Eric Castle
Associate Professor

Role

Faculty - On-Campus

Research Interests

  • Community volunteerism in built spaces
  • Ecological restoration
  • Nature play
  • Urban stormwater mitigation

Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

  • Robert P. Ealy Award. 2006. Kansas State University.
  • 2009 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award
  • Dangermond Fellowship. 2005. American Society of Landscape Architects & Environmental Systems Research Institute.
  • Graduate Merit Award. 2006. Kansas State University.

Selected Publications

  • Addo, A.O., E.E. CASTLE. 2015. Mapping play in intercultural communities: a cross-institutional ethnographic project. Higher Education Studies, V. 5, N. 1, p. 1-19.
  • CASTLE, E.E. 2014. Tree Cookies, Mud Pies, and Social Capital. Most Significant Change Pilot, NW Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, University of Minnesota Extension, p. 39.
  • CASTLE, E.E., D. Handeen, V. Singh. 2014. Combating obesity with tree cookies and mud pies; a case study of the health impacts of a collaborative design process on three natural play spaces in Northwest Minnesota. Landscape Architecture Record.
  • CASTLE, E.E. 2013. Children and Landscapes. The Scoop, V. 36, N. 9, (cover story) p. 28-30.
  • Castle, E.E. 2007. Geodatabases in Design: a Floodplain Analysis of Little Kitten Creek. Masters Thesis, Kansas State University. http://krex.ksu.edu/dspace/handle/2097/327
  • Peterson, B.W., P.S. Allen, E.E. Castle, S.E. Meyer. 2004. Restoration of Foothill Community in Rock Canyon (Utah). Ecological Restoration, Vol. 22:2.

Educational Background

  • B.S., Conservation Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. 2003.
  • M.L.A., Kansas State University, Manhattan, K.S. 2007
  • Ph.D., University of North Dakota. 2018

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  • Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association

 

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