Assistant Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer (AEES)

Background

Kara worked as an Environmental Manager for Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd and as a Construction Engineer for Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd before setting up her own consultancy. Her consultancy business focused on advising construction professionals, architects and builders of relevant environmental issues and solutions. Before joining the Graduate School at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Kara was a lecturer in Environmental Studies in the School of Architecture at the University of East London

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Construction Management, Salford University
PG Diploma Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, University of East London
CEEQUAL Professional Assessment Certificate

Teaching Activities

Assistant Programme Leader
Senior Lecturer
Module Leader
Seminar and Practical Studies Tutor

Research Interests

Student's psychological relationship to natural environment in the context of study topic and learning environment
Eco-centric Consensus design
Links between architecture and eco-psychology with a focus on education