Roberta Null taught Housing and Interior Design courses at Purdue, San Diego State and most recently at Miami of Ohio.  She holds degrees from South Dakota State, the University of Minnesota and her Doctorate is from the Ohio State University.  Dr. Null’s research and teaching have focused on design of supportive environments for special needs groups.  She received the 1986 Environmental Design Award from the Education Foundation of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) for design of training kitchens at the San Diego Center for the Blind. She is an Allied Education member of ASID, and holds membership in the American Society on Aging (ASA), Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), and the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC).

 

Dr. Null has authored over a dozen articles and has made numerous presentations on Universal Design, including seminars in Japan and Korea (Summer 1998, November 2000, 2002 &2004).  In January 2001, she was one of four invited speakers from the United States at a Universal Design Congress in Kumamoto, Japan.  Her book, Universal Design: Creative Solutions for ADA Compliance, Belmont, CA, Professional Publications, Inc. came out in April, 1996. The Korean translation was completed in 1999. Her new book, Universal Design: Principles and Models, features a teaching supplement (CRC Press, October 2013.) The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to Universal Design and design opportunities created by the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), changing demographics, and rapidly changing technology.