Education: Ph.D. Purdue University
Nancy Kwallek, Ph.D.
Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC), International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Professional, Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), Corporate, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Allied, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Texas Association for Interior Design (TAID), Decorative Arts Trust, Society of Architectural Historians
Examines productivity and human response to the interior ambience of office environments or confined spaces;, Subjects work on office tasks in a variety of color offices;, Assess the effects of color on worker well-being (mood), productivity, performance and satisfaction;, The health and well-being of the environment on individuals; Investigating the effects of VOCs on office workers, indoor off-gassing and pollution caused by reprocessed Green and non-Green interior materials;, Effects on office worker productivity, performance;, Comparisons between interior finishes of conventional furnishings/finishes (emit VOCs), interior finished with user-friendly green materials, interior finished with recycled materials.
Psychological and productivityeffects of office environment on office workers;, Effects of interior color on mood and worker productivity;, Interior Design research
Dr. Nancy Kwallek is an endowed professor at The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Director of Interior Design Program
