Rebekah Ison Radtke is an assistant professor of interior design at the University of Kentucky. She received a Master of Architecture degree in 2011 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Radtke’s research focuses on opportunities when collaborative learning and community-engaged design processes can intersect.
Patrick Lee Lucas
Patrick Lee Lucas, director of the School of Interiors, University of Kentucky College of Design, has a PhD in American studies from Michigan State University (2002), an MA in Interior Design from University of Kentucky (1998), and a B.Arch. from University of Cincinnati (1988). Current work is on midcentury Modern design aesthetic and on community architecture. Lucas leads seminars, teaches lecture courses, and facilitates studio interactions by engaging in community conversations and encouraging students to think about the place of design in the world. From 2002 to 2013, he taught in the Department of Interior Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, winning several teaching awards, serving as both an Honor’s College and Service Learning fellow, and directing the university’s Faculty Teaching and Learning Commons