RJ Millhouse
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Mail code: 1605Campus: Tempe
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A spatial ethnographer and humanistic social scientist, RJ explores Black queer geographies, qualitative research methods, interiority, sensation, and design justice. RJ's current book project is under contract with The Ohio State University Press. His book discusses the impact of urbanization on Black queer public cultures. The book explores spatial deprivation, sensation, and economic deprivation under patterns of urbanization across US urban landscapes. RJ's book project focuses primarily on Black queer people and how and to what extent Black queer placemaking is forged as a resistance strategy against cultural erasure following patterns of urbanization. RJ is interested in social design, design empathy, and design justice projects. With an eye toward design justice, RJ prioritizes collaborative and community-focused research projects and design thinking that complicates existing, traditional conceptions of atmosphere, interiority, gender, sexuality, environmental and urban design, and sensation. RJ's work can be found in the Journal of LGBT Studies (UCLA), Feminist Pedagogy (Cal Poly), and Social Theory (University of Kentucky).
RJ is currently a fellow with the Institute for Public Architecture in New York City.
B.A., Macalester College
M.A., Syracuse University
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Black queer geographies; Design thinking, Design criticism, Qualitative methods; Design justice
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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INT 131 | Design and Human Behavior |
LDE 522 | Adv Landscape Arch Studio II |
MUD 522 | Adv Urban Design Studio II |
INT 650 | Diversity and Design |
INT 590 | Reading and Conference |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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EDS 223 | Design Thinking |
DSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DSC 592 | Research |
2024 Spring
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INT 131 | Design and Human Behavior |
INT 650 | Diversity and Design |
INT 590 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Fall
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EDS 223 | Design Thinking |
2022 Fall
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EDS 223 | Design Thinking |
INT 529 | Design Criticism |
2021 Fall
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INT 529 | Design Criticism |
2021 Spring
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WST 380 | Race, Gender, and Class |
2020 Fall
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WST 294 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
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WST 100 | Women, Gender, and Society |
2019 Fall
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WST 300 | Women & Gender Contempry Soc |
WST 300 | Women & Gender Contempry Soc |
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