Rate My Professor Carey Clouse

Carey Clouse, AIA (she/her), is Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned a post-professional degree (SMArchS) in Architecture and Urbanism from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BArch from the University of Oregon. Clouse teaches in both the Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, fostering interdisciplinary research and learning. She served as Master of Architecture Graduate Program Director for four years until 2024. Additionally, she is co-partner of Crookedworks, an architecture-design-build firm. Her distinguished awards include the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship to India, the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship in New Orleans, and the Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Grant for 2024-2025, supporting her project 'Seeds of Change: Research on Glacier Afforestation' hosted by the Iceland University of the Arts and Icelandic Forest Service.

Clouse's research focuses on climate change adaptation, post-crisis design, and environment-human relations, addressing overlaps between social justice, environmental stewardship, and urbanism. Key publications include the books Farming Cuba: Urban Agriculture from the Ground Up (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014) and Climate-Adaptive Design in High Mountain Villages (Routledge, 2021). Notable articles feature 'Glacier Blanketing: Two Approaches in the European Alps' (Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2023), 'The Resurgence of Urban Foraging Under COVID-19' (Landscape Research, 2022), 'Climate Adaptive Design: Building up Ladakh’s Ice Stupas' (Landscape Journal, 2019), 'The Himalayan Ice Stupa: Ladakh’s Climate Adaptive Water Cache' (Journal of Architectural Education, 2017), and 'Ladakh’s Artificial Glaciers: Climate-Adaptive Design for Water Harvesting' (Climate and Development, 2016). Her work on artificial glaciers, ice stupas, and adaptive strategies in high-altitude regions like Ladakh, Zanskar, and the Arctic contributes to sustainable design practices amid environmental challenges.