BLA, University of Washington; MCP, University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Berney has taught courses in introductory design and drawing, community design and planning, and ecological and sustainable design and development. Her research interests include sustainable urban design and development, social and cultural factors in design, and community planning and university-community partnerships. Her dissertation research focused on sustainable urban development (SUD) in Latin America, where she examined SUD processes and projects in Bogotá, Colombia’s public spaces.

Ms. Berney has worked in a volunteer capacity with groups that support community and public space development, including Urban Ecology in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Verde Coalition in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in many municipalities and at the Oakland Museum of California. Her research has been presented at diverse conferences including those of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).  Her illustrations have appeared in a variety of publications, including Randolph T. Hester’s Design for Ecological Democracy (MIT Press, 2006), the Journal of Urban Design, and the City of Seattle’s Making Streets That Work.