Her expertise includes community design and planning, with emphasis on the relationship between policies and the impact of their implementation, especially in regards to the public’s understanding of the process and its products. She has received national and international recognition for her work with computer technologies and photorealistic manipulation to communicate alternative scenarios to citizens. She is also Managing Partner for the VIC group, and Kelleann has been serving as the Interim Department Head of Penn State’s Landscape Architecture Department since 2009. She also recently completed a book titled, “Becoming a Landscape Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design”. Kathleen Yurchak