Invited participant in International Living Future Institute’s 2018 Biophilic Design Forum, to gather leaders in higher education to discuss curricular innovation in higher education that promotes biophilic design. Carnegie Mellon University, October 1, 2018. Continued participation in the Biophilic Design Educators Network.
BIOPHILIC DESIGN AT CSUMB: Report of Findings from a campus photovoice assessment, stakeholder interviews, and focus group. Victoria Derr with ENSTU 350 students.
SUSTAINABLE CITY YEAR PROGRAM AT CSUMB: Faculty reflections on the first three years. Victoria Derr and Dan Fernandez.
Service to CU Boulder and the City of Boulder
Faculty Coordinator for Growing Up Boulder, A Child-Friendly Cities Initiative, 2012-2016
Executive Committee, CEDaR: Community Engaged Design and Research Center, 2014-2016
Faculty Member, Tree Campus USA committee, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2014-2016
Diversity and Outreach Committee for Program in Environmental Design, 2012-2015; Chair, 2014-2015
Community Engagement Working Group, School of Environment and Sustainability, 2015
Scholarship Committee for Program in Environmental Design, 2014-2015
Boulder Faculty Assembly, Faculty | Student mentor program for Incoming Students, 2013-2014
Along the 6 km "play route" in Odense, Denmark - a walking route designed to connect diverse places in the "City of Play"
Environmental Studies Working Paper Series: Disseminating research that showcases ENSTU work and responds to community needs
Grants and Awards for Service & Outreach
"Connecting Cultural Knowledge and a Capacity to Aspire: Establishing a Model for Youth Participatory Research to Inform Greenspace Planning," University Corporation at Monterey Bay, 2018-2019
University of Colorado Boulder, Office for University Outreach, "Climate and Resilience Education for Denver Public Schools," with Susan Sullivan and William Penuel, 2016-2017
University of Colorado Diversity & Excellence Grant, “Intersections, Stories, Voice: Expressions of Young People’s Resilience,” 2016
University of Colorado Boulder, Office for University Outreach, "Resilient and Comprehensive: Planning for Child-Friendly Cities," 2015-2016
CU Engage Community-Based Learning Faculty Fellow, 2015-2016
Honorable Mention for the 2014-15 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2014-2015
University of Colorado Boulder, Office for University Outreach, "Young People as Planners: Growing Up Boulder's Civic Area Re-Design." 2014-2015
Campus Compact of the Mountain West, "Great, Green Neighborhoods Project: Integration of a campus-community partnership and environmental design curriculum to address community needs." 2014
Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in Research and Teaching (IMPART) Fellowship Award, "Locating Underrepresented Perspectives in Environmental Design Curriculum & Pedagogy." 2014-2015
ENVD Diverse Scholars Teaching Award, 2014 and 2015
Sustainable CU Award, C4C Garden Partnership, 2014
University of Colorado Campus Sustainability Award, C4C Garden Partnership, 2014
University of Colorado Diversity & Excellence Grant, “Giving Youth a (Photo)Voice: Pairing Photography and Word to Strengthen the Voice of Latino Youth in the City of Boulder,” 2013
Lynda Simmons Award for Excellence in Mentorship and Community Engagement, 2012