Virginia I. Lohr
Professor/Horticulturist
(WSU faculty member since 1984)
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Areas of Interest
- Ornamental horticulture
- Environmental horticulture
- Water-conserving landscapes
- People-plant interactions
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Plant and Soil Science
- M.S., New Mexico State University, Horticulture
- B.A., Swarthmore College, Psychology
Work Experience
- Taught statistics at The University of Tennessee
- Taught horticulture at New Mexico State University
- Managed garden centers in Colorado
- Served as the first intern at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College
Honors or Awards
- President’s Teaching Academy, WSU
- Invited Speaker at the 8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropologists in Japan
- NSF Advance Visiting Scientist at New Mexico State University
Currently Teaching
- Hort 231, Landscape Plant Materials I
- Hort 232, Landscape Plant Materials II
- Hort 331, Landscape Plant Installation and Management
Graduate Students
- Sujeet Verma
Selected Publications
- Lohr, V.I. and C.H. Pearson-Mims. 2006. Responses to scenes with spreading, rounded and conical tree forms. Environment & Behavior 38(5): 667-688.
- Lohr, V.I. and C.H. Pearson-Mims. 2005. Children's active and passive interactions with plants and gardening influence their attitudes and actions towards trees and the environment as adults. HortTechnology 15: 472-476.
- Lohr, V.I., C.H. Pearson-Mims, J. Tarnai, and D.A. Dillman. 2004. How urban residents rate and rank the benefits and problems associated with trees in cities. Journal of Arboriculture 30(1): 28-36.
- Lohr, V.I. and C.H. Pearson-Mims. 2000. Physical discomfort may be reduced in the presence of interior plants. HortTechnology 10(1): 53-58.
- Lohr, V.I. and C.H. Pearson-Mims. 1996. Particulate matter accumulation on horizontal surfaces in interiors: Influence of foliage plants. Atmospheric Environment 30(14): 2565-2568.
- Lohr, V.I., C.H. Pearson-Mims, and G.K. Goodwin. 1996. Interior plants may improve worker productivity and reduce stress in a windowless environment. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 14(2): 97-100.
Office: Johnson Hall 101
Phone: 509.335.3101
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