Bio

Kofi Boone, FASLA is a Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar at NC State University. His work overlaps landscape architecture and environmental justice, with specializations in democratic design and interpreting cultural landscapes. He is a Detroit native and a graduate of The University of Michigan (BSNR 1992, MLA 1995). Kofi leads the Just Communities Lab which collaborates with community organizations seeking technical assistance with environmental challenges ranging from resiliency planning to sustainable food systems. He has advised and earned national award-winning projects and is widely published. His recent publication, Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design (co-edited with M. Elen Deming) earned a National ASLA Honor Award in Communications, and was a finalist for the J.B. Jackson Book Prize. Kofi is a past-president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation and currently serves on the boards of the Land Loss Prevention Project and The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association.