Bio
Margaret Konkel has spent much of her academic and professional life celebrating interdisciplinary
and creative thinking. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Modern Language and Literature
from the College of William and Mary, an MFA in Interior Design from the Academy of
Art University, and an Individual Interdisciplinary PhD from Montana State University.
The interconnections between language, identity, and creativity inform her scholarly
research and her interest in Design Thinking. Konkel is LEED AP and NCIDQ certified
and has over twelve years of commercial interior design practice. She has published
and presented her research nationally, with current scholarship exploring the cultivation
of creative identity and design mindsets through creative problem-solving. She comes
to Radford from having lived in Livingston, Montana; San Francisco, California; and
the Washington, D.C. region.
Research and Creative Interests
Creative identity formation / first-year experience / empathy and critical thinking
/ active learning / design mindset / creative problem-solving / design process
