Rate My Professor Hans Klein Hewett

Hans Klein-Hewett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University College of Design. He earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) from Iowa State University in 2005 and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) from Cornell University in 2009. As a licensed Professional Landscape Architect (PLA) and member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), his research specializations include rural parks and recreation, landscape tourism, and landscape architecture pedagogy. His investigations into rural parks and recreation cover classification systems, their function as quality-of-life amenities for rural residents, park distribution and planning, and equity in rural park access. In landscape tourism, Klein-Hewett examines the history of landscape tourism, design of tourism spaces, and scenic tourism. His pedagogical research emphasizes experiential learning, flipped-classroom approaches for construction detailing, and digital documentation. He aligns with signature research areas encompassing design education and pedagogy, design for health and wellness, engagement and social issues, history, culture and heritage, and sustainability, environment, and planning.