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Marlo Ransdell

Associate Professor

Department of Interior Architecture and Design

Marlo Ransdell specializes in making within design education and the creative process. She oversees Studio D: Design and Fabrication Lab and the furniture design curriculum. Studio D supports undergraduate and graduate studios in furniture design and prototyping for the department of interior architecture and design.

As Director, Ransdell facilitates undergraduate and graduate furniture design courses among other classes and studios, and also curates gallery shows such as “Digital Fabrication: The Flat Pack” and “processing…”. In addition to her role as Director of Studio D, she works with incoming graduate students on thesis and research development. Ransdell is also an executive member of the Council on Research and Creativity at Florida State and regularly presents and publishes her work internationally.  She was awarded the Interior Design Educator Council (IDEC) Best Paper Award and the Ralph Prize Stair Award for Innovative Education at Florida State University in 2021.

Areas of Responsibility

Creative Director of Studio D: Design and Fabrication Lab
Instruction in Undergraduate and Graduate Level Classes

Education

2009 Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Major: Design, Construction, and Planning. Interior Design / Minor – Educational Technology. Supervisor: Margaret Portillo, Ph.D.

Marlo Evelyn Ransdell. (2009). Designscholar: Evaluating Creative Thinking in an Online Learning Community for Interior Design Graduate Students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2004 M.S., University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Major: Interior Design. Supervisor: Margaret Portillo, Ph.D.

Marlo Evelyn Ransdell. (2004). Storied Doors: An Empirical Study of Representations of Sense of Place in a Community-Based Art Installation. Unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

2002 B.A., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Major: Interior Design. Magna Cum Laude.

Teaching Areas

Furniture Design
Design Fundamentals
Research and Programming
Research Methods

Research Areas

Creative Process and Product
Technology Use in Education
Fabrication / Rapid-Prototyping

Select Scholarly Works

Ransdell, M. (2024). The digital residency.  EDUlearn 24 Conference. Mallorca, Spain.

Ransdell, M. (2024).  Makerspace evolution. EDUlearn24 Conference. Mallorca, Spain.

Ransdell, M. (2022). Connect, communicate, create: An allied and future vision in professional development for design academics. In International Interior Design Educator Council Annual 2022 Conference Proceedings. Virtual.

Ransdell, M., Smith, H., & Bannister, R. (2022). Investing in the individual: A strengths-based approach for meaningful graduate development. In International Interior Design Educator Council Annual 2022 Conference Proceedings. Virtual.

Ransdell, M., & Bloch, C. (2021). Long distance relationship: The virtual studio and the remote makerspace. In International Interior Design Educator Council Conference 2021 Proceedings. Virtual. – Conference Presentation Award 2021.

Coleman, R., & Ransdell, M. (2020). Exploring the relationship between traditional research and creative activity in an applied arts academic setting. In Symposium on Education Entertainment and Engineering Conference Proceedings. West Lafayette, IN, Purdue University.

Ransdell, M. (2020). Managing risk in the design studio. In Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference 2020 Proceedings. Tempe, AZ.

Ransdell, M. E. (2019). Creative thinking in online design education. LAP Academic Publishing.

Ransdell, M. (2014). Examining Creative Thinking in an Online Learning Community for Interior Design Graduate Students. The International Journal of Design Education, 8, 1-16.

Portillo, M., & Ransdell, M. (2015). Creative license: The promise and potential of interior design. In K. Vaidya (Ed.) Interior design for the curious: Why study interior design. Australia, 1-13.

Ransdell, M. (2011). Continuing the dialogue: Research blogging in interior design graduate education. In A.D. Rourke, & K.S. Coleman (Eds.), Pedagogy leads technology: Online learning and teaching in higher education: New technologies, new pedagogies. Technology and Society, 117-122.

Ransdell, M. (presented 2014, April). Digital fabrication and the design process. Plenary presentation at RhinoDay Mexico 2014, McNeel Software and Monterrey Tec University, Guadalajara, Mexico. (International)

Ransdell, M. (2012). Creativity and place making: Evaluating the creative product in community-based art installations. International Journal of Social, Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts, 7(1), 1-8.

Ransdell, M. (2009). Continuing the dialogue: Research blogging in interior design graduate education. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society, 5(2), 65-70.

 

Awards

Best in Show “Strings Attached” Public Art / Thomasville Center for the Arts (2024)

Best Paper Interior Design Educator Council (IDEC)  International Conference (2021)

Ralph Stair Prize Award for Innovation Education Florida State University (2021)

University of Florida Young Alumni Rising Leader Award, College of Design, Construction, and Planning / Department of Interior Architecture and Design, University of Florida (2014).

Distinguished Research Award, College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance. Florida State University (2014).

Professional Service Award, Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) (2014).