AMITA SINHAPROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN

I. PERSONAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION BACKGROUND

A. Educational background

B.Arch, (Five year professional degree program), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1981.

M.Arch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1983.

Ph.D. in Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 1989.

B. List of Academic Positions since Final Degree

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1989-1990.

Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1990-1996.

Affiliate Associate Professor, Program in South Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1996-2007.

Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1996-2008.

Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 2008-present.

C. Other Professional Employment

Assistant Architect in Stein, Doshi and Bhalla, Architects and Engineers, New Delhi, India, 1981-1983.

D. Honors, Recognitions and Outstanding Achievements

Beckman Research Award Recipient, 1992.

National Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects for Cultural Heritage Project on Taj Mahal, India, (with Vince Bellafiore and Terence Harkness), 2001.

Outstanding and Inspiring Leadership Award, Indian Consulate, Chicago, 2003.

Research and Cultural Awareness Award, Eco-Development Foundation, New Delhi, India, 2007.

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Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in New Delhi, India, Spring 2009.

Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH)'s prize for the best article "Jamshedpur: Planning an Ideal Steel City in India" (co-authored with Jatinder Singh) published in 2011-2013 in the Journal of Planning History, USA.

E. Invited Lectures and Invited Conference Presentations

“Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District: A Study in Open Space Types.” Public Lecture in Government College of Art and Architecture, Lucknow, India, 2000.

“Champaner Pavagadh Arcaheological Park”. Public Lecture in Department of Architecture, Institute of Integral Technology, Lucknow, India, 2001.

“Indian Architectural History: A Post-Colonial Perspective”. Public Lecture in School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, 2002.

“Champaner Pavagadh Cultural Sanctuary”. Public Lectures at Department of Architecture, Institute of Integral Technology and Department of Architecture, Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2004.

“Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District Development Plan”. Public lecture in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Texas A & M, College Station, Texas, 2004.

“The Yamuna Riverfront: A Comparative Study of Islamic and Hindu Traditions in Cultural Landscapes”. Public Lecture in the Department of Architecture, Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2005.

“Visual Representations of the Taj and Landscape Design”, Invited Lecture, Linking Latitudes Conference organized by the Australian Federation of Teachers in Agra, India, 2007.

“Women and Memorial Parks in Lucknow, India”, Invited Lecture, Symposium on The Patronage and Production of Art by Women in Modern South Asia organized Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawai, May 2008.

“Memorial Parks in Lucknow, India”, Public Lectures in Government College of Art and Architecture, Lucknow, India, and School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, 2009.

“Gomti Riverfront: Revitalization of a Cultural Heritage Landscape”, Public Lectures in Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2009.

“Natural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes”, Invited presentation at The International Festival of Sacred Arts, Delhi, 2009.

“Landscapes in India: Myths and Symbols”, Invited talk at The Attic Gallery, New Delhi, 2009.

“Claude Martin and the Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow”. Public Lecture in the Department of Architecture, Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2011.

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“Cultural Landscapes of Orchha, India: Reclaiming a Lost Heritage”, invited Lecture in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Geography at Kansas State University, Manhattan, 2012, Government College of Architecture, Lucknow and Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, India, 2013, Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Noida, India, 2015.

“Gaze and the Picturesque Landscape of Amber, India”, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, August 2013 and Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, L.S.Raheja School of Architecture, January 2014.

“Cultural Landscapes and Heritage Conservation: Design Studies in India”, State University of New York at Old Westbury, and Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, October 2014.

“Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi, India: Reclaiming the Cultural Landscape”, Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University, and ‘Death and Life on the Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi”, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Government College of Architecture, Lucknow, India, December 2015.

“Envisioning a Resilient Cultural Landscape: Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi”, Amita University, Lucknow, and Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, India, January 2017.

G. Editorships of Journals or Other Learned Publications

H. Grants Received

University of Illinois Research Board William & Flora Hewlett Summer International Research Grant, “Sacred Landscape of India Cities,” 1996. $3,500.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Landscape in India,” 1997. $2,000.

Amita Sinha, Marilou Hinrichs and Carol Emmerling-Dinovo.University of Illinois Educational Technologies Research Board, “Digital Archive in Landscape Architecture,” 1998. $5,556.

University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts Grant to develop a course on Architecture and Landscape of South Asia, 1999. $5,444.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Taj National Park Project Report,” 2000. $1,076.

Amita Sinha and Gary Kesler. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Wadsworth Endowment Grant, “World Heritage Sites in India,” 2001. $11,200.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Architectural History in India: Colonial and Post-colonial Discourses,” 2001. $2,520.

University of Illinois Research Board, “The Garden in India: Representations in Art, Architecture, and Literature,” 2002. $9,000 for Humanities Release Time.

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Amita Sinha, Gary Kesler, D. Fairchild Ruggles, and James Wescoat, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Wadsworth Endowment Grant, “Champaner-Pavagadh Cultural Sanctuary, Gujarat, India,” 2003. $15,000.

Amita Sinha and D. Fairchild Ruggles. Foundation Max Van Berchem, Geneva, Switzerland, “Champaner: Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape,” 2003. $11,170. Amita Sinha and James Wescoat, Jr. University of Illinois Research Board, “Forts of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India,” 2004. $10,663.

Amita Sinha, James Wescoat, Jr. and D. Fairchild Ruggles. University of Illinois International Council, “The Shalamar Garden Conference: International Collaboration on Cultural Heritage Conservation in South Asia,” 2004. $8,000. Amita Sinha and James Wescoat Jr. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Wadsworth Endowment Grant, “The Shalamar Garden Conference: International Collaboration on Cultural Heritage Conservation in South Asia,” 2005. $10,000.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Heritage Landscapes in India,” Spring 2009, $9,000 for Humanities Release Time.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Cultural Landscapes of Govardhan in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted and Reclaimed”, 2010, $5,745.

Wadsworth Research Grant, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, “Cultural Landscapes of Govardhan in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted and Reclaimed”, 2010, $3,000.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Creative Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, “Cultural Landscapes of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India”, 2011, $3,527.

Arnold Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois Research Board, “Cultural Landscapes of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India”, 2011, $4,630.

University of Illinois Research Board, “History, Heritage, and Cultural Landscapes of Orchha, India”, 2012, $4,120.

Wadsworth Research Grant, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, “Heritage, Cultural Landscapes, and Conservation in South Asia”, 2012, $5,000.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Creative Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, “Varanasi Ghats on the Ganga: The Cultural Landscape Enacted and Reclaimed”, 2013, $3,100.

University of Illinois Research Board, “Varanasi Ghats on the Ganga in India: The Cultural Landscape Enacted and Reclaimed”, 2013, $5,542.

Wadsworth Research Grant, Department of Landscape Architecture, “Varanasi Ghats on the Ganga in India: The Cultural Landscape Enacted and Reclaimed”, 2013, $6,500.

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Wadsworth Research Grant, Department of Landscape Architecture, “Varanasi Ghats on the Ganga in India: Thresholds and Landings”, 2015, $3,000.

University of Illinois Research Board, “The Mandala City”, 2016, $4,175.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Project Completion Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, “Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management”, 2016, $1,500.

II. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS#derived from thesis*peer reviewed+invited

A. Doctoral Thesis Title

Environmental and Social Change in Home and Neighborhood in Northern India, Dissertation submitted towards partial fulfillment for Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1989.

B. Books Authored or Co-Authored

1. *Sinha, Amita. Landscapes in India: Forms and Meanings. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2006 (reprinted by Asian Educational Services, 2011).

C. Books Edited or Co-Edited

1. Sinha, Amita (ed). Landscape Perception – Readings in Environmental Psychology. London: Academic Press, 1995.

2. Silva, Kapila and Amita Sinha (eds.) Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management. New York, Routledge, 2017.

D. Chapters in Books

1. #+Sinha, Amita. “Women’s Local Space—Home and Neighborhood,” Sally Sutherland (ed). Bridging Worlds—Studies on Women in South Asia. Center for South Asia Studies, Occasional Papers, No. 17, University of California, Berkeley, 1991.

2. #+Sinha, Amita. “Participant Observation: A Study of State-aided Self-help Housing in Lucknow, India,” in Graham Tipple & Kenneth Willis (eds.) Housing the Poor in the Developing World—Methods of Analysis, Case Studies, and Policy. New York: Routledge, 1991, pp. 16-34.

3. +Sinha, Amita. “Introduction: Varieties of Nature Viewing,” in Sinha (ed.) Landscape Perception: Readings in Environmental Psychology. London: Academic Press, 1995.

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4. +Raghunathan, Aparna and Amita Sinha, “Cultural Heritage Planning of Sacred Sites—A Case Study of Rockfort Temple at Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu” in Nalini Rao (ed.) Sangama—A Confluence of Art and Culture During the Vijayanagar Period. Delhi: Original, 2006, pp. 133-144.

5. +Sinha, Amita, “Complex Landscapes and the Ramayana Legend”, J.McKim Malville and Baidyanath Saraswati (eds.) Pilgrimage: Complexity and Cosmos. Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2009, pp. 138-149.

6. +D. Fairchild Ruggles and Amita Sinha, “Preserving the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India”, D. Fairchild Ruggles and Helaine Silverman (eds.) Intangible Heritage Embodied. Springer, 2009, pp. 79-100.

7. +Sinha, Amita, “Conserving Delhi’s Landscape Heritage” Amita Sinha (ed.) Delhi’s Natural Heritage. New Delhi: USIEF and INTACH, 2009, pp. 9-24.

8. +Sinha, Amita, “Cultural Landscape of the Mother Goddess at Pavagadh”, Rana P.B. Singh (ed.) Sacred Geography of Goddesses in South Asia: Essays in Memory of David Kinsley. Planet Earth & Cultural Understanding Series, Pub. 5. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, pp125-142.

9. +Sinha, Amita, “Sacred Landscapes of Govardhan in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed”, Singh, Rana P.B. (ed.) Holy Places and Pilgrimages: Essays on India. Planet Earth & Cultural Understanding Series, Pub. 8. New Delhi: Shubhi Publications, 2011, pp. 149-164.

10. +Sinha, Amita, “Architectural History in India—A Post Colonial Perspective”, Ian Mabbett (ed.) Pracyaprajnapradipa, Professor Dr Samaresh Bandyopadhyay Felicitation Volume on Early Indian History and Culture, North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, Tennessee, USA. Kolkata: Arunima Printing Works, 2012, pp. 476-486.

11. +Sinha, Amita, “Cultural heritage and Sacred Landscapes of South Asia: Reclamation of Govardhan in Braj, India”, Kapila D. Silva and Neel Kamal Chapagain (eds.) Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects. New York: Routledge, 2013, pp. 176-188.

12. +Sinha, Amita “Memorial Parks to Begum Hazrat Mahal and Mayawati in Lucknow, India”, D. Fairchild Ruggles (ed.) Woman’s Eye, Woman’s Hand: Making Art and Architecture in Modern India. New Delhi: Zubaan Books, 2014, pp. 92-113.

13. +Sinha, Amita and Rajat Kant, “City of Nawabs to City of Elephants: Urban Transformation in Lucknow, India”, M. Elen Deming (ed.) Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, pp. 174-197.

14. Sinha, Amita, “Introduction”, Silva, Kapila and Amita Sinha (eds.) Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management. New York, Routledge, 2017, pp. 1-10.

15. Sinha, Amita, “The public realm of heritage sites in India: sustainable approaches towards planning and management”, Kapila Silva and Amita Sinha (eds.) Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management. New York, Routledge, 2017, pp. 227-240.

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16. Sinha, Amita, “Grounded speculations on cultural landscape conservation”, Kapila Silva and Amita Sinha (eds.) Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management. New York, Routledge, 2017, pp. 241-257.

E. Monographs

Sinha, Amita (ed.) Delhi’s Natural Heritage. New Delhi: INTACH and USIEF, 2009.

F. Articles in Journals

1. #+Sinha, Amita. “Indian Children’s Use of the Outdoors,” Play Rights, USA, Vol. XI, No. 3 (September 1989): 7-11.

2. #*Sinha, Amita. “Women’s Local Space: Home and Neighborhood in Northern India,” Women and Environments, USA (Winter 1989): 7-11.

3. #*Sinha, Amita. “A Critique of State Self-help Housing in Northern India,” International Journal for Housing Science and its Applications, USA, Vol. 13, No. 1 (1989): 23-35.

4. #*Sinha, Amita. “A Critique of State-aided Self-help Housing in Northern India,” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 15, No. 1 (1990): 37-44.

5. *Sinha, Amita. “Social and Spatial Order in Villages in India,” Landscape Research, U.K., Vol. 15, No. 3 (Winter 1990): 12-20.

6. *Sinha, Amita. “The Conservation of Sacred Sites: Sarnath, A Case Study,” Landscape Research, U.K., Vol. 16, No. 3 (Winter 1991): 23-30.

7. Lapierre, Ying Qu and Amita Sinha. “Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Home and Community in the United States – A Case Study of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,” (translated), Landscape Architecture, Taiwan (1992).

8. Sinha, Amita. “Nature in Hindu Mythology Art, and Architecture,” Rana P.B. Singh (ed.), Environmental Ethics: Discourses and Cultural Traditions, Varanasi, India: The National Geographical Society of India, Pub. 40, Vol. 39 (1993): 131-140.

9. *Lapierre, Ying Qu and Amita Sinha. “Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Home and Community in the United States – A Case Study of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,” Habitat International, Australia, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1993): 123-134

10. *Lapierre, Ying Qu and Amita Sinha. “Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Home and Community in the United States – A Case Study of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,” International Journal for Housing Science and its Applications, USA, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1993).

11. *Sinha, Amita. “Courtyard Dwellings in India,” Geographical Review of India, Vol. 55, No. 2 (June 1993): 36-47.

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12. *Sinha, Amita. “The Centre as Void – Courtyard Dwellings in India,” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 19, No. 4 (1994): 28-35.

13. Sinha, Amita. “Pilgrimage – Journey to the Sacred Landscape of Braj,” Rana P.B. Singh (ed.), The Spirit and Power and Place, Varanasi, India: The National Geographical Society of India, Pub. 41, Vol. 40 (1994): 239-248.

14. Sinha, Amita. “Design Proposal for a Sacred Site – Sarnath, India,” Landscape Design, U.K. (November 1994): 34-36.

15. *Sinha, Amita. “Nature in Hindu Art, Architecture and Landscape,” Landscape Research, U.K., Vol. 20, No.1 (Spring 1995): 3-10.

16. *Sinha, Amita. “Landscape of Religion,” Guest Editorial for a Special Issue of Landscape Research, U.K., Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 1995): 1-2.

17. Rasool, Saeeda and Amita Sinha. “Transformations in the Cultural Landscape of Lahore, Pakistan,” Geographical Review of India, Vo. 57, No. 3 (1995): 212-222.

18. *Sinha, Amita. “Decadence, Mourning and Revolution - Facets of Nineteenth Century Landscape of Lucknow, India,” Landscape Research, U.K., No. 2 (Spring 1996): 123-136.

19. *Han, Ke-Tsung and Amita Sinha. “An Empirical Study of Feng-Shui in Landscape,” Environments, Canada, Vol. 23, No. 3 (1996): 36-49.

20. *Sinha, Amita and Rajat Kant. “Urban Evolution and Transformation in Lucknow, India - A Comparative Study of its Streets,” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 23, No. 1 (1997): 34-42.

21. *Chen, Chui-Lin and Sinha Sinha. “Taiwanese Students’ Perceptions of Home in the United States: A Case Study at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 23, No. 1 (1998): 41-51.

22. *Sinha, Amita and Mari Ito. “The Meaning of Places” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 23, No. 4 (1998): 32-41.

23. +Sinha, Amita. “Design of Settlements in Vaastu-Shastras,” Journal of Cultural Geography, USA, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1998): 27-42.

24. Sinha, Amita. “Landscape of Ramayana,” Geographical Review of India, Vol. 60, No. 1 (March 1998): 18-25.

25. Sinha, Amita. “Bungalows of Lucknow Cantonment, India,” Open House International, U.K., Vol. 24, No. 2 (1999): 56-63.

26. Sinha, Amita. “Landscapes and the Ramayana Legend,” Geographical Review of India, Vol. 61, No. 2 (1999): 97-111.

27. Sinha, Amita. “Designing with Archetypes,” Architecture+Design, India, (Sept-Oct. 2000): 33-37.

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28. Sinha, Amita and Rajat Kant. “Urban Evolution and Transformations: Study of Medieval and Colonial Streets in Lucknow,” Architecture+Design, India (Sept.-Oct, 2000): 66-71.

29. Sinha, Amita. “Natural Archetypes,” Geographical Review of India, Vol. 62, No. 1 (March 2000): 26-38.

30. Sinha, Amita and R.P. Sinha. “The Cosmic Tree in Buddhist Landscapes,” Geographical Review of India, Vol. 63, No. 1 (March 2001): 1-15.

31. +Sinha, Amita. “Designing Pilgrimage Sites,” LA: Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2001): 14-17.

32. Sinha, Amita. “Architecture and Identity in Colonial Discourse,” Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, Vol. 66, Issue 10 (November 2001): 21-26.

33. +Sinha, Amita. “Reconstructing the Taj Mahal Heritage Landscape: Deconstructing the Tourist Gaze,” LA: Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2002): 14-18.

34. Sinha, Amita. “Indian Architectural History: A Post-Colonial Perspective,” The Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, Vol. 68, No. 7 (December 2003): 46-51.

35. +Bellafiore, Vincent, Terence Harkness, Amita Sinha, and James Wescoat, Jr. “The Taj Mahal: Romance and Reality,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, USA, Vol. 93, No. 9 (September 2003): 50-60, 104.

36. +Sinha, Amita. “Landscape of the Taj: Possible Solutions,” Guest Editorial to a special issue of Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XX, No. 6 (November-December 2003): 52-53.

37. +Sinha, Amita. “Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District: Study in Open Space Types,” Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XX, No. 6 (November-December 2003): 54-58.

38. Sinha, Amita. “Sacred Landscapes in India: Forms and Meanings,” Geographical Review of India, vol. 65, No. 3 (September 2003): 241-250.

39. *Sinha, Amita. “Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park: A Design Approach,” International Studies of Heritage Studies, U.K, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 2004): 117-128.

40. *Harkness, Terence and Amita Sinha. “Taj Heritage Corridor: Intersections between History and Culture in Designing the Yamuna Riverfront at Agra, India,” Places, USA, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 2004): 62-69.

41. *Harkness, Terence, and Amita Sinha. “Pilgrimage to Yamuna Riverfront at Agra, India,” Marg Publications, India, Vol. 56, No. 1 (September 2004).

42. George, Arun, Amita Sinha, and Varkki George. “The Goshree Roadlink, Kochi, India: A Design Approach Towards Creating a Legible Streetscape,” Indian Highways, India (August 2004): 77-86.

43. +Sinha, Amita, Gary Kesler, D. Fairchild Ruggles, and James Wescoat Jr. “Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India: Challenges and Responses in Cultural Heritage Planning and Design,” Tourism Recreation Research, India, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2004): 75-78.

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44. *Sinha, Amita and D. Fairchild Ruggles. “The Yamuna Riverfront, India: A Comparative Study of Islamic and Hindu Traditions in Cultural Landscapes,” Landscape Journal, USA, Vol. 23, No. 2 (2004): 141-152.

45. George, Arun, Amita Sinha and Varkki George Pallathucheril. “The Goshree Roadlink, Kochi: A Design Approach Towards Creating a Legible Landscape,” Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XXII, No. 2 (February 2005): 76-80.

46. *George, Arun, Amita Sinha and Varkki George Pallathucheril. “The Goshree Roadlink, Kochi: A Design Approach Towards Creating a Legible Landscape,” Journal of Urban Design, U.K., Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2005): 275-287.

47. Sinha, Amita. “Reinventing People’s Place,” Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XXII, No. 9 (September 2005): 54-58.

48. *Sinha, Amita. “Cultural Landscape of Pavagadh: The Abode of Mother Goddess, Kalika,” Journal of Cultural Geography, USA, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring/Summer, 2006): 89-103.

49. *Raghunathan Aparna and Amita Sinha. “Rockfort Temple at Tiruchirapalli, India: Conservation of a Sacred Landscape,” International Journal of Heritage Studies, U.K., Vol. 12, No. 5 (June 2006): 489-504.

50. Sinha, Amita. “Living Legacies,” Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XXIII, No. 7 (July 2006): 84-94.

51. Sinha, Amita and Terry Harkness. “The Eye Visits,” Indian Architect and Builder, Vol. 19(1) (July 2006): 95-98.

52. Sinha, Amita and Yuthika Sharma. “Urban Design as a Frame for Site Readings of Heritage Landscape of Champaner-Pavagadh, India,” The Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects, Vol. 71, No. 7 (July 2006): 45-48.

53. Sinha, Amita. “Forts on a Sacred Hill: Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India,” Architecture+Design, India, Vol. xxiv, No. 8 (August 2007): 128-134.

54. *Sinha, Amita. “Forts on a Sacred Hill: Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India,” Marg Publications, India, (June 2008), vol. 59, no: 4, pp.60--73.

55. Sinha, Amita. “Forts on a Sacred Hill: Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India,” Orientations, Hong Kong, (October 2008), vol. 39, no: 7, pp.61-68.

56. Mandal, Sarmistha and Amita Sinha. “The Case of the Vanishing Ridge in Delhi, India: A Conservation Approach”, Architecture+Design, India, (May 2008), vol. XXV, no.5, pp.124-130.

57. Nagpal, Swati and Amita Sinha. “The Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow, India: Revitalization of a Cultural Heritage Landscape”, Architecture+Design, India, (June 2008), vol. XXV, no. 6, pp.58-66.

58. Sinha, Amita. “Public Spaces in Lucknow—the influence of power”, Architecture+Design, India, (February 2009), pp. 80-92, vol. XXVI, no.2.

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59. *Sinha, Amita and Yuthika Sharma. “Urban Design as a Frame for Site Readings of Heritage Landscapes: A Case Study of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India”, Journal of Urban Design, U.K., (May 2009), 14:2, pp. 203-221.

60. Sinha, Amita. “The Mughal Garden Legacy—Changing Contexts and Regenerated Traditions”, Abacus, India, (Spring 2009), vol. 4, no: 1, pp. 44-50.

61. Sinha, Amita, “Natural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes: Understanding Indic Values”, Context, India, vol. VI, No: 1, (Sp/Su 2009), pp.23-28.

62. *Sinha, Amita and Terence Harkness, “Views of Taj: Figure in the Landscape”, Landscape Journal, USA, vol.28, no: 2, (Fall 2009), pp. 198-217.

63. Sinha, Amita, “Greener (Past)ures”, Indian Architect and Builder, vol. 22(9), (May 2009), pp.65-67.

64. *Nagpal, Swati and Amita Sinha, “The Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow, India: Revitalization of a Cultural Heritage Landscape”, Journal of Urban Design, U.K. vol. 14, no. 4, (November 2009), pp. 489-506.

65. +Sinha, Amita, “Conservation of Cultural Landscapes”, Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, no. 28, (Summer 2010), pp. 24-31.

66. +Sinha, Amita, “Memorial Parks in Lucknow, India”, Spandrel: Journal of School of Planning and Architecture, India, vol. 1, no. 1, (Monsoon 2010), pp. 71-82.

67. *Sinha, Amita, “Colonial and post-colonial memorial parks in Lucknow, India: shifting ideologies and changing aesthetics”, Journal of Landscape Architecture, Europe, (Autumn 2010), pp. 60-71.

68. Sinha, Amita and Jatinder Singh, “Planning an Ideal Steel City in India: Jamshedpur”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. xxviii, no. 1, (January 2011), pp. 106-117.

69. +Sinha, Amita, “Sacred Landscapes of Govardhan in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed”, Context, India, vol. VIII, No: 1, (Sp/Su 2011), pp. 41-50.

70. Sinha, Amita, “Memorial Parks in Lucknow”, Marg Publications, India, vol. 63, no. 1, (September 2011), pp. 36-49.

71. *Sinha, Amita and Jatinder Singh, “Jamshedpur: Planning an Ideal Steel City in India”, Journal of Planning History, USA, vol. 10, no. 4, (2011), pp. 263-281.

72. Varma, Annie and Amita Sinha, “Yamuna, Krishna, and Landscape Heritage of Braj: Conservation Model for Vishram Ghat, Mathura”, Abacus, India, (Sp, 2011), vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 77-85.

73. +Sinha, Amita, “Cultural Heritage and Sacred Landscapes of South Asia: Reclamation of Govardhan in Braj, India”, Spandrel, India, (Monsoon, 2011), no. 3, pp. 58-66.

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74. Sinha, Amita, “Grounded Theories and Place Ethnographies”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. xxviii, no. 10, (October 2011), pp, 146-150.

75. Varma, Annie and Amita Sinha, “Conservation Model for Vishram Ghat, Mathura”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. XXIX, no. 4, (April 2012), pp. 84-89.

76. Sinha, Amita and Rajat Kant, “City of Nawabs to City of Elephants: Urban Transformation of Lucknow”, Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, vol. 68, no. 37, (2013), pp. 68-76.

77. Sinha Amita and Ana Valderrama, “Oracle Landscape of Orchha: Reclaiming the Lost Heritage”, Spandrel, India, no. 7, (2013), pp. 1-12.

78. Sinha, Amita, “Claude Martin and the Gomti Riverfront”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. xxx, no. 4, (April 2013), pp. 98-103.

79. *Sinha, Amita, “Restoration of the Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow” Claude Martin’s Legacy”, Marg, India, vol 65, no. 3, (March 2014), pp. 78-87.

80. *Sinha, Amita and Neha Rajora, “Gaze and the Picturesque Landscape of Amber, India”, Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes: An International Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, (October-December 2014), pp. 309-322.

81. *Sinha, Amita, “Slow Landscapes of Elevated Linear Parks: Bloomingdale Trail in Chicago”, Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes: An International Quarterly, vol. 34. No. 2, (2014), pp. 113-122.

82. *Sinha, Amita, “The Sacred Landscape of Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed”, Landscape Journal, USA, 33(1), (2014), pp. 59-75.

83. Sinha, Amita and Neha Rajora, “Conserving Cultural Landscape: Amber, Rajasthan”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. xxxi, no. 7, (July 2014), pp. 104-115.

84. *Sinha Amita and Ana Valderrama, “The Oracle Landscape of Orchha: Reclaiming the Lost Heritage”, Journal of Cultural Geography, USA, 31(3), (2014), pp. 304-325.

85. +Sinha, Amita, “Architectural History in India: A Post-Colonial Perspective”, Tekton: A Journal of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, India, vol. 1, no. 1, (September 2014), pp. 32-47.

86. *Sinha, Amita and Rajat Kant, “Mayawati and Memorial Parks in Lucknow, India: Landscapes of Empowerment”, Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes: An International Quarterly, vol. 35, no.1, (2015), pp. 43-58.

87. Sinha, Amita, “Reclamation of Kunds on Govardhan Hill, Braj”, Architecture+Design, India, vol. 32, no. 5, (May 2015), pp. 108-115.

88. Sinha, Amita, “The Sacred Landscape of Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, (April 2015).

89. Sinha, Amita, “Reclamation of Kunds on Govardhan Hill, Braj”, Journal of Vaishnava Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, (Spring 2015), pp. 101-110.

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90. Sinha, Amita, “Research Based Design in Landscape Architecture Practice”, Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, 45, (2015), pp. 40-43.

91. Sinha, Amita, “Design Paradigms and their Impact on Education”, Tekton: A Journal of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, India, vol.2, no.2, (September 2015), pp. 52-57.

92. Xiangnan Fan and Amita Sinha, “Housing the Land-lost Farmers, Suzhou, China”, Architecture+Design: An Indian Journal of Architecture, vol. 32, no. 11, (November 2015), pp. 112-119.

93. +Sinha, Amita. “The Enacted Landscape of Varanasi Ghats: Beyond the Picturesque”, Visual Arts Journal, India Habitat Center, Special issue on Art in Public Places, vol. 12, (April 2013-March 2015), pp. 40-49.

94. Gajjar, Heena, and Amita Sinha, “Dwarka Lost and Reclaimed: Planning for a Resilient Landscape”, Tekton, vol. 3, no. 2, September 2016, pp. 36-57.

G. Creative Works (Exhibitions, Commissions, Competitions, Performances, Art or Architecture Executed)

1. Sinha, Amita et al., “Sarnath: Design Guidelines and Case Studies for Tourism Development.” Design proposals and report submitted to Varanasi Development Authority, India, 1990.

2. Sinha, Amita et al., “Site Planning for Cultural Heritage District, Lucknow, India.” Design proposals and report submitted to Lucknow Town Planning Authority, India, 1995.

3. Amita Sinha. “Dilkusha Gardens--Heritage Park.” Design proposals and report submitted to Lucknow Cantonment Board, India, 1997.

4. Bellafiore, Vincent, Amita Sinha, Terence Harkness, Kenneth McCown, and Brian Orland. “Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District,” Design proposals and report submitted to Uttar Pradesh Tourism, India, 2000.

5. Amita Sinha and Vincent Bellafiore, “Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District: Development Plan II,” Design proposals and report submitted to Uttar Pradesh Tourism, India, 2001.

6. Sinha, Amita and Gary Kesler. “Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat, India.” Design proposals and report submitted to Heritage Trust, Baroda, India, 2002.

7. Sinha, Amita, Gary Kesler, D. Fairchild Ruggles, and James Wescoat, Jr. “Champaner-Pavagadh Cultural Sanctuary, Gujarat, India.” Design proposals and report submitted to Heritage Trust, Baroda, India, 2003.

8. Sinha, Amita, D. Fairchild Ruggles and James Wescoat, Jr. “Panch Yatras in the Cultural Heritage Landscape of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India.” Design proposals and report submitted to Heritage Trust, Baroda, India, 2005.

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9. Sinha, Amita. “Conservation of Gomti Riverfront - Case Studies of La Martiniere and Residency, Lucknow, India.” Design proposals and report submitted to La Martiniere School and Lucknow Development Board, 2006.

10. Sinha, Amita. “Vilayaiti Bagh, Lucknow, India”. Design proposals and report submitted to Archaeological Survey of India, 2008.

11. Sinha, Amita. “The Hindu Temple in East Central Illinois”. Design Proposals submitted to the Hindu Temple Society, Champaign, Illinois, 2008.

12. Sinha, Amita, ““Govardhan Hill in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted and Reclaimed”, Exhibition and Catalogue submitted to Braj Foundation, India, 2010.

13. Sinha, Amita, “Musa Bagh Conservation Plan, Lucknow, India”. Design proposals and report submitted to Archaeological Survey of India, 2011.

14. Sinha, Amita, D. Fairchild Ruggles with Neha Rajora, “Cultural Landscapes of Orchha, India: Reclaiming a Lost Heritage”, Design proposals and report submitted to Department of Urban Development, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2012.

15. Rajora, Amita and Amita Sinha, “Cultural Landscapes of Amber, Rajasthan”, Exhibition and Catalogue submitted to Amber Development Authority, Jaipur, India, 2013.

16. Sinha, Amita with Heena Gajjar, “Ghats of Varanasi in India: The Cultural Landscape Reclaimed”, Design proposals submitted to the Government of India, 2014.

17. Sinha, Amita, Sara Bartumeus, and Rob Olshansky, “Re-envisioning Danville Downtown Riverfront”, Design proposals submitted to City of Danville, Illinois, 2016.

18. Sinha Amita with Saloni Chawla, “Envisioning a Resilient Cultural Landscape: Ghats on the Ganga, Varanasi, India”, Design proposals submitted to the Government of India, 2016.

19. Sinha, Amita, “The Cultural Landscapes of the Ghats of Varanasi”, Experimental Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, January 12-16, 2017.

H. Bulletins, Reports, or Conference Proceedings

1. Sinha, Amita, “The Center as Void: Courtyard Dwellings in India”, Design+Values, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Proceedings, Vol. IV, 1992, pp. 85-92.

2. *Sinha, Amita and Kant, Rajat, “Urban Evolution and Transformation in Lucknow, India: A Comparative Study of its Streets,” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Vol. viii, No. 1,1996.

3. Sinha, Amita, “Champaner-Pavagarh Archaeological Park, Gujarat: A Design Approach,” National-Seminar Workshop Report on Heritage Conservation and Cultural Continuity organized by MES School of Architecture, Kuttipuram at Thrissur, Kerala, India, 2002.

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4. Sinha, Amita, “Conservation Plan for the Delhi Ridge: Integration of Natural and Cultural Heritage”. Proceedings of Modern Asian Architecture Network Conference, New Delhi, 2009.

5. Sinha, Amita and Neha Rajora, “Forts on the Aravallis: From Picturesque Ruins to Cultural Landscapes”. Proceedings of the Fourth IFLA-APR International Cultural Landscapes Symposium, Ahmedabad, India, 2013.

I. Abstracts

1. *Sinha, Amita. “Social and Spatial Order in Indian Communities,” Built Form and Culture Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 1989.

2. *Sinha, Amita and Nezar AlSayyad. “Education of Third World Designers in First World Institutions: Some Thoughts,” Built Culture and Form Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 1989.

3. Sinha, Amita and Deepa Raman. “Design Guidelines – The Route to ‘Good’ or Merely “Good Enough’ Design,”, Environmental Design Research Association Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1990.

4. *Sinha, Amita. “Conservation of Sacred Sites – Sarnath, A Case Study,” Environmental Research Association Conference, Oaxtepec, Mexico, 1991.

5. *Sinha, Amita. “Nature in Hindu Mythology, Art and Architecture,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1992.

6. *Lapierre, Ying Qu and Amita Sinha. “Chinese Perceptions of Home and Community in the United States – A Case Study of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1992.

7. *Sinha, Amita and Galen Cranz. “Settings of Public Life,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1993.

8. *Sinha, Amita. “Pilgrimage – Journey to the Sacred Landscape of Braj,” Built Form and Culture Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993.

9. *Sinha, Amita. “Varieties of Nature Viewing,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1994.

10. *Sinha, Amita. “Decadence, Mourning, and Revolution – Facets of Nineteenth Century Landscape of Lucknow, India,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Boston, 1995.

11. *Sinha, Amita. “Design of Settlements in Vaastu Shastras”, American Association of Geographers Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1997.

12. *Sinha, Amita and R. P. Sinha. “Landscape in Gautama Buddha's Times,” Built Form and Culture Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997.

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13. *Canter, David, Mari Ito, and Amita Sinha. “The Meaning of Places,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998.

14. *Sinha, Amita. “Bungalows of Lucknow Cantonment, India,” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 1998.

15. +Sinha, Amita. “Landscapes of the Ramayana Legend,” Pilgrimage and Complexity, Conference organized by Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New Delhi, India, 1999.

16. *Sinha, Amita. “Designing with Archetypes,” South Asian Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000.

17. *Sinha, Amita. “Landscapes of Ramayana,” Narrative Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000.

18. *Sinha, Amita. “Architecture and Identity in Colonial Discourse,” South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000.

19. +Sinha, Amita. “Nature in Ramayana,” International Ramayana Conference, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, 2001.

20. *Sinha, Amita. “Indian Architectural History: A Post Colonial Perspective,” South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002.

21. *Sinha, Amita and D. Fairchild Ruggles. “The Yamuna Riverfront, India: A Comparative Study of Islamic and Hindu Traditions in Cultural Landscapes,” South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003.

22. *Sinha, Amita, Gary Kesler, D. Fairchild Ruggles and James Wescoat Jr. “Champaner Pavagadh, Gujarat, India: Challenges and Responses in Cultural Heritage Planning and Design,” The 7th US/ICOMOS Symposium, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 2004.

23. *Sinha, Amita. “Kalika At Pavagadh: Landscape of the Mother Goddess,” South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2004.

24. *Sinha, Amita. “Community Design of a Neighborhood Park in Indiranagar, Lucknow: A Successful Alternative to Institutional Design,” Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2005.

25. +Sinha, Amita and Aparna Raghunathan. “Cultural Heritage Planning of Sacred Site - A Case Study of Rockfort Temple at Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu,” Sangama - A Confluence of Art and Culture During the Vijayanagar Period: A Symposium, Houston, Texas and South Asia Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, 2005.

26. +Sinha, Amita. “Action Research in Conservation of ‘Living’ Heritage Sites in India,” Nagaur Garden Conservation Workshop, Ahhichatragarh, Nagaur, 2006.

27. *Sinha, Amita, “Views of Taj-Figure in the Landscape,” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Vancouver, Canada, and International Planning History Conference, New Delhi, India, 2006.

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28. *Sinha, Amita. “Forts on a Sacred Hill: Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India,” South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006.

29. *Sinha, Amita and Sarmistha Mandal. “Conservation Plan for the Delhi Ridge: Integration of Natural and Cultural Heritage,” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Pennsylvania State University, 2007.

30. *Sinha, Amita. “The Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow: India: Revitalization of a Cultural Heritage Landscape”, South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2007.

31. *Sinha, Amita. “The Mughal Garden Legacy—Changing Contexts and Regenerated Traditions”, South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin and International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments Conference, Oxford, U.K., 2008.

32. *Sinha, Amita. “Memorial Parks in Lucknow, India”, International Planning History Conference, Chicago, 2008.

33. Sinha, Amita, “Conservation Plan for the Delhi Ridge: Integration of Natural and Cultural Heritage”, 7th International Conference of Modern Asian Architecture Network, New Delhi, India, 2009.

34. Sinha, Amita, “Nature Imagery in Ramayana Paintings”, Third International Ramayana Conference, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, 2010.

35. *Sinha, Amita, “Jamshedpur: Planning an Idea Steel City in India”, South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin and Society of Architectural Historian’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2010.

36. Sinha, Amita, “Ethnographies of the Public Realm: Small Parks and Their Communities” Conference on Death and Life of Social Factors, University of California at Berkeley, April 2011.

37. *Varma, Annie and Amita Sinha, “Krishna, Yamuna, and Landscape Heritage: Vishram Ghat at Mathura, India”, Environmental Design Research Association Conference, 2011.

38. *Sinha, Amita, “Claude Martin and the Gomti Riverfront in Lucknow, India”, South Asia Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2011.

39. Sinha, Amita, “Constructing Slow Landscapes: Bloomingdale Trail in Chicago”, Constructed Environments Conference, Chicago, 2011.

40. *Sinha, Amita, “From the City of Nawabs to the City of Elephants: Mayawati and Urban Transformation of Lucknow, India”, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Settling and Unsettling the City in South Asia Conference, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012.

41. *Sinha, Amita and Ana Valderrama, “Oracle Landscape of Orchha, India: Reclaiming the Lost Heritage”, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 2013.

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42. Sinha, Amita. “Gaze and the Picturesque Landscape of Amber, India”, International Cultural Landscapes Symposium (INCULS), Ahmedabad, India, 2013.

43. *Sinha. Amita, “Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi, India: The Cultural Landscape Enacted”, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2015.

44. Sinha, Amita, “Death As Spectacle: Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi, India”, Heritage of Death Conference, Stockholm University, Sweden, September 2015.

45. *Gajjar, Heena, and Amita Sinha, “Journeys in the Cultural Landscapes of Okhamandal, Gurjarat, India”, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Utah State University, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2016.

46. *Sinha, Amita, “Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi, India: Contingency and Complexity in the Cultural Landscape”, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2016.

J. Book and Exhibition Reviews

“Man in the Landscape,” by Paul Shephard, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1995).

“The Moonlight Garden: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal” (ed.) Elizabeth Moynihan (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, 2000) in Geographical Review of India, Vol. 64, No. 3 (September 2002): 292-294.

“The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World” by Michael Pollan (Random House, 2002) in Architecture+Design, India, Vol. XXII, No. 5 (May 2005): 96-98.

“Tradition and Innovation in French Garden Art: Chapters of a New History” (ed.) John Dixon Hunt and Michel Conan with the assistance of Claire Goldstein (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002) in Architecture+Design, India, Vol. xxiii, No. 1 (January 2006): 98-101.

“Lucknow: Then and Now” (ed.) Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (Marg Publications, 2006) in Architecture+Design, India, Vol. xxiv, No.2 (February 2007): 118-119.

“At City’s Edge: Photographs of the Chicago Lakefront” by Bob Thall (Center for American Places, 2005) in Journal of Urban Design, U.K., Vol. 12, No. 2 (2007): 329-331.

“House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home” by Clare Cooper Marcus (Nicholas-Hays, 2006) in Architecture+Design, India, Vol. xxiv, No. 6 (June 2007): 116-118.

“Indigenous Modernities: Negotiating Architecture and Urbanism” by Jyoti Hosagrahar in H-Urban@h-net.msu.edu (2007).

“Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision” (ed) Dianne Harris and D. Fairchild Ruggles (University of Pittsburg Press, 2007) in Architecture+Design, India, vol. xxvi, no.6 (June 2009): pp. 110-114.

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“Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Ritual and Agency” (ed.) Michel Conan (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C., 2007) in Journal of Landscape Architecture, India, vol. 7, no: 1, (Monsoon 2009): pp105-107.

“Transforming the Disciplinary Boundary”, Outside Design Exhibition, curated by Jonathan Solomon, September 11-December 2015, 2015, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, in Tekton, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 88-90.

“Pop-up Megacity” Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera (eds.) Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity. South Asia Institute, Harvard University, 2015 in Tekton, vol. 3, no. 2, September 2016, pp. 108-111.

K. Other

1. D. Fairchild Ruggles and Amita Sinha. “Champaner: Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape” in Foundation Max Van Berchem Bulletin, No. 18 (December, 2003).

2. Sinha, Amita, “Architecture and Public Spaces” Future Pointers, Special Issue of Architecture+Design, India, 2009.

1. Descriptive Data

1991-2000 Introduction to Social and Cultural Issues in Environmental Design, LA 270. Required survey course for undergraduate students in Landscape Architecture consisting of an overview of social and cultural forces that have shaped the cultural landscape. Selected typologies of urban landscapes are discussed as expressions of themes of religion, power, utopias, and community.

1989-97 Recreation and Community Design, LA 335. Junior level studio on the design of medium density housing, neighborhood parks and playgrounds.

1989- Social and Cultural Issues in Environmental Design, LA 470. Introduction to the theoretical frameworks and qualitative research methodology in researching cultural landscapes.

1998- Urban Landscape Design, LA 336/438. Vertical Design workshops with junior, senior and graduate students on cultural heritage design. Projects include heritage parks and riverfront in Lucknow, India, Taj Mahal Cultural Heritage District, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park and Cultural Sanctuary, Cultural Landscape of Govardhan, Braj, Cultural Landscape of Orchha, and Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi.

2001- Cultural Landscapes of South Asia, LA/AS 218. An introduction to the cultural landscapes of South Asia, organized around building and landscape types—sacred sites, urban form, forts and capital cities, religious buildings, gardens, housing, and public spaces.

2016- Sustainable Design and the Public Realm in India, GCL 129. Students engage in developing sustainable solutions to the most challenging and complex problems—inequality, pollution, and lack of safety—in public spaces, using sites in Indian cities as

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case studies. Sustainable design in such a context will be about conceptualizing and making environment friendly structures that are low cost and use local materials and appropriate technologies to create climatically and culturally adaptive forms.

2. Supervision of Graduate Students

Master's Thesis (Chair)

Ying Qu (Lapierre), Master of Landscape Architecture, 1991. Thesis: “Chinese Students' Perceptions of Home and Community in the United States: A Case Study at the University of Illinois.”

Lynn Saleh, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1992. Thesis: “A Model for Revitalization o Declining Urban Areas: A Case Study of East St. Louis, Illinois.”

Deepa Raman, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1992. Thesis: “The Hindu Temple - It's Role and Meaning in the United States.”

Geoffrey Burt, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1993. Thesis: “Humboldt Park, Chicago - A Case Study of an Ethnic Landscape.”

Minglan Keener, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “Chicago's Chinatown -- A Case Study of an Ethnic Neighborhood.”

Judi Raymund, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “From Barnyards to Backyards: An Exploration through Adult Memories and Children's Narratives in Search of an Ideal Landscape.”

Saeeda Rasool, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “From Private Gardens to Public Parks: A Study of Transformation in Landscape of Lahore, Pakistan from Seventeenth Century till Present.”

Bharat Mehra, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1996. Thesis: “Mandala and the Sacred Landscape of Traditional Hindu Cities.” Bharat Mehra is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee.

Tsailun Lin, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1997. Thesis: “Image and Legibility of an Ethnic Village - Chicago Chinatown.”

Anne McCombe-Spafford, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1997. Thesis: “The Prison Landscape and the Captive Audience: Is Nature an Amenity or Necessity?” Ann Spafford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University.

Elizabeth Moore, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1997. Thesis: “The Blue Cornflower in Downtown America.” Elizabeth Graff (Moore) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Idaho. Lisa Duwall, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1999. Thesis: “Landscape Attachment: An Exploration into the Emotional Process.” Lisa Duwall is a Landscape Architect in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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Paul Smith, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2000. Thesis: “Native Plants in Residential Gardens: A Case Study in East Central Illinois.”

Yan Xu, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2000. Thesis: “The Chinese ‘American Dream’ at the Turn of 21st century: A Case Study of Chinese-American Homes in Madison, Wisconsin.”

Tara Bhuthimethee, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2001. Thesis: “Thai Theravada Buddhist Temples: The Study of Thai Theravada Buddhist Cosmology in Temple Landscapes and the Development of Guidelines for Designing Thai Buddhist Landscapes in the United States.”

Arun George, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2001. Thesis: “Design Guidelines for the Goshree Roadlink in Kochi, India.”

Aparna Raghunathan, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2003. Thesis: “A Design Proposal for the Fort Area of Tiruchirpalli, India.”

Yuthika Sharma, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2004. Thesis: “A New Memorial Landscape for India: The Raj Ghat Complex in New Delhi.” Yuthika Sharma is a doctoral student in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Columbia University.

Lifan Zhang, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2004. Thesis: “Garden Identity in an Era of Globalization: Contemporary Practice and Critical Discourse in China.”

Swati Nagpal, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2007. Thesis: “Lucknow’s Gomti: A Riverfront Design Study.”

Swetha Gowri, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2008. Thesis: “An Experiment in Sustainable Community Design, Auroville, India.”

Sarmistha Mandal, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2008. Thesis: “Conservation Plan for the Delhi Ridge, India.” Dan Archibald, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2008. Thesis: “Preserving the Early Landscape History of Nauvoo, Illinois (1839-1846).”

Lucy Cross, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2008. Thesis: “Napa Landscape Heritage, California.”

Lobsang Chodon, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2009. Thesis: “Uttarakhand Crafts Museum, India”.

Annie Varma, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2011. Thesis: “Vishram Ghat, Mathura, India: A Model for Ghat Restorations in India”.

Xinxin Chai, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2011. Thesis: “Redesign of a Demolished Neighborhood: Creating a Healthy, Safe, and Sociable Cabrini Green in Chicago”.

Rajora, Neha, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2013. Thesis: Vision, Movement, and Landscape Experience in Princely Town Amber, India”.

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Fan, Xiangnan, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2014. Thesis: “ Housing Design for Land-Lost Farmers in Suzhou, China.

Gajjar, Heena, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2016. Thesis: “Journeys in the Cultural Landscape of Okhamandal, Gujarat, India”.

Yi, Linna, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2016. Thesis: “The Sense of Chengdu: Embodied Heritage in Tastescape”.

Master's Thesis (Committee Member)

Dawn Radville, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1992. Thesis: “Landscape Iconology: Defining the Role of Symbolic Imagery in Landscape Design.”

Sadafumi Uchiyama, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1993. Thesis: “From High Art to Popular Culture: The Past Three Centuries of Garden Making in Japan.”

Chiu-Lin Chen, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “The Sojourners' Perceptions of the Satisfaction with Housing in the United States: A Case Study of Taiwanese Students at the University of Illinois.”

Ke-Tsung Han, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “Feng Shui and Landscape.”

Suzanne K. Loechl, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1994. Thesis: “Pioneer Women and the Prairies: Impressions of a New Land.”

Jeffrey Adams, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1995. Thesis: “Landscape of Gender in Advertising.”

Sung-Ho Kim, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1995. Thesis: “Residents' Satisfaction with Outdoor Environment in Multi-Family Housing.”

Tawatchai Kobkaikit, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1995. Thesis: “The Story of Wind in Northerly Island, Chicago.”

Yinyuan Qing, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1996. Thesis: “Defining Values - Strategies in Urban Open Space Design.”

Misa Inoue, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1997. Thesis: “Sonic Experience of a Place.”

Martha Pederson Schmidt, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2001. Thesis: “Landscape and Spirituality.”

Qiaojue Yu, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2002. Thesis: “Gossip Garden: A New People’s Square for China.”

Farah Ahmed, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2003. Thesis: “Ecological Design for Prairie Establishment on a Suburban Housing Site: A Design Case Study in Urbana, Illinois.”

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Jing Dong, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2005. Thesis: “A New Water Town Design Study in Zhejiang Road Bridge Area of Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China.”

Lu Sun, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2005. Thesis: “Vertical Neighborhoods /Sky Garden Architecture/Landscape Architecture Response.”

Gregory C. Hieselberg, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2005. Thesis: “True Diversity in University Housing: A Comprehensive and Flexible Response to Resident Housing for the University of Illinois.”

Tianwan Rui, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2007. Thesis: “Revitalization of Existing Streetscapes in China: A Case Study of Wencui Street in Shenyang.”

Jay Lechien, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2008. Thesis: “Mounds Heritage Trail”.

Mujing Niu, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2010. Thesis: “Naming the Discipline: A Comparison of Three Landscape Architecture Programs in Beijing, China”.

Yuling Huang, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2013. Thesis: “Green Trails as Catalyst: Revitalization of Six Post-Mining Towns in Illinois”.

Moinzadeh, Pardis, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2014. Thesis: “ Revitalization of the Bazaar Neighborhood in Teheran’.

Habibullah, Amir, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2014. Thesis: “Sustainable Strategies for Urban Water Management for Arid Region: The Case Study of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia”.

Gao, Ruiying, Thesis, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2014: “Honey Bee Habitat at the University of Illinois Campus”.

Undergraduate Thesis (Committee Member)Vincent Glaviano, Bachelor of Arts in South Asian Studies, 2012. Thesis: “Hindu Temple Clinics in the United States: Concerns, Methods, and Results for the South Asian Immigrant Community”.

Ph.D. Dissertation (Committee Member)

Hazel Edwards, Ph.D. 1994. Dissertation title: “The Role of the Residential Environment in Defining Quality of Life,” Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Mallika Bose, Ph.D. 1997. Dissertation title: “Women's Work, Women's Spaces: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of a Bustee in Calcutta, India,” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Mallika is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Nicholas Watkins, Ph.D. 2006. Dissertation title: “The Journey Back to the World: Exploring the Psychological Effect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Vietnam War Combat Veterans with

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,” School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Nick is presently the Director of Research at Cannon Design, St. Louis.

Sungkyung Lee, Ph.D. 2009. Dissertation title: “Narrated Landscape: Revisioning Place Theory in the Context of Contemporary Urban Landscape in Busan, South Korea,” Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Sungkyung is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia at Athens.

Melissa M. Belz, Ph.D. 2012. Dissertation title: “Keep My Place: Evolution of the Vernacular House in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India”, Department of Geography, Kansas State University. Melissa is an Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

3. Other Contributions to Instructional Programs

Developed and received approval for new course LA/AS 218 that satisfies the Non-Western requirement for General Education, International Arts Minor in the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and Social/Cultural Issues in Design concentration in the Department of Landscape Architecture (2000).

Conducted heritage tours in India for undergraduate and graduate students in Landscape Architecture and Architecture and organized site design workshops in Jan 2000 (Taj Mahal, Agra), May 2001 (Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat), Jan 2003 (Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat), Jan 2005 ((Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat), Jan 2010 (Govardhan, Braj), Jan 2012 (Orchha, Madhya Pradesh), Jan 2014 (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh), and Jan 2016 (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh).

Organized design workshop on Qaisarbagh Heritage site in Lucknow for undergraduate students in the Department of Architecture, Institute of Integral Technology, Lucknow, India, 2002; Husainabad Imambara Heritage Corridor, Lucknow for undergraduate students in the Department of Architecture, Institute of Integral Technology, Lucknow, 2004; La Martiniere Riverfront Heritage Park with Architecture faculty at Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2006; Gomti Riverfront Cultural Revitalization for Architecture students at Government College of Architecture, Lucknow, India, 2007; Hussainabad Clock Tower Heritage Park for students at Government College of Architecture, Lucknow, India, 2009; Gomti Riverfront Heritage Corridor with faculty and students at Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology, Lucknow, India, 2011.

IV. SERVICE

A. Summary of Service

1. Public Service

External ReviewerDoctoral dissertation by Neelam Mishra, “The Condition of Women in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: A Geographical Study”, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, 2007.

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Doctoral dissertation by Jamie Mackee, “A Conceptual Framerwork for the Conservation of Non-secular Built Heritage in South and South East Asia”, Department of Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2007.

Doctoral Dissertation by Muhammad Salim Zaweed, “The Schools of Rajput Architecture during Mughal period”, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2015.

SymposiaCoordinated Taj National Park project with Uttar Pradesh Ministry of Tourism and organized a symposium on “Mughal Gardens in Agra, India”, 2000.

Co-organized (with James Wescoat Jr.) a panel on “The Three Shalamar Baghs” at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign held in conjunction with India 60 Symposium, 2007.

Organized a symposium on “Delhi’s Natural Heritage” at the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in collaboration with United Sates-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), 2009.

Organized a symposium on “Heritage, Community, and Landscape Conservation in India” at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with presentations by South Asian experts and an exhibition on Orchha, India by UIUC team, 2012.

Organized a symposium on “The Ganga (Ganges), National River of India: Its Heritage and Future” at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, October 2015.

2. Service to Disciplinary and Professional Societies or Associations

Presentations in the Colloquium series of the Program in South Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies and the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Psychology, U.K., 1997-2001.

Editorial Board, Sprandel, India, 2011-present

Editorial Board, Tekton, India, 2014-present

Invited Lecture and exhibit display on “Sacred Landscape of Govardhan in Braj, India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed” to Indian Institute of Interior Designers, Lucknow, India, Dec 2010 and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad, India, August 2011.

3. University/Campus Service

University ServiceCoordinator of South Asia Brown Bag Series in the Program in South Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1997-2002.

College levelChair, Lorado Taft Lecture Committee, 1996-1997; 2011-2012. Member, Lorado Taft Committee, 2013-14

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Member, Equal Opportunity Committee, 1997-2007.Member, Library Committee, 1996-2002.

Coord Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2006-2008. Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2013-15.

Departmental levelAuthor of a booklet on Natalie Alpert, Instructor Emerita, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, 1998.

Edited a catalogue authored by Gary Kesler “Cultivating Breadth: 100 Years of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign”, for an exhibition on department projects at the centennial event, 2008. It received an American Graphic Design Award, a national competition through Graphic Design USA magazine and sponsored by NewPage Corporation.

Member , Ph.D. Committee, 2013-14; 2015-16.Member, Department Advisory Committee, 2013-14.Chair, MLA Curriculum Committee, 2014-15

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