Adjunct

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Rebecca Bachman

Adjunct Professor

Email: rbachman@ccny.cuny.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-bachman-24a22090
https://www.instagram.com/bachwom?

Educational Credentials :

  • PhD candidate, Community Health and Health Policy, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (SPH), expected 2027
  • Masters of Landscape Architecture, the College of Built Environments, University of Washington, Seattle, 2020
  • Graduate Certificate in Global Health, the School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 2020
  • Bachelor of Global and International Studies and Professional Writing, the University of California at Santa Barbara, 2011

Teaching Experience :

  • Lecturer, University of Washington Depts. of Landscape Architecture and Global Health, 2020 - present
  • Lecturer, Penn State University, Stuckeman School College of Arts and Architecture, 2023 - present

Professional Experience :

  • Designer and project manager, Traction Design-Action-Research, 2020 - present
  • Research associate, Center for Systems and Community Design at the CUNY SPH, 2023 - present

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

  • Publications + exhibits:
  • Vivir con agua: Vistazos y lecciones de la comunidades anfibias de todo el mundo. State College: The Pennsylvania State University, 2025.
  • Lessons from Indigenous Migrants. Tres comunidades, un río. Traveling museum exhibit: Museo Amazónico, Iquitos, Peru, 2022; Gould Hall Gallery, Seattle USA, 2023; Stuckeman School Gallery, State College USA, 2025.
  • Andrews, L., Jhonston Vela, A., Valdivia Zavaleta, X., Alarcon, J.A., Garland-Lewis, G., Wolf, K., Valdez, U., Cubas Poclin, S., Ampudia Gatty, C., Tapia del Aguila, C., Bachman, R., Flores, C., Wolf, C. Tres Comunidades, Un Río: Supporting Urban Amazonian Floodplain Communities Through Data and Art. Groundworks Journal. Special issue: Creating knowledge in common, 2024.
  • Designing for One Health in the Amphibious Informal Community of Claverito, Iquitos, Peru. State College: The Pennsylvania State University, 2023.
  • Bachman, R., & Traction Design. Fog-water farm-park and gardens, Eliseo Collazos, Lima, Peru. Diseño ecológico: estrategias para la ciudad vulnerable Vol 2: Infraestructuras verdes urbanas y espacio público en América Latina y Caribe. (Vol. 2). Vera, F. & Sordi, J. Washington D.C.: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 2021. 473-481.
  • Andrews, L., Bachman, R., & Fernández, S. C. P. Living on Water. Routledge Handbook on Sustainable Cities and Landscapes. Ko, Yekang & Taufen, Anne. New York: Routledge, 2021. 350 - 360.
  • Reimagining the amphibious city: from health data to ecological design in an Amazonian informal community. Seattle: the University of Washington, 2020.
  • Eliseo Collazos Fog Water Farm-Park and Gardens. Landscape Performance Series, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 2020.
  • The Future of Wetland Design at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Seattle: Livable City Year, 2019.
  • Ongoing design-research:
  • Co-investigator and designer. Ciudad+ Medio Ambiente y Salud (MAS): A gardens program for health, ecology, and climate change resilience in Iquitos, Peru. Implementation science design-research, 2022 - present.
  • Co-investigator, Indoor air quality for low wage workers in NYC. Mixed methods research, 2024 - present.
  • Co-investigator, Healing Amazonian soils with science and Indigenous artisanry: implementing a community-based composting system in the urban Amazon. Mixed methods implementation research, 2024 - present.
  • Co-investigator and lead designer, Dementia + the Built Environment: Implementing and assessing a pilot architectural and landscape design project in the Peruvian Amazon to improve the well-being of people living with dementia. Design-research, 2020 - present.
  • Research assistant, Supporting Parks and Revitalizing Communities Study (SPARCS): Design thinking and community health assessment in NYC Community Parks Initiative (CPI) parks. 2023 - present.

Professional Memberships :

  • American Society of Landscape Architects
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