Virginia I. LohrProfessor
Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington, 99164-6414, U.S.A.
Research
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Prof. & Univ. Activities
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Contact Info.
Hort 231: Landscape Plant Materials I Characteristics, ecology, nomenclature, identification, selection, and use of important woody and herbaceous landscape plant species.
Hort 232: Landscape Plant Materials II Characteristics, ecology, nomenclature, identification, selection, and use of important woody and herbaceous landscape plant species.
Hort 331: Landscape Plant Installation and Management Principles and practices for installation and management of landscapes; specifications, site preparation, transplanting, growth control, problem diagnosis.
UH 390: Case Study: Global Issues in the Sciences Using research skills to analyze a global case study or international perspective in the sciences.
- Impacts Of Plants On People (also called "human issues in horticulture"):
- People's responses to
tree canopy colors.
- Influence of childhood environmental experiences on adult sensitivities to forests.
- People's responses to trees of different forms.
- Impact of interior plants on people's perceptions of discomfort.
- Impact of interior plants on air quality and on human stress and productivity.
- Environmental Horticulture (sustainable ways to keep plants around us):
- Issues with low biodiversity and genetic diversity in
urban landscapes.
- Water conservation in landscapes.
- Incorporation of native plants in gardens and landscapes.
Polakowski, N.R., V.I.
Lohr, and T. Cerny-Koenig. 2011. Arboriculture & Urban
Forestry 37:259-264.
Industry superficially understands the problem.
Industry superficially understands the problem.
Lohr, V.I.
2010. Acta Horticulturae 881(2):675-682.
We are beginning to understand why people might respond postivitely to plants indoors and out.
We are beginning to understand why people might respond postivitely to plants indoors and out.
Kaufman, A.J. and V.I.
Lohr. 2008. Acta Horticulturae 790:179-184.
All canopy colors are calming, but medium green was the most calming.
All canopy colors are calming, but medium green was the most calming.
Lohr, V.I. and
C.H. Pearson-Mims.
2006. Environment & Behavior 38(5):667-688.
People
feel happier looking at any tree
rather than no tree, but feel happiest when it
has a spreading form.
Lohr, V.I. and
C.H. Pearson-Mims. 2005.
HortTechnology 15:472-476.
Children
who play around trees and who plant flowers appreciate the value of
trees as
adults.
Lohr, V.I., C.H.
Pearson-Mims, J. Tarnai, and D.A. Dillman. 2004. Journal
of Arboriculture 30(1):28-36.
The
general public, not
just tree-lovers, rate the benefits of urban trees highly.
Lohr, V.I. and
C.H. Pearson-Mims. 2000. HortTechnology
10(1):53-58.
People tolerate pain better when plants are around.
People tolerate pain better when plants are around.
Lohr, V.I. and
C.H. Pearson-Mims. 1996. Atmospheric Environment
30(14):2565-2568.
Indoor
plants reduce dust!
Lohr, V.I.,
C.H. Pearson-Mims, and G.K. Goodwin. 1996. J. of
Environmental Horticulture 14(2):97-100.
Indoor
plants help people
relax!
Berge, B.
and V.I. Lohr. 1994. In: M. Francis, P. Lindsey, and J. S.
Rice. The healing dimension of people-plant relations: Proceedings of a
research symposium, p. 101-113. The University of California, Davis, CA.
Teenagers like trees.
Lohr, V.I.
and L.H. Bummer. 1992. HortTechnology 2:253-256.
People are willing to
save water in landscapes.
Lohr, V.I.
1989. HortScience 24:737-739.
Applied classes can be
intellectually rigorous.
- HortTechnology
Editorial Board, 2011 - .
- Pi Alpha Xi Photography Contest
- Plant Category, 2nd and 3rd places, 2011.
- Ornamental Category, 2nd place, 2005.
- Flower Category, 2nd place, 1996.
- Invited Colloquium Speaker, 28th International Horticultural Congress, Lisbon. Portugal, 2010.
- WSU Learning Goals Revisioning Committee, 2010.
- Reviewer, Department of Plant
Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2004 and 2010.
- WA State's Evergreen
Communities Technical Advisory Committee. Member, 2009.
- WSU Arboretum and
Wildlife Center Planning Committee, 2008 - 2009.
- WSU President's Teaching Academy, selected 2007, Board of Directors, 2009- .
- Horticulture Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2007 - .
- Invited Speaker, The 8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropologists, Kamakura, Japan, 2006.
- Visiting Scientist, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship, Japan, 2005.
- NSF Advance Visiting Scientist, NMSU, 2005.
- WSU Faculty Affairs Committee, 2004 - 2008.
- Invited Keynote Speaker, Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists 22nd Congress, Turku, Finland, 2003.
- Association for Faculty Women, WSU, Web Wizard, 2003-2006.
- Sabbatical leaves: Univ. of Michigan and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., 1991-1992; Aix-en-Provence, France, 2002-2003.
- Current Position:
- Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
- Before coming to WSU:
- Taught statistics at The University of Tennessee
- Taught horticulture at New Mexico State University
- Managed garden centers in Colorado
- Served as the first intern at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College
- Education:
- Ph.D. - University of Tennessee - Plant and Soil Science
- M.S. - New Mexico State University - Horticulture
- B.A. - Swarthmore College - Psychology
Dr. Virginia I. Lohr, Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
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