Dr. Lee-Anne Milburn has been at California Polytechnic University for nine years, where she serves as Department Chair, Acting Graduate Program Coordinator and Professor at the graduate and undergraduate levels, serving one of the most ethnically diverse student populations in the country. She is active in the Southern California Chapter of ASLA and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), and is a member of both organizations’ Council of Fellows. She has published 45 scholarly publications to date, 24 of which were peer-reviewed. Dr. Milburn has been recognized for her intellectual, educational and service efforts with numerous awards and recognitions.
“Dr. Milburn not only pushed the boundaries in teaching and mentoring her students but also, through my experience, taught us how we can create real and lasting change through the profession and in the future […] Dr. Milburn is truly an advocate for the profession and shows it in her academic career and through the experiences and lessons that I learned that I still use today.”
-Luis Pedraza Cardozo
Former Student of Dr. Milburn
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