CSI Research Assistants

The Case Study Investigation (CSI) program offers landscape architecture students a unique research and professional development opportunity to gain first-hand experience in documenting landscape performance. Select faculty Research Fellows receive funding to support a student research assistant and work with leading practitioners to develop methods to quantify benefits and produce case studies of exemplary high-performing landscapes.

Students do not apply directly to the CSI program. Each faculty Research Fellow choses a currently-enrolled student to work under the Fellow’s direction as a Research Assistant. The student should have exceptional critical thinking, project management, in-depth fact finding, and quantitative skills and be able to work collaboratively with firm leaders, clients, and other project stakeholders.

Faculty-student teams are matched with design firms to document performance and produce case studies for three select landscape projects. Matches are made based on geographic proximity, relevant expertise, and prior relationships.

CSI is a unique opportunity to work with leading faculty, sharpen research and quantitative skills, develop relationships with practitioners, collaborate with peers, and gain a deeper understanding of landscape performance.

For more information, contact Katharine Burgess, Program Manager, at lashby@lafoundation.org or 202-331-7070 x15.