Rate My Professor Janice Rieger

Professor Janice Rieger serves as Associate Professor and Head of Discipline for Architecture, Industrial Design, and Planning in the School of Engineering and Built Environment within Griffith Sciences at Griffith University. An Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award recipient, her fellowship centers on co-designing inclusive environments, advancing socio-spatial justice, and fostering ecologies of care. With three decades of international experience spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, Rieger's career integrates architecture, built environment, design, and creative practice. Her expertise encompasses housing design, history, accessibility, and affordability, alongside material culture in museums, galleries, exhibitions, inclusive access, curatorial practice, disability studies, and heritage. She earned her PhD from the University of Alberta's Department of Human Ecology, Master of Arts in Art and Architectural History from York University, Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Practice in Visual Culture from York University, and Bachelor of Interior Design from the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Architecture. Rieger holds Senior Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Associate Fellow in Indigenous Knowledges (AFHEA), and Fellow of the Quality Assurance agency (FQA).