Advisor
Mardelle Shepley, D.
Chair and Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis
Dr. Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, B.A., M.Arch., M.A., D.Arch., is chair and professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis and associate director of the Healthy Futures Institute at Cornell University. Previously she served as a professor and director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M. Mardelle is a fellow in the American Institute of Architects and the American College of Healthcare Architects. She is LEED and EDAC certified. Dr. Shepley has authored/co-authored six books, including Healthcare Environments for Children and their Families (1998), A Practitioner’s Guide to Evidence-based Design (2008), Design for Critical Care (2009), Health Facility Evaluation for Design Practitioners (2010), Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care (2014) and Design for Mental and Behavioral Health (2017). To enhance the link between research and practice, Dr. Shepley has worked in professional practice, full-time and part-time, for 25 years. She is founder of ART+Science, design research consultants.
