Amy Roehl

Prior to TCU, Amy enjoyed a professional design career in Chicago where she worked for 2 nationally recognized architectural and interior design firms. At Solomon Cordwell Buenz Amy worked as a project designer where she and her team executed a wide variety of projects including workplace, higher education, K-12 education and high-rise residential. At Soucie Horner Ltd. Amy served as a senior designer and project manager for high-end residential projects.

Currently Amy focuses upon creating connections between design practice and education empowering students to better understand the world they will enter post-graduation. She won a national award for media in Interior Design education for her web-based videos. Recent videos are posted on her YouTube channel: V.I.D.E.O., Videos for Interior Design Education Online.

Roehl, A. (2016, October). Impact of digital media use on today’s students: Implications for interior design education. Paper presented at the Interior Design Educator’s Southwest Conference, Austin, Texas.

Roehl, A. (2016, June). The heritage collage & pavilion. The Interior Design Educator’s Council Innovative Ideas Collection.

Roehl, A. (2016, June). The heritage center. The Interior Design Educator’s Council Innovative Ideas Collection.

Roehl, A. (producer). (2016, June). Phases of the interior design process: The workflow for delivering an interior design project. IDEC Classroom-Ready Video Shorts.

Roehl, A. (producer). (2016, June). Voices from practice: Post-graduation opportunities with a degree in interior design. IDEC Classroom-Ready Video Shorts.

Roehl, A. (2013). The Role of Cultural Awareness in Interior Design Education. TAFCS Research Journal.

Roehl, A. (2013). Implications of Building Information Modeling on Interior Design Education: The Impact on Teaching Design.  Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2(4), 32-37.

Roehl, A. (2013). Bridging the Field Trip Gap: Integrating Web-based Video as a Teaching and Learning Partner in Interior Design Education. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 105(1), 42-46.

Roehl, A., Reddy, S., & Shannon, G. (2013). The Flipped Classroom: An Opportunity to Engage Millennial Students Through Active Learning Strategies. Journal of Family
and Consumer Sciences, 105(3), 44-49.

Roehl, A., Reddy, S., Kucko, J., & Prestwood, L. (2013). The Importance of Teaching Cultural Awareness in Design Education: Evidence from Interior Design. The Global Journal of Human Social Science, 13(12), 39-45.

Roehl, A. (2013). Are You Future-Ready? Discontinuous Change: Building a Toolkit of Know-how for the Future Business of Design. In Poldma, T. (Ed.), Meanings of Design: Social, Cultural and Philosophical Essays about People, Spaces and Interior Environment (405-409). New York, NY: Fairchild.

• IDEC National Media Award for developing web-based video for Interior Design Education
• IDEC Southwest Regional Conference Best Paper Presentation 2016
• IDEC South Regional Conference Best Paper Presentation 2010

• NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) Certificate Holder

• ASID American Society of Interior Designers
• IDEC Interior Design Educator’s Council
• IIDA International Interior Design Association

• IDEC Nominating Committee Southwest Regional Representative
• IDEC National Taskforce for Tenure & Promotion
• IDEC Southwest Regional Conference Co-Chair