Jocelyn Gavitt

Jocelyn Gavitt serves as a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), teaching continuously since 2002. She maintains active licensure as a landscape architect in New York and North Carolina.

Her academic background includes:

• MS/LA from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (2007)
• BS/LA from Cornell University (1993)

Her professional practice integrates community development leadership as Executive Director of Partnership for Community Development (2022–present) and founder of Gavitt Associates (2002–present), with prior roles at Trinity Architecture and Planning, Architectural Design Associates, GS Miller Landscape Architecture, Pashek Associates, and Fallingwater.

Her research and teaching focus on landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, and construction technology, emphasizing practical application in courses spanning foundational design studios (LSA 226–227, 326–327, 422–423), site engineering (LSA 342), and built-environment seminars (LSA 132, 190, 496, 498).

She received the Distinguished Practitioner Award from NY Upstate ASLA in 2022.

Her advising and grant activities are not documented in available sources, though her teaching portfolio demonstrates extensive curriculum development across 15+ courses. No laboratory or research team affiliations are specified.