Dana Vaux ‘s love of interior design comes together where the physical environment and people intersect. Her interdisciplinary Ph.D. emphasized Architecture, Design, and Environmental History. She has professional memberships in Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Her publications include articles in the Journal of Interior Design and several international journals. She has co-authored two books used in classrooms: Practical Ethics for Architecture and Interior Design Practices and Research Methods for Interior Design: Applying Interiority, as well as chapters for other books and numerous conference proceedings. She won the 2022 Midwest Regional Best of Award for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning-Pedagogy from (IDEC), the 2021 Midwest Regional Best of Award for Scholarship of Design Research-History and Theory from (IDEC), and the 2019 Best Paper in Family Studies/Human Development from the American Association of Family & Consumer Services (AAFCS). Receiving the 2021-2022 College of Business & Technology Outstanding Faculty Award: Scholarship Tenured, she enjoys interdisciplinary research that focuses on people-place connections and the cultural-historical meanings of place.
