Books

Anderson, J. R., and Ortega, D. H. (eds.), (2016) Innovations in Landscape Architecture. London: Routledge-Taylor Francis Press. https://www.routledge.com/Innovations-in-Landscape-Architecture/Anderson-Ortega/p/book 9781138860681

Book Chapters or Sections in a Book Ortega, D. H. (2016). “White Pine County Line: Re Drawing and Re Making in the Rural Landscape Medium.” In Representing Landscapes: Hybrid. (Nadia Amoroso, ed.) London: Routledge -Taylor and Francis Press.

Ortega, D. H., Anderson, J. R. (2016). “Introduction: The Only Thing We Have to Fear…” InInnovations in Landscape Architecture. (Anderson, J. R., and Ortega, D. H. (eds.) London: Routledge - Taylor and Francis Press.

Ortega, D. H., Anderson, J. R. (2016). Part III: “Innovative Profiles.” In Innovations in Landscape Architecture. (Anderson, J. R., and Ortega, D. H. (eds.) London: Routledge - Taylor and Francis Press.

Ortega, D. H., Anderson, J. R. (2015).” Vertical Plane Typologies: Examining Sections and Elevations.” In Representing Landscapes: Digital. (Nadia Amoroso, ed.) London: Routledge - Taylor Francis Press.

Ortega, D. H. (2015). “Nosotros (We): Two Cultures of Sustainability and the Present City of Las Vegas.” In Now Urbanism: The Future City is Here. (Jeff Hou, et.al. eds.) London: Routledge -Taylor Francis Press.

Refereed Journal Articles Ortega, D. H., Corrente, M. (2014). Roots to Routes: Digital Las Vegas—Trails Resource Database. The International Journal of Sustainability Education / University of Illinois Research Park, 9(1), 1-5. http://ijsed.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.275/prod.34


https://www.routledge.com/Innovations-in-Landscape-Architecture/Anderson-Ortega/p/book

Ortega, D. H. (2009). The Ecology of Practice: Spatial Tactics, The Present City, and the Ideology of

Sustainability. In-Tensions, 1(2), 27 pages. http://www.yorku.ca/intent/issue2/

Ortega, D. H. (2006). En Cada Barrio: Timocracy, Panopticism, and The Landscape of a Normalized Community. Culture Machine(8), 19 pages. http://www.culturemachine.net/ index.php/cm/issue/view/4

Ortega, D. H. (2005). The Las Vegas Strip as a Genuinely Invented Global Landscape. Landscape

Review, 10(1-2), 75-78. https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/article/view/229

Conference Proceedings, Abstracts, Posters Zawarus, P. and Ortega D.H. (2017) . Finding the Way: Transformation through Engaged

Dialogue and Action, In review for the 2018 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

Ortega, D. H. (2016). Just Use Your Imagination: Re Envisioning Rural Phenomenology. Salt Lake City, UT:.

Anderson, J. R., Ortega, D. H. (2015). This Place Matters: An Opportunity to Incite Change. 2015 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Abstracts. Manhattan, KS.: 2015 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference.

Ortega, D. H., Anderson, J. R. (2015). Drawing as a Method of Inquiry: Initiating New Competencies. 2015 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Abstracts. Manhattan, KS.: 2015 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference.

Ortega, D. H. (2014). Placing Cuentos (Stories): Visually Based Artifacts and the Formation of a Chicano/a Community in East Los Angeles, California. 2014 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Abstracts. Baltimore, Md.: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

Ortega, D. H., Corrente, M. (2012). Pedagogical Cartography - A Real Time Curricular Assessment. 2012 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Abstracts. Urbana-Champagne, IL.: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

Ortega, D. H., Corrente, M. (2011). A Tale of Two Courses: Pedagogy, Process, Product? Dessau: Anhalt University.

Ortega, D. H. (2011). Elvis Slept Here: Scenes From The Hyperreal Las Vegas. In Burge, A. (Ed.),

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities (pp. 1 page).


http://www.culturemachine.net/

Honolulu, HI: University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking.

Ortega, D. H. (2007). Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos: Globalised Sustainable Development and the Politics of Autonomy in the Urban Landscape of Los Angeles. Proceedings of Globalisation and Landscape Architecture: Issues for Education and Practice (pp. pp. 145-149). St. Petersburg: University of St. Petersburg Department of Forestry.

O'Callahan, A., Collins, A., Ortega, D. H., Ortega, A. (2007). A Community Healing Garden: Multi-Generational, Multi-Discipline Approach. Conference Proceedings, American Society

for Horticultural Science (pp. 1). St. Louis, MO.: American Society for Horticultural Science.

Ortega, D. H. (2006). Learning From Another Las Vegas: Insurgent Practices as Text in the Urban

Landscape. In Burge, A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities (pp. 1 page). Honolulu, HI: University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking.

Ortega, D. H. (2005). En Cada Barrio: Signage as the Landscape of Political Ideology (8th ed., pp. 1). Manhattan, KS.: Image, Icon, Ideology: The International Conference on Visual

Culture.

Ortega, A., Ortega, D. (2005). In Kollin, C. (Ed.), Marble Manor: Green Infrastructure in a Minority Neighborhood. Washington, D.C.: American Forests.

Ortega, D. H. (2005). In Harrison, G., Steinberger, M., Swahili, R. (Ed.), Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos: The Politics of Identity in the Urban Landscape of Los Angeles (pp. 75-78). Washington D.C.: The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and The Landscape Architecture Foundation.

Ortega, D. H. (2005). In Burge, A. (Ed.), Dia de Los Muertos: Memory Landscapes and the Practice of Narrative in the Urban Landscape of Los Angeles (pp. 7 pages). Honolulu, HI: University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking.

Ortega, D. H. (2005). In Burge, A. (Ed.), East Los Narratives: Muralism as an Integral Part of the Urban Landscape of East Los Angeles (pp. 6 pages). Honolulu, HI: University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking.

Ortega, D. H. (2004). In Jackie, B., Simon, S. (Ed.), The Las Vegas Strip as a Genuinely Invented Global Landscape (pp. 4 Pages). Washington, D.C.: The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and The Landscape Architecture Foundation.

Ortega, D. H. (2004). In Burge, A. (Ed.), Elsewherness: The Las Vegas Strip as a


Contradiction between Two Traditions (pp. 7 pages). Honolulu, HI: University of Louisville, Center

for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University.

Lawrence, A., Ortega, D. H. (2003). In Poole, S., Sarpaneva, P. (Ed.), Architecture: Signs and Symbols from the Ephemeral Present (pp. 5 pages). New York, NY: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Other – Journal Editor Ortega, D. H. (Ed.), (2009). Uncommon Ground: Everyday Aesthetics and the Intensionality of the Public Realm (2nd ed., vol. 1). Toronto: In Tensions E Journal. http://www.yorku.ca/intent/issue2/

Presentations (*Peer Reviewed and Invited) 2017

Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), “From Bagels to Sliders: Innovations in Landscape Architecture,” Desert Green XXI - Score One for Desert Greening, XXIst Annual Desert Green Conference, Desert Green Foundation, Las Vegas NV.

2016 *Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Just Use Your Imagination: Re Drawing and Re Making in the Rural Landscape Medium," Utah

State University, Salt Lake City, UT.

Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Paul L. Cejas Visiting Scholar - Florida International University, "From Origin to Montage: Digital representation in Landscape Architecture," Florida International University Landscape Architecture Department, Miami, FL.

Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Paul L. Cejas Visiting Scholar - Florida International University, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear? Innovations in Landscape Architecture,"

Florida International University Landscape Architecture Department, Miami, FL.

2015 Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Now Urbanism: The Future City is Here / Symposium, "Nosotros: The Present City of Las Vegas," The Van Alen Institute and the University of Washington, The Van Alen Institute - New York, NY.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, J. R., Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Drawing as a Method of Inquiry: Initiating New Competencies," Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, J. R. (Author & Presenter), Mitchell, J.


http://www.yorku.ca/intent/

(Author), Lopez, A. (Author), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "This Place Matters: An Opportunity to Incite Change," Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Ortega, D. H. (Panel Discussant), Informal Urban Nature / Symposium, "Informal Urban Nature in the Present City of Las Vegas," University of California Los Angeles - City Lab, UCLA, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.

2014 *Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Placing Cuentos (Stories): Visually Based Artifacts and the Formation of a Chicano/a Community in East Los Angeles, California," University of Maryland and Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD.

2013 Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Innovative Research Methods in Landscape Architecture," University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

2012 *Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Corrente, M. (Author & Presenter), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Pedagogical Cartography; A Real Time Curricular Assessment," University o Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana-Champagne, IL.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author), Corrente, M. (Author & Presenter), Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, "Roots to Routes: A Collaborative Effort to Promote Trails as an Opportunity for Sustainable Urban Transportation.," On Sustainability, Vancouver, British Columbia.

2011 Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Transcultural Cities Symposium, "Ideologia y Los de Abajo / Ideology and the Underdogs: Two Cultures of Sustainability Working in the Present City of Las Vegas," World Universities Network, University of Washington Office of Global Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, University of Sheffield, University of Sydney, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Seattle, WA.

Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

2010 Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), LABASH 2010, "Elvis Slept Here: Scenes from the Hyperreal Las Vegas," University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.

2009 Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

2008 Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, "Design 1:


Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

2007 Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Desert Demonstration Garden Design Series, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author), O'Callahan, A. (Author & Presenter), Collins, A. (Author), Ortega, A. (Author), American Society for Horticultural Science, "A Community Healing Garden: A Multi- Generational, Multi-Discipline Approach," American Society for Horticultural Science, St. Louis, MO.


Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Ortega, A. (Author & Presenter), Southern Nevada Arborist Group: Annual Symposium, "Effective Xeriscape Management Practices for Non Designers," Southern Nevada Arborist Group, Las Vegas, NV.

2005 *Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Arts and Humanities, "Learning From An-Other Las Vegas: Insurgent Practices as Text in the Urban Landscape,” University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods and The Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, Honolulu, HI.

Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Desert Demonstration Garden Design Series, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV. *Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), National Conference on Urban Ecosystems/Nature at Your Service, "Marble Manor: Green Infrastructure in a Minority Neighborhood," American Forests, Charlotte, NC.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos: The Politics of Identity in the Urban Landscape of East Los Angeles," University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Institute for Small Town Studies: Annual Symposium, "Community by Design: A Case Study of Green Infrastructure in a Minority Neighborhood,” Institute for Small Town Studies, Boulder City, NV.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Cultural Studies / Image, Icon, Ideology, "En Cada Barrio: Signage as the Landscape of Political Ideology," Kansas

State University, Manhattan, KS.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Arts and Humanities, “Dia


de Los Muertos: Memory Landscapes and the Practice of Narrative in the Urban Landscape of Los Angeles," University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods and The Asia Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, Honolulu, HI.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Arts and Humanities, "East Los Narratives: Muralism as an Integral Part of the Urban Landscape of Los Angeles," University of Louisville, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods and The Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, Honolulu, HI.


Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, "Elsewhereness: The Las Vegas Strip as a Genuinely Invented Global Landscape," Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.


Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

*Ortega, D. H. (Author & Presenter), Lawrence, A. (Author), International Conference of The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture / Contribution and Confusion: Architecture and the Influence of Other Fields of Inquiry, "Architecture: Signs and Symbols from the Ephemeral Present," ACSA, Helsinki, Finland.

Ortega, D. H. (Presenter), Ortega, A. (Presenter), Las Vegas Desert Demonstration Garden Design Series, "Design 1: Laying Out the Plan," The Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV.

Contracts, Commissions, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Commissions 2009 - 2008

Strain, E. D., and Ortega, D. H., "Casa Go Go," Private Client. In collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

2007 - 2006 Strain, E. D., and Ortega, D. H "The House in 2 Parts,” Private Client. In collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.


2006 - 2004 Strain, E. D., and Ortega, D. H "The J2 Bamboo House," Private Client. In collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

2004 Ortega, D. H., "Walcott Residence," Private Client. In collaboration with Landaco Design Build Landscape Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

2003 - 2000 Strain, E. D., and Ortega, D. H "Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center," Sponsored by UNLV College of Education. In collaboration with assemblage Studio, Las Vegas, NV.

2000 Ortega, D. H., "Miller Residence," Sponsored by Private Client. In collaboration with Landaco Design Build Landscape Architecture, Las Vegas, NV.

Funded Projects 2010 - 2013

Ortega, D. H., and Corrente, M., "UNLV Special Projects Graduate Research Award," Sponsored by UNLV Graduate College. Amount Awarded: $30,000.00 over a three-year cycle.

2007 Ortega, D. H. (Principal), 12708121, Research, "Nevada Urban & Community Forestry Illustrations and Graphic Layout", Nevada Division of Forestry, Fed Pass Thru, USDA/UF/ FFY05/#12.1, Amount awarded: $1,000.00.

Ortega, D. H. (Principal), 12707677, Research, "Nevada Urban and Community Forestry - Illustrations and Graphic Layout", Nevada Division of Forestry, Fed Pass Thru, USDA/UF/ FFY05/#12, Amount awarded: $1,430.00.

Ortega, D. H., "Southern Nevada Urban Forestry Best Management Practices," Sponsored by Nevada Division of Forestry. Amount awarded: $6,000.00

Travel Awards 2015

Ortega, D. H., "UFTC Travel Award," Sponsored by UNLV. Amount awarded: $1,000.00

2007 Ortega, D. H., "UFTC Travel Award," Sponsored by UNLV. Amount awarded: $1,000.00

2005 Ortega, D. H., "Minority Assistance Scholarship," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Amount awarded: $350.00


Ortega, D. H., "UFTC Travel Award," Sponsored by UNLV. Amount awarded: $1,000.00

Service University Service 2017

Committee Member, UNLV Faculty Senate Service, Academic Freedom and Ethics Committee. UNLV Faculty Senate Sub-Committee.

2015 Committee Member, UNLV Executive Vice President and Provost Search Committee.

Alternate Committee Member, University Personnel Committee.

2014 - 2011 Committee Member, University Program Review Committee.

2013 - 2007 Committee Member, University Assessment Committee.

2011 Faculty Marshall, University Commencement Faculty Marshall.


2005 - 2003 Committee Member, UNLV Faculty Senate Service, University Course and Curriculum Committee

2004 - 2003 UNLVFaculty Senator, College of Fine Arts Representative.

Committee Member, UNLV Faculty Senate Service, University Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Member, Moyer Student Union Design Review Committee.

2003 - 2000 Committee Member, UNLV Faculty Senate Service, Faculty Senate Internal Program Review Committee.



Task Force Member, UNLV Arboretum Planning Initiatives.

Task Force Member, UNLV Office of Diversity Initiatives.


College of Fine Arts Service 2017

Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Strategic Planning Committee.

2016 - 2014 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Personnel Committee.

2015 - 2013 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Personnel Committee.

2014 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Minority Serving Institution Task Force.

2012 - 2011 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Budget Committee.

2012 - 2010 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Bylaws Committee.

2010 - 2008 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Special Awards Committee.

2007 - 2005 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Special Awards Committee.

Departmental Service 2018

Acting Director, UNLV School of Architecture, University of Nevada Las Vegas January 1 – January 18 February 1 – February 13

2017 Acting Director, UNLV School of Architecture, University of Nevada Las Vegas February 2 – February 7 March 27 – March 31 June 13 – June 16


June 27 – July 1 July 18 – June 21 October 9 - October 13 November 1 - November 3 December 15 - December 31

2017 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Foundation Design Search Committee

2016 Acting Director, UNLV School of Architecture, University of Nevada Las Vegas June 27 – July 5 July 18 – July 22 October 6 - October 7 November 2 – November 4

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Search Committee

2015 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Director Search Committee

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Associate Professor of Architecture Search Committee

Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Digital Fabrication Search Committee

2014 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Foundation Design Search Committee

2014 - 2012 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Personnel Committee.

2013 - 2014 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Digital Technologies Search Committee.

2013 - 2012 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Director Downtown Design Center Search Committee.


2013 - 2009 Committee Member, School of Architecture Bylaws Committee.

2011 - 2012 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Personnel Committee.

2010 - Present Program Coordinator, UNLV Landscape Architecture Program.

Program Accreditation Chair, UNLV Landscape Architecture Program.

Committee Chair, Landscape Architecture Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Admissions and Recruitment Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Academic Standards, Assessment, and Accreditation Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Executive Committee.

2010 - 2016 Committee Member, School of Architecture Course and Curriculum Committee.

2010 - 2011 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Architecture Search Committee

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Building Science Search Committee.

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Associate Professor of Architecture Search Committee

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Search Committee.

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Director Downtown Design Center Search Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Personnel Committee.

2009 - 2011 Committee Member, School of Architecture Personnel Committee.


2009 - 2008 Committee Member, UNLV Landscape Architecture Program Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board Self Evaluation Report Preparation Committee.

2009 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assessment Committee.

2008 - 2007 Committee Chair, School of Architecture Klai Juba Lecture Committee.

Committee Chair, School of Architecture Faculty Merit Award Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Student Recruitment, Marketing, and Scholarships Committee.

2007 - 2006 Committee Member, School of Architecture - Klai-Juba Lecture Series.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design Search Committee.

2007 - 2005 Committee Member, School of Architecture Academic Standards Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Admissions and Student Affairs Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Exhibitions Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Library Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Merit Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Student Recruitment, Marketing and Scholarship Committee.

2006 - 2005 Committee Member, UNLV Landscape Architecture Program Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board Self Evaluation Report Preparation Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture - Klai-Juba Lecture Series.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design Search Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Director Downtown Design Center Search


Committee.

2004 - 2003 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design Search Committee.

2004 - 2002 Committee Member, School of Architecture Personnel Committee.

2003 - 2001 Committee Member, College of Fine Arts Course and Curriculum.

2002 - 2001 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Environmental Control Systems Search Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Director Search Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Course and Curriculum Committee.

Committee Member, School of Architecture Merit Committee.

2001 Committee Member, Las Vegas Springs Preserve Research Center Committee.

2001 - Present Committee Chair, Ribeiro Landscape Architecture Lecture Series Committee.

2000 - 2001 Committee Member, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Architecture Search Committee.

Professional Service 2017

Team Chair, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Master of Landscape Architecture Program Review, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2016 Team Chair, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Master of Landscape Architecture Program Review, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.


Graduate Studio External Reviewer, Florida International University, MLA Urban Design Studio, Miami, FL.

Undergraduate Studio External Reviewer, Arizona State University, BLA Urban Design Studio, Tempe, AZ.

2015 Team Chair, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Review, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

External Reviewer, Promotion and Tenure Dossier for Dr. Carlos Licon, Utah State University, Logan, UT.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, American Society of Landscape Architects, Chicago, IL.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Manhattan, KS.

Graduate Studio External Reviewer, Rhode Island School of Design, MLA Urban Design Studio, Providence, RI.

2014 Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

2014 - 2006 Member, Editorial Review Board, In-Tensions E Journal, York University, Toronto, CA.

2013 Team Member, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Review, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Reviewer, Graduate Research Colloquium, University of Oregon, Department of Landscape Architecture, Eugene, OR.

2012 Team Member, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Review, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Urbana-Champagne, IL.

Peer Reviewer, Journal Article, The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning,


Philadelphia, PA.

2011 Team Member, Landscape Architecture Program Accreditation Review, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program Review, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Peer Reviewer, Book Proposal, Routledge / Taylor and Francis Publishers, London. England, UK.

Peer Reviewer, Journal Article, Building and Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, University of Minnesota Press, Madison, WI.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Urbana-Champagne, IL.

2010 - Present Member, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board Roster of Visiting Evaluators (ROVE) ,Washington D.C.

Attendee, Landscape Architecture Program Administrator’s Meeting, American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington, D.C.

2005 - 2016 Peer Reviewer, Annual International Conference Proceedings, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

Public Service

2015 - 2014 Member, Green Valley Ranch Homeowners Association Landscape Committee, Henderson, NV.

2014 Community Design Project Organizer, This Place Matters: Baker Edition, Baker, NV.

2013 Community Design Project Organizer, This Place Matters, White Pine County Edition, White Pine County NV.

2012 Community Design Project Organizer, Catholic Charities Memorial Monument Design Charette, Las Vegas, NV.


2009 Community Design Project Organizer and Participant, White Pine County Fairgrounds Master Plan Design Charette, Ely, NV.

2007 Community Design Project Organizer, North Las Vegas Fire Department STARS Safety Village, North Las Vegas, NV.

2005 Community Design Project Co-Organizer and Participant, Las Vegas Sky Senior Living Community Garden, Las Vegas, NV.

Committee Member, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce Urban Trails Feasibility Committee, Las Vegas, NV.

Community Design Project Co-Organizer and Participant, Lois Craig Elementary School, Las Vegas, NV.

2004 Tree Planting Fair Co-Organizer and Participant, Marble Manor Public Housing Complex, Las Vegas, NV.

Community Design Charette Participant, Town of Beatty Nevada: Trails and Gateway Design Charette, Beatty, NV.

2003 Community Design Project Organizer, Mervin Iverson Elementary School, Las Vegas, NV

2002 Community Design Project Facilitator, Round Mountain Community Garden Demonstration Garden Master Plan, Round Mountain, NV.

Community Design Project Facilitator, Tonopah Community Garden Demonstration Garden Master Plan, Tonopah, NV.

2001 Community Design Project Facilitator, Pahrump Community Library Demonstration Garden Master Plan, Pahrump, NV.

Community Design Charette Participant, The Las Vegas Shade Tree Women and Children's Shelter, Las Vegas, NV.


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