IIDA / IDECF Diversity Award
The IIDA Foundation Diversity Award, in partnership with Interior Design Educators Council Foundation, Inc., recognizes and celebrates an educator who is actively advancing diversity in the Interior Design industry.
The candidate must be a current full-time educator who is a member of IDEC, representative of a diverse background encompassing any of the following: race, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, disability and/or sexual orientation, and has made contributions to the teaching profession for advancing the practice of interior design.
The IIDA Foundation Diversity Award, in partnership with Interior Design Educators Council Foundation, Inc., recognizes and celebrates an educator who is actively advancing diversity in the Interior Design industry.
The candidate must be a current full-time educator who is a member of IDEC, representative of a diverse background encompassing any of the following: race, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, disability and/or sexual orientation, and has made contributions to the teaching profession for advancing the practice of interior design.
2021 Diversity Award Winner
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Ph.D, Northrup Professor of Interior Design, University of Minnesota
2020 Diversity Award Winner
Jack Travis, FAIA, NOMAC, Professor of Interior Design, Pratt Institute
2019 Diversity Award Winner
Professor Vibhavari Jani, Associate Professor of Interior Architecture and Product Design, Kansas State University
2018 Diversity Award Winner
Dr. Abimbola Asojo, University of Minnesota
2017 Diversity Award Winner
Kijeong Jeon, California State University, Chico