Lisa Tucker

Lisa Tucker (Arch ’86, Arch ’90 CM) has received three national honors from the American Society of Interior Designers: the Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award; the Joel Polsky Prize; and the Educator Medalist Award. As chair of the interior design program at Virginia Tech, Ms. Tucker has organized the curriculum around sustainable and socially responsible design as a foundation of practice, and a number of interior design programs across the country have adopted her methods. She has published three major textbooks for interior design students: Sustainable Building Systems and Construction for Designers; Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors; and Cradle to Cradle Home Design: Process and Experience, co-written with Anna Marshall Baker. She has served as national president of the Interior Design Educators Council and has held leadership positions in a number of interior design organizations.

Lisa Tucker (Arch ’86, Arch ’90 CM) has received Virginia Tech’s 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. Two faculty members each year are selected by the university’s academy of teaching excellence to receive the award. Ms. Tucker is an associate professor in the school of architecture and design in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies. A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2007, she was recognized for her dedication to teaching and service to the school and the profession. She is chair of the school’s interior design program, serving as the primary academic adviser for all of the program’s students, and currently serves as president of the Interior Design Educators Council.