{"id":20691,"date":"2025-05-14T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/?page_id=20691"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:33:15","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e730dd8b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afd803dfc12a87492cadc66aff914b6d\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-3249a1fe alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-5bea5559\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-10d73c75\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/faculties\/sheila-bosch\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bosch_2022-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/faculties\/sheila-bosch\/\">Sheila Bosch<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><em><strong>Department of Interior Design<\/strong><\/em><br>Associate Professor<br>AH 348<br><a href=\"mailto:sheilabosch@dcp.ufl.edu\"><strong>sheilabosch@dcp.ufl.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container 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uagb-block-e5fb5be3\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/faculties\/luis-mejia-puig\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2016-Michelle-Matckie-e1500347403547-1-1-e1576260521596.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:24px\">Michelle Matckie<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><strong><em>Department of Interior Design<\/em><br><\/strong>Administrative Specialist<br>AH 336<br><strong><a href=\"mailto:mmatckie@dcp.ufl.edu\">mmatckie@dcp.ufl.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ee776c81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" 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style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><em><strong>Department of Interior Design<\/strong><\/em><br>Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator<br>AH 350<br><a href=\"mailto:sh.valipoor@ufl.edu\"><strong>sh.valipoor@ufl.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-acf20ed0\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a770c963\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty &amp; Staff Sheila Bosch Department of Interior DesignAssociate ProfessorAH 348sheilabosch@dcp.ufl.edu Erin Cunningham Department of Interior DesignAssociate ProfessorAH 344ekc@ufl.edu Michelle Matckie Department of Interior DesignAdministrative SpecialistAH 336mmatckie@dcp.ufl.edu Luis Mejia-Puig Department of Interior DesignAssistant ProfessorAH 136luismejiapuig@ufl.edu Jason Meneely Department of Interior Design Associate ProfessorAH 352jmeneely@dcp.ufl.edu Genesis Okken Department 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