Researchers

Robert Douglas Lemon M.C.R.P., M.L.Arch. - Ph.D. Student
Geography and the Environmente
The University of Texas at Austin

obert Lemon studies human geography, city planning, and landscape architecture in the context of culture and urban space. He studies how cultures shape space, how space shapes culture and how cultural identity can best be expressed through design. Robert holds his BA degree in History and Geography from the University of Texas at Austin, his Masters in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University, his Masters in Landscape Architecture from The University of California, Berkeley and is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Geography at the University of Texas at Austin. He has also interned for two years as a community planner for the City of Columbus, OH and as a landscape architect and urban planner at Grupo de Diseño Urbano, an urban design firm in Mexico City..

Through his work and studies with diverse communities in the US and abroad, he has become more intrigued by how different cultures synthesize, create, and use space within cities. He was awarded the Dangermond Fellowship by the American Society of Landscape Architecture to research how culturally and demographically distinct neighborhoods in Oakland perceive and use public space.