S. SELIM ILTUS
Curriculum Vitae


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Personal


Address: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. 6th Fl. NY, NY 10016
Telephone: (212) 817-1889 Fax: (435) 330-7886
E-Mail : siltus@gc.cuny.edu



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Education


Ph.D, Environmental Psychology Program at the Graduate School and the University Center of the City University of New York. April, 1994.

Master of Philosophy, City University of New York, October, 1986.

Master of Architecture (M. Arch.), Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, Ankara, September, 1979.

Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.), Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, Ankara, January, l976.


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Selected Project Experience







Child Development and Education





Developing Action Plans for Early Childhood Education in Central Asian Republics and Kazakhstan (CARK) region. Group facilitation, action plan development and presentations in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. For the UNICEF CARK office. 2001.

Early Childhood Care for Survival, Growth and development (ECCD). UNICEF, Turkey, 1999. Research and facilitation for an integrated approach to ECCD.

Neighborhood School - Alphabet City Children's Resource Project. Computer and technology-based environmental education project that generates student created electronic maps of the Lower East Side by elementary school students. 1998 -1999.





Program Evaluation





Participatory evaluation of the Hartley House After-school Program, NY. 1999-2001. Completed as a part of the Bowne Foundation Initiative on Literacy.

Participatory evaluation of the New Settlement Apartments Multicultural After School Program (MASP), Bronx, NY. 1999-2001. Completed as a part of the Bowne Foundation Initiative on Literacy.

Evaluation of the Children's Gardening Program by theTrust for Public Land. Staff workshops and in-depth interviews to evaluate a school based teacher education and children's gardening project. 1998 - 1999

Evaluation of the Drug Abuse Prevention Forum organized by the youth. United Nations Drug Prevention Program. Banff Alberta, Canada. April, 1998.





Post-Occupancy Evaluation





Evaluation of the Children?s Discovery Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. 1998.


Evaluation of the Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Research design, analysis and final report. 1997.

Post Occupancy Evaluation of the Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI. A complete POE involving tours, interviews, focus groups and survey. 1994-1995.





Play and Recreation




State of Play, Recreation, Sports and Outdoor Leisure Opportunities for Children and Youth in New York City: A Policy Analysis. Project for the Parks Council involving GIS mapping, historical data analysis, and participatory evaluation with children in two NY City schools. 1999 – 2000. Includes Historical analysis and GIS mapping.

The Need for Outdoor Play and Recreational Space for the Development of Children. Comprehensive review of theory and research on child development and outdoor play. Prepared for the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey and John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy. 1999-2000.

Developing Children's Areas in Community Gardens, the Development of a new Model for Low-income Areas. (In collaboration with the Design Trust for Public Space) Funding of three design fellows to develop children's areas in gardens in New York City. Research on gardens, writing program notes, reviewing designs and developing a "Design Handbook" for community gardens. Jan. 1997-2001

Designing a large Children's Leisure and Discovery Center (Centre de Loisirs et de Decouverte Pour Enfants) in Rabat, Morocco. Research in play, child-rearing parenting and public-space use in Morocco. Literature review and surveys. 1997.

East Harlem Block Schools. Development of an indoor-outdoor children's play and nature exploration garden in Harlem. Design, construction and testing of prototype equipment and concepts. 1996

Survey of Children's Play in West Farms, Bronx, New York. Development of a new methodology for surveying play for elementary school aged children. Design of research instruments and data analysis. 1995 -1997.

West Farms Open Space/recreation Project. Assessment of open space play and recreation opportunities in the West Farms section of the Bronx. A project for the PHIPPS Housing Corporation, involving extensive participatory workshops with Parents and teenagers. 1990 -1991.

PS 185 and PS 208 Schoolyards Project. Participatory design of two East Harlem elementary schoolyards, as a model for the city. 1989-1994.





Participatory Research, Planning and Design





Documentation of the Children?s Clubs of NEPAL. Editing and production of a 25-minute long broadcast quality video titled ?Mirrors of Ourselves?. 2000-2001.

Child-Friendly Environment Project. UNICEF, Turkey, 2000 – 2001. Participatory action research, planning and design for a Child Friendly Environment, serving four villages. Part of the disaster recovery efforts taking place after the August 1999 earthquake. Done in collaboration with the MIT School of Architecture. 200-2001

Participatory Planning of the Hunter School Schoolyard. Hands-on participatory planning and design by using an 10' by 10' plan of the elementary schoolyard and various design templates. Involved students, teachers and parents. Synthesis of the findings in the form of annotated drawings. 2001.

East Midtown Plaza: Participatory Planning and Design of Three Outdoor recreation Areas. Workshop Planning, participatory modeling, design and specifications for a large housing development on East 23rd St. of Manhattan. 1999.

Establishing a Global Network of Youth Programmes for Drug Abuse Prevention. Research in worldwide youth drug cultures and evaluation of 33 drug prevention programs around the world by development and implementation of new participatory research methodologies. For the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), Vienna. 1997–2000.

Participatory research and design of the Maple Avenue School, Newark, NJ. Conducting weekly workshops with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) staff, design and modeling workshops with children, design review and critique. 1997-1998.

New Settlement Houses Playground, Bronx. Workshops, architectural programming and design review (Johanssen and Walcavage, Architects). 1996-1997.

Marcy Place, Bronx. Workshops with children, teenagers and parents, architectural programming and design review (Johanssen and Walcavage, Architects). 1995-1997.

Participatory planning of the Children's Area for the 6th and B community Garden in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Research and design with children and garden members. 1996.

The Bronx 180th street Community Garden Children's Area. Participatory design and construction. Project with the Bronx Greenup - New York Botanical Garden. 1994-1995.

Safe Play for West Farms, A demonstration of Community Designed and Managed Play Alternatives in the Bronx, New York. Participatory planning and design project. 1991-1995.

Young People's East Harlem Resource Center. Participatory design project involving children, parents and staff in building models for a large open space. 1988-1989.





Child safety





Parental Child-rearing Ideologies and Injury Prevention in the Home. A $300,000 Federal research grant titled "Developing a Model of Families as Safety Management Systems for Children at Home". 1987-1994.

Testing and evaluation of 40 child safety related products for the Consumer's Union. 1996.

Researching Safety in the Home. Injuries, products and strategies. For the Child Growth and Development Corporation. Research and report writing on "Children's Safety in the Home". 1984 -1987.




Other Child-related Projects





Assessing "Disaster Preparedness Capacity" of Municipalities for children in Turkey. UNICEF Turkey, 2000.

Children's Rights and Habitat, Housing, Neighborhood and Settlement. Preparation, facilitation and reporting on the UNICEF Expert Seminar that took place in 1996, in New York.

A National Children's Environments Information Service. Establishment of a children's environments database of organizations, a library and an electronic user group list on Internet. 1990-1995.

Research on Spatial Cognition and Environmental Experiences of Children. 1980-1981.





Community Action Research





Permanent Housing Development on the aftermath of the August 1999 earthquake in Golyaka, DUZCE, Turkey. Dutch Gelderland Foundation & UNICEF Turkey. 2000 - 2001. Need assessment and development and implementation of an action plan for new housing.

Johnson Houses, New York City Housing Authority. Intergenerational Gardening Project. Development of Gardening Club. Research in Tenant participation, community building and horticulture. 1995-1997.

Park Slope Armory, Re-Use Study, Brooklyn, NY. Design and feasibility study of a turn of the century Armory building through community participation. For the Brooklyn Borough President's Office and NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation. 1994-1995.

Downtown Housing Development Strategies: A needs assessment, market and feasibility analysis of downtown Denver. Research coordination, computer analysis of the data and report writing. 1980-1981.

Queens Community Board III Open Space Project. Project involving a series of workshops in the assessment and long range planning of open spaces in Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona. Participation in workshops and the preparation of the ?Board III Open Space Workbook'. 1980.





Housing and Neighborhoods




Needs Assessment and Planning for the Villages of Golyaka. Needs assesment and community planning in Golyalka region of Turkey for development of long-term housing in the aftermath of the 1999 earthquake. For UNICEF Turkey and Gelderland Foundation, Netherlands. 2000.

Neighborhood Network Program, conducted for the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB). Development of a map-based database for tracking of a community development program based on a network model. 1992-1993.

Unequal Funding, Equal Need...Inequities in modernization funding for the City-, State-, and Federally-funded developments of the New York City Housing Authority. 1992-1993.

Project Linkage, Feasibility study and presentation of a model for shared housing for the elderly and intergenerational programming in East Harlem. 1992.

The Neighborhood Open Space Project. Research documenting and evaluating the success and problems of community developed neighborhood open spaces. Documentation, photography, sketching, design and preparation of the Final Report : "The making of Neighborhood Open Spaces". 1980-1980.





Juvenile Justice





Master Plan for Monroe County Juvenile Justice Center. Consultant for the development of a Juvenile Center that would combine juvenile court, detention, placement transition and aftercare services. 2001.

100-bed and Expansion of Horizon and Crossroads Juvenile Facilities. Consultation and supervision of a $120 Million dollar capital project as a representative of the Client Agency (DJJ) for the City of New York. 2000-2001.

Trends in Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Population and Juvenile Justice. Research, data analysis and program assessment for the NYC Department of Juvenile Justice. 2000-2001.

Assessment of the Juvenile Justice Needs for the Northwestern Native American Tribes. Consultant. Ricci Assocciates. 2001.

Master Plan for Hardin County Juvenile Center. Program narrative development for a new Juvenile Justice center with detention and staff-secure components. For Ricci Associates. 2001.

Evaluation of the Juvenile Justice Systems and participatory planning for new justice facilities in two Native American (CIRCLE) tribes; Northern Cheyenne of Montana and San Carlos tribe of Arizona. For the US Department of Justice. 2000.

Developing "Post Orders" for a 1000-bed Justice Facility in Kentucky. Consultant. Ricci Associates. 2000.

Planning of New Institutions (PONI) for Juveniles. Planning and design of modules for week-long workshops for States and Counties who are in the process of developing new juvenile facilities. Creation and review of lesson plans, presentations, workbooks and resource manuals. For Ricci Associates, in collaboration with NIH, OJP and OJJDP. 1998-1999.

Programming and Design Review for the Horizon and Crossroads Juvenile Centers in the Bronx and Brooklyn. New York City Department of Juvenile Justice. Architectural programming and design consulting for the design of two 100-bed, $125 million secure juvenile facilities in New York City. 1987-1995

Researching Spofford. For the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, Research for the evaluation of The Spofford Juvenile Detention Center and other state of the art juvenile detention centers around the country for architectural programming and design of the two new 100-bed juvenile centers for New York City. 1985-1987.



Other Projects





National Art and Design Competition for Street Trees. A national competition that generated creative design ideas in three categories; Protective Measures, Sidewalk Solutions and Communicative Concepts. Funded by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and the USDA Forest Service. 1997-1999.

Museum Learning Project. Coordinator for research and $1Million proposal development on how knowledge is acquired through museum visiting experiences. (In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute). 1997.

Marketing the Turkish Navy Fund. Team project to investigate the public image of the Turkish Navy fund and to design a complete marketing campaign. including surveys, design of show spaces, display units, children?s magazine and a range of other items. Middle East Technical University, Department of Management, Ankara. 1977-1979.

The Kocatepe Mosque Project: Research on the impact of a new grand-scale mosque in a residential environment of Ankara. 1976.

Poyrazkoy: A socio-physical analysis of a rural setting for 2000, who have been living in a government- designed housing project for three years. Interviewing. Middle East Technical University, Ankara. 1978-1979.





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Teaching (Courses Thought):





Social Aspects of Environmental Design. Rutgers University, School of Planning and Public Policy, Department of Urban Studies and Community Help. 1993.-1995

WERG (Working Environments Research Group) Seminar: Designing Work Environments (with K. Christensen): Environmental Psychology Program, City University of New York, Graduate Center. Spring 1994.

Children's Environments Landscape Design Workshop (With R. Hart and C. Katz). City College of the City University of New York. Spring 1990.

Behavioral Issues in Urban Landscape Planning : City College of the City University of New York, Dept. of Urban Landscape Planning. Spring 1984.

Behavioral Factors in Interior Design. PRATT Institute, New York, Dept. of Interior and Industrial Design. Spring 1984.

Environmental Design Research As Everyday Life. Environmental Psychology Program, City University of New York, Graduate Center. Spring 1984. (With R. Lorenzo)

Environmental Psychology. Ramapo College, New Jersey, School of Environmental Studies. Spring 1983.


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Video and Graphic Design Projects





Early Childhood Development in Central Asian Republics and Kazakhstan: A video Travelogue. 2001.

Child Friendly Environments: A participatory Approach in Building With Children in Mind. Video documentation of UNICEF's Child Friendly Environment Project in the earthquake-effected villages of Golyaka, Turkey. 200-2001.

Mirrors of Ourselves. A video and CD package about Methods of Participatory Evaluation at the Children?s Clubs of Nepal. Funded by the Save the Children, Norway. 2000-2001.


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Graphic Design




Design Guidelines for Schoolyards: Publication prepared for the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey and John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy. 1999-2000.


Development of conceptual diagrams and illustrations for the book "Children's Participation" by Roger Hart. 1996.

Toys and Play: A Guide to Fun and Development for Children with Impaired Vision. Graphic design, layout and illustrations. Lighthouse Publications, New York, 1995.

Video Production Guidebooks, Facilitators' Resource Guides and Parents' Handbooks, (total of twelve publications). Graphic design and layout. UNICEF, NY. 1994-1996.

Computer System Consultation and Graphic Design. Child Growth and Development Corporation. Selection, and installation of computer hardware and software for a small research and toy-design company. 1992-1993.

Design and layout of the publication Children's Participation: From Tokenism to Citizenship. Published by UNICEF, 1992.

Desktop publishing and illustrations for the book "Getting in touch with play: Creating play environments for children with visual impairments". Published by the Lighthouse Inc. 1991.

Safe Neighborhood Play. A video documentation of community designed and managed play alternatives in the Bronx, New York. 1991-1992.

Graphic Design, layout and computer graphics on a publication titled "Neighborhoods - 2000: An Intergenerational Urban Studies Curriculum" by M. Kaplan, New York 1990.

Design and desktop publishing of Children's Environments Quarterly . Summer/Fall 1989 & Winter 1989.





ARTIST, Childhood City Quarterly. Spring 1980-83.


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Selected Publications





After-School/Youth Literacy Connections: Participatory Program Evaluation (With J. Schwartzman) Literacy Update. February, 2001.

Street Trees. XXI Architectural Culture Magazine. Vol 2, Issue 6. 2001

The Need for Outdoor Play and Recreational Space for the Development of Children and Design Guidelines for Schoolyards. To be published by the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey and John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy. 2001

Play Gardens: Developing Children?s Areas in Community Gardens. To be published by the Design Trust for the Public Space. 2001.

What Do Young People Around the World Think about Drug Issues? (With K. Sabo) Paper and workbook prepared for the Youth Vision Jeunesse, Drug Abuse Prevention Forum. April 1998.

What Do Young People Around the World Think about Drug Prevention Programs? (With K. Sabo) Paper and workbook prepared for the Youth Vision Jeunesse, Drug Abuse Prevention Forum. April 1998.

DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY AND CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (With R. Hart, et. al.) Social Justice, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 1997

Contributor to: Children?s Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizen?s in Community Development and Environmental Care by R. Hart (1997) London: Earthscan.

CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: A REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE ON THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND CHILDREN'S DEVELOPING CAPACITIES TO PARTICIPATE (With C. Daiute, et. al.) The Children and Environment Group and the Children's Environments Research Group, Berkeley, California. 1996.

PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES TO PROGRAM AND PROJECT EVALUATION WITH CHILDREN (with K. Sabo and R. Hart) in Youth Participation: Challenges and Opportunities, report published by the Children and Youth Foundation of Philippines & International Youth Foundation, 1996.

CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: A Review of Psychological Literature on Benefits of Community Participation and Children's Developing Capacities to Participate (with CERG members) CERG Publications, Prepared for the Children and the Environment Group, Berkeley, CA. Nov. 1995.

YOUTH PARTICIPATION PILOT SURVEY (with M. Breitbart). CERG Publications, Prepared for the Children and the Environment Group, Berkeley, CA. Oct. 1995.

PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND DESIGN OF RECREATIONAL SPACES WITH CHILDREN (with R. Hart), Architecture & Behavior, Vol. 10, #10, 1995.pp. 339-370. Also published in "Les Enfants et la Ville, Children and the City, Kaj Noschis (ed.) Architecture and Behavior Publications, Lausanne: Switzerland, 1995.

Post Occupancy Evaluation of the Hasbro Children's HospitaL (with B. Yeaple) CERG Monographs, New York: NY 1995.

PARENTAL STRATEGIES TO PREVENT INJURIES IN THE HOME: Paper presented at the NICHD Conference on Research on Injury Prevention In Children and Adolescents, Rockville, MD. October, 1994.

CONTINGENT STAFFING IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CITY: (With C. Christensen and A. Foster). Report submitted as a part of The Workforce Development Initiative Project. The Work Environments Research Group of the Center for Human Environments, CUNY, New York. May, 1994.

PARENTAL IDEOLOGIES IN THE HOME SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF ONE TO FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN: CERG Monograph, The City University of New York, 1994.

A DESIGN MANUAL FOR CHILDREN'S CENTERS IN NEW YORK STATE COURTS Prepared for the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, 1993.

SAFE PLAY FOR WEST FARMS: Play and recreation proposals for the West Farms area of the Bronx based upon resident's perceptions and preferences. (With R. Hart and R. Mora). Center for Human Environments, 1992.

THE PARTICIPATORY DESIGN OF TWO COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLYARDS IN HARLEM, C.S. 185 AND C.S. 208. (With R. Hart and C. Katz) Center for Human Environments, 1991.

DEVELOPING A MODEL OF FAMILIES AS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AT HOME (with R. Hart). In Jonathan D. Sime (Ed.) Safety in the Built Environment. London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1988.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY (With the Children's Environments Research Group, Research Team) Report prepared for the Plumb Design Group, April 1988.

ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM FOR THE DESIGN OF TWO 100-BED SECURE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS: Architectural program prepared for the Department of Juvenile Justice, New York City. January, 1988.

A SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN'S HOME SAFETY (Iltus and Hart) Report prepared for The Child Growth and Development Corporation, October 1986.

DEVELOPING A MODEL OF FAMILIES AS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AT HOME: (Iltus and Hart) A research proposal submitted to the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Washington D.C. Feb. 1986.

CHILD SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM (Iltus and Hart) : Report prepared for Environmental Programs Inc. April 1985.

ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS : An overview of the area of Environmental
Aesthetics. Presented for the partial fulfillment of Ph.D. degree in Environmental Psychology Fall 1981.

EAST SIDE AIRLINES TERMINAL : An evaluation (with M. Lockett and T. Israel). A proposal for a full scale evaluation of East Side Airlines Terminal building in Manhattan.

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL PHYSICAL REHABILITATION FLOOR: A study in orientation and corridor space. Prepared for ?Methods in Environmental Psychology, Prof. L. Rivlin, January 1980.

USER IMAGES OF NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: Prepared for ?Methods in
Environmental Psychology, Prof. L. Rivlin, January 1980.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUING: A study in Architect?s mental constructions of the environment. Unpublished Master Thesis. METU, Faculty of Architecture, 1979.

HOUSE AS A SYMBOL OF SELF: Report prepared for the partial fulfillment of Master of Architecture degree. METU, Faculty of Architecture, Ankara ,1979.

KOCATEPE MOSQUE DILEMMA : (in Turkish) with A. Nazif Topcuoglu, Published in Mimarlik (Architecture) 1976/1.


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Selected Conference and Workshop Presentations





Two Presentations titled "Community Participation for ECD Theory and Practice" and "Establishing Monitoring Indicators and Planning for Evaluation of ECD Projects". Also 2-day workshop facilitation at the UNICEF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS AND KAZAKHSTAN (CARK) 29 April- 5 May, 2001 Fergana-UZBEKHISTAN.

IMPACT EVALUATION USING QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES. Two-day intensive workshop for UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENARO). Amman, Jordan, 2000.

Workshop With Afterschool Groups Who Receive Technical Assistance from The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC). Assessing LAC's impact on afterschool programs. 2000.

DEVELOPING A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY: From Soup to Nuts to NIMBY (With S. Zavlek & S. Roffee). Workshop presented at the Northeast Regional Conference of the American Society for Public Administrators. New York City, Oct. 28 -31, 1999.

FACING UP THE ISSUE OF OWNERSHIP: PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Presentation at the 20th Annual Ethnography in Education Forum (With R. Hart, K. Sabo and P. Wridt), The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. March 1999.

KEY NOTE PRESENTATION What do Young People Around the World Think About Drug Issues and Drug Prevention Programs? (with K. Sabo) Youth Vision Jeunesse, Drug Abuse Prevention Forum by the United Nations Drug Prevention Program. Banff Alberta, Canada. April 14-18, 1998.

Barriers against children's use of the outdoor environment: developing a research agenda Environmental Design Research Association workshop, EDRA 28, Montreal, CA. May, 1997.

EXPERT ON CHILDREN'S PLAY: Answered questions from users on the Urban Parks Institute, Project for Public Spaces "Ask The Expert" page on their World Wide Web.site (with R. Hart). Feb - April, 1997.

CHILDREN'S AREAS IN COMMUNITY GARDENS Workshop and presentation at the GreenThumb annual conference, New York City (with P. Beeton). Spring, 1997

COMMUNITY OPEN SPACES AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DESIGN (With R. Moore) Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution "Design Education in Urban Spaces". Workshop conducted in the Third Annual Summer Design Institute for Educators and Designers. July 8-12, 1996, New York.

Children's and Youth Participation in Research, Planning and Design (Iltus, S. et. al.) Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) intensive, EDRA 26, Boston. March, 1995.

NICHD WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH ON INJURY PREVENTION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Presentation on Parental Safety Strategies in the Home, October 19-21, 1994, Rockville, MD.

CHILDREN AND THE CITY - LES ENFANTS DE LA VILLE: Presentation in the Colloquium at Monte Verita, Switzerland, 10-12 October, 1994. Organized by Architecture & Behaviour.

On The Future of Education: The Community Learning Center. Organized by the George Lucas Educational Foundation. July, 1993, San Rafael, CA.

AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN'S SAFETY IN THE HOME Paper presented in the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), (with R. Hart, E. Kelly and B. Scott). New Orleans, March, 1993.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, Workshop on childhood injury prevention: Current research and strategies for intervention. Presentation titled: Analysis of physical, social and cognitive factors in the home, related to child safety and injury. Washington D.C., March, 1991.

CHILDREN, LEARNING & SCHOOL DESIGN: A NATIONAL INVITATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ARCHITECTS AND EDUCATORS, November 16-18, 1990. Plenary presentations: titled "Elementary School Design and Educational Ideology" (with R. Hart & L. Rivlin) and "Participatory Design: Educator-Designer-Researcher-Student" (With R.Hart, C. Katz & R. Mora).

RISKS AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD (with R. Hart): Paper presented in The First World Conference on Accident and Injury Prevention in Stockholm. Sept. 1989.

Schoolyards Conference: For Early Childhood and Elementary Schools, October 11, 1990. New York City. Two workshop presentations titled: "Involving Children, School Staff and the Community in Improving Schoolyards" and "International Design Workshop" (with M. Francis).

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PEOPLE AND THEIR PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS (IAPS): July 8-12, 1990 METU, ANKARA. Workshop Presentation (with R. Hart) titled: Achieving Broad Participation in Schoolyard Redesign: Experiments in New York City.

DESIGN / GRAPHICS FACILITATOR : A two day workshop session on the programming and design of an early childhood center with leading experts around the country, for The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. May 7-8, 1990.

CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONFERENCE : September 21-22, 1989, Stockholm, Sweden. Key note presentation as an invited delegate (with R. Hart) titled: "A Developmental Study of Parents' Injury Prevention Strategies at Home".

SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SRCD) 1989 BIENNIAL MEETING: Poster presentation titled "Families as Safety Management Systems for Children at Home" (with R. Hart, B. Scott & L. Ticke) April 27-30, 1989 Kansas City, Missouri.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SAFETY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (BUSI-88): Paper presentation titled "Developing a Model of Families as Safety Management Systems for Children at Home" (With R. Hart). July 13-15, 1989 Portsmouth, U.K.


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Affiliations and Professional Activities





MEMBER : Chamber of Architecture of Turkey. Section of I.U.A. (International Union of Architects) in Turkey. Since 1976.

CHILDREN YOUTH AND ENVIRONMENTS MAILING LIST (CYE-L). List owner and administrator. 1995 -cont.
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Member. Participatory Evaluation Group (PEG) for the Participatory Evaluation of After School Programs. Bowne Foundation, Afterschool Initiative. 2000-2001.

Advisory Group Member. ActKnowledge/Children?s Aid Society, Community Schools Project. 2000-2001

JURY MEMBER: Design Fellowship Awards by the Design Trust for Public Space. May, 1997.

JURY CHAIR, National Art and Design Competition for Street Trees, USDA Forest Service, May 1998.

JURY MEMBER, The Design Trust for Public Space, Competition for the design of three children's play areas in community gardens. 1997.

ADVISORY PANEL MEMBER: Department of Defense Civilian External Review Program for System Performance and Injury Prevention Assessment. July, 1993.

GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER Department of Health and Human Services. Served as a member of the panel who reviewed Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications for NIH. April, 1993; November, 1993 and July 1994.

MEMBER: Services in the Court Working Group of the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children. Co-Chairs: Judge Judith S. Kaye and Ellen Shall. 1992-1999.

MEMBER: Steering Committee, West Farms Open Space Committee of the Bronx Borough President's Office. 1991 -1993.

DESIGN Jury member: International Student Design Competition on Schoolyards, New York, 1990.

Member of the conference planning team: Schoolyards Conference: For Early Childhood and Elementary Schools, October 11, 1990 New York City.





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