Hannah Hopewell

Hannah Hopewell serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture within LSU's College of Art & Design, holding the distinguished Robert S. Reich Teaching Professorship.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BLA from UNITEC University of Technology
• MUD from University of Auckland
• PhD from AUT University

Professor Hopewell's research critically engages with spatial and environmental justice in settler-colonial contexts, examining how public space design intersects with landscape processes to foster new social-spatial relations. Her work emphasizes community-driven 'collective invention' and the transformative potential of collective landscape imaginations beyond conventional design frameworks.

Her notable recognition includes:

• Robert S. Reich Teaching Professorship

With over 20 years of transdisciplinary design practice across global contexts, she actively mentors DDes and PhD students while maintaining professional connections from prior faculty positions at Cornell University and Victoria University of Wellington. Though specific laboratory affiliations aren't documented, her scholarship is deeply integrated within landscape architecture's academic and professional discourse on justice-oriented spatial practices.