Associate Professor
Janice Rieger
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
inclusive design, material/visual culture, architecture & interior architecture, disability, museum & gallery studies, universal design, design education, art & architectural history, design for all, co-design
Research field
Architecture, Design, Heritage, archive and museum studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Alberta)
- Master of Arts (York University)
- Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Practice in Visual Culture (York University)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor's of Interior Design (University of Manitoba)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional Memberships
- ALTER, European Society for Disability Research, 2014-present
- Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA), 2020-present
- Centre for Universal Design Australia (CUDA), 2016-present
- EIDD-DfA, European Institute for Design and Disability, 2019-present
- AHFE, Scientific Advisory Committee, Design for Inclusion, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, USA, 2020-present
- HERN, Higher Education Research Network, QUT, 2016-present
Teaching
Dr. Janice Rieger has taught, developed and co-ordinated 63 units, and 24 different units at 4 institutions in Canada and Australia over the past 15 years. She has completed a two year Post-secondary Teaching Practicum, a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GCAP) and is a member of the Higher Education Research Network (HERN), QUT. Janice is a registered expert with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) with the Commonwealth of Australia. She also has an appointment to the University Curriculum Standards Committee (CSC) at QUT and is an Expert Peer Reviewer of Educational Practice (ExPREP) with QALT. Janice has completed curriculum development for several units, national certificates, accredited courses, graduate diplomas and bachelors degrees in Canada and Australia. She has experience with lecturing, studio tutorials, online learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), professional education and blended delivery. Janice is a Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) (UK) and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous) which recognises teaching and learning support in higher education as evaluated against the UK Professional Standards Framework.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED & TAUGHT
- Design Issues
- Impact Lab 3: Planet
- Spatial Histories
- Design in Society
- Design and Sustainability
- Universal Design
- Design Studio 3
- Design Studio 4
- Design I
- Design II
- Design III
- Design (Visual) Communications II
- Construction I
- Colour and Light
- History of Interiors
- History of Modern Art & Architecture I
- History of Modern Art & Architecture 1850 -1920
- History of Modern Art 1850 -1920
- History of Art & Architecture, 1920 to today
- Roads to Modernity
- Modernity
- Accessible Housing Design: Concepts and Art and Ideas
- Case Studies-Field Trip to New York
- Directed Reading Courses
Publications
- Rieger, J., Hadley, B., Barron, S., Boulton, S. & Parker, C. (2023). Codesigning Access: A New Approach to Cultures of Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. In A. Cachia (Ed.), Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation (pp. 183–195). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234404
- Rieger, J. & Iantkow, M. (2022). The forgotten sustainability: A socially conscious, paradigmatic shift in design. In I. Prochner & T. Antoniuk (Eds.), Situating Design in Alberta (pp. 143–167). University of Alberta Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202959
- Hadley, B., Rieger, J., Ellis, K. & Paterson, E. (2024). Cultural safety as a foundation for allyship in disability arts. Disability & Society, 39(1), 213–233. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230850
- Rieger, J., Kessler, C. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Dis/ordered Mappings: Shapes of Inclusive Spaces in Museums. Space and Culture, 25(1), 4–19. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130609
- Rieger, J., Devlieger, P., Van Assche, K. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Embodied Mapping/s: Becoming-With in Qualitative Inquiry. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236053
- Rieger, J. & Rolfe, A. (2021). Breaking Barriers: Educating Design Students about Inclusive Design through an Authentic Learning Framework. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 40(2), 359–373. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207345
- Hadley, B. & Rieger, J. (2021). Co-designing choice: objectivity, aesthetics and agency in audio-description. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36(2), 189–203. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208101
- Rieger, J., Herssens, J. & Strickfaden, M. (2020). Spatialising differently through ability and techne. CoDesign, 16(2), 135–151. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122315
- Rieger, J., (2020). Moving Beyond Visitor and Usability Studies: Co-designing Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, 167–172. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199678
- Rieger, J., (2020). Right to Participate: Co-designing Disability Policies in Australia. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 1–4. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208220
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Janice, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- Fellow of Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Elected to National Council in Canberra for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA)
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in AustraliaCAT 1 - Australian Competitive GrantARC SR200200003
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Appointed to Scientific Advisory Board, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, AHFE, USA
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Commonwealth of Australia, National Expert Accessor, TEQSA
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- EU Commission Erasmus Grant for international research with the Faculty of Architecture & Arts, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Visiting Fellowship, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Awarded Nationally Competitive Fellowship from the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Fellowship, part of the United Nations (ECOSOC), Graduate Women International and UNESCO, Ottawa, Canada
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowship Award (13% success rate nationally)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Government of Alberta (State Award), Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Award, Government of Alberta, Canada 2015 (1 state-wide individual annual award out of over 4 million people)
Selected research projects
- Title
- Co-creating Cultures of Inclusion: Redefining Access to Cultural Heritage
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE230100912
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- Title
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200200003
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Rachael Haynes, Professor Bree Hadley - A Critical Understanding of 'Natural Place' as a Cultural Construct Through a Collaborative Moving Image Practice
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Shannon Satherley, Dr Leah King-Smith - Designing communication delivery for accessibility and better care navigation within lower limb orthopaedics
MPhil, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jeremy Kerr - Australian Local Government Public Toilet discourses: Points of Conflict Between Rights, Risks and Responsibilities
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Deanna Grant-Smith
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Barriers and Opportunities for Inclusive Design in Indonesia: Implications for the Development of a Culturally Appropriate Inclusive Design Framework (2023)
- Eudaemonic design as an approach to co-creating health and well-being in the built environment: An exemplar case of older adults at home (2023)
- Let me play, too! Co-designing inclusive sensory play spaces in collaboration with neurodiverse and neurotypical children (2023)
- Developing curricula that equip designers with capabilities to enact sustainable futures: A matter of ethos (2022)
- Border Nomads: An Architectural Investigation of Transient Public Urban Place (2021)
- Design Thinking Pedagogy: A Phenomenographic Study of Design Thinking Teaching in the Higher Education Context (2021)
- Enhancing Ecologies of Care for CALD Women through Care-full Creative Engagement (2021)
- Architectural Lifeworld: Exploring Meanings of Spatial Environments for Residents in Dementia Care (2020)