Assistant Professor
Jae Hwa Lee PhD
Assistant Professor, Interior Design
Mailing Address
Interior Design Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Contact Information
Phone: (515) 294-3397
Email: jaehwa@iastate.edu
Office: 381 Design
Education
PhD, Design, Construction and Planning concentration in Interior Design, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
MS, Housing & Interior Design, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
BFA, Environmental Design, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
Supporting Files
Research Interests
Creative Thinking and Learning Experiences
Design Thinking across Disciplines
Transformative Learning Pedagogy
Evidence-based Design
Creative Workplaces and Wellbeing
Environmental Design for Healing
Current Projects
Recent publications
Lee, J.H., & Portillo, M. (2022). Transferability of creative self-belief across domains: The differential effects of a creativity course for university students. Thinking Skills and Creativity. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100996.
Lorusso, L., Lee, J.H., & Worden, E. (2021). Design Thinking for Healthcare: Transliterating the Creative Problem-Solving Method into Architectural Practice. HERD: Healthcare Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(2), 16-29. DOI: 10.1177/1937586721994228.
Lee, J.H. (2020). Building Creative Confidence Through an Interdisciplinary Creativity Course: Changes in Creative Challenges and Creative Personal Identity. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2020.1835689.
Lee, J.H., Portillo, M., & Meneely, J. (2020). Insights into the Three Frames of Creative Minds: Perspective Transformation of First-Year University Students. Journal of Transformative Education, 18(2), 138-162.
Kim, D., Bosch, S., & Lee, J.H. (2020). Alone with Others: Understanding Physical Environmental Needs of Students within an Academic Library Setting. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102098.