Jill DesiminiJill Desimini is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and teaches in the core studio sequence. Desimini is trained in landscape architecture and architecture, and has practiced professionally in both fields. Prior to joining the full-time faulty at the GSD, she taught in the second term core studio of the MLA Program at the GSD and at Northeastern University, School of Architecture. She was formerly Senior Associate at Stoss Landscape Urbanism, where she managed the firms efforts on the Lower Don Lands in Toronto, the Bass River Park on Cape Cod, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Her work has received numerous awards including a finalist entry in the Van Alen Urban Voids competition, a Narendra Juneja Medal and an ASLA certificate from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Selected Professions Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Brown University. Read More Read Less