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Margaret Portillo<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Margaret Portillo, Ph.D., FIDEC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>mportill@ufl.edu<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the College of Design, Construction and Planning, Margaret Portillo, Professor of Interior Design, is serving as Associate Dean for Research + Strategic Initiatives. As a researcher, she leverages mixed methods, to explore human-centered design innovation. Recently, she was a co-recipient of an EDRA Research Excellence commendation on mixed-use learning zone spaces and typologies, a study, funded by ASID. This national award recognized the study\u2019s translational significance and practice impact. Currently, she is collaborating on a study examining design transformation within university library, part of a larger Association of College and Research Libraries initiative. Through books, articles, and essays as well as academic and industry-invited presentations, her work has been shared nationally and internationally. Portillo also is committed to high impact scholarly service. For example, she chaired the CIDA standards development project that involved an extensive three-year process of exploring, evaluating, and testing societal influences that informed a major revision of international interior design accreditation standards. Portillo served two as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interior Design<\/em> (2006-2015), published under the auspices of IDEC, successfully moving to a quarterly publication schedule and a revisioning of the journal\u2019s focus, reach, and readership that appreciably elevated the journal\u2019s ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creativity; Applied Color; Design Empathy; Development of Third Places; Hybrid Engagement Across Built Environments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n