IDEC Regions

East Region

Chair: Barbara Lowenthal
2019-2021
New York School of Interior Design

Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec,

Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, DC

2019 East Regional Conference
The Buffalo Connection: From Early Modernism to Design Ideas for Tomorrow
October 17 -19, 2019
Buffalo, New York
Host Institution(s): Villa Maria College

Midwest Region

Chair: Connie Dyar
2019-2020
Illinois State University

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba,

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,

South Dakota, Wisconsin, Saskatchewan

2019 Midwest Regional Conference
Forging Ahead
October 24-25, 2019
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Pacific West Region

Chair: Kristin King
2018-2020
California State University

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California,

Hawaii, Idaho, Korea, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington,

Wyoming

2019 Pacific West Regional Conference
Social Activism in Interior Design Education
October 17-18, 2019
Los Angeles, CA
Host Institution(s): California State University Northridge

South Region

Chair: Jane M. Hughes
2018-2020
Western Carolina University

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

2019 South Regional Conference
Unpacking Systems

October 9-12, 2019

Auburn, Alabama

Host Institution(s): Auburn University

Southwest Region

Chair: Amy Roehl
2019-2020
Texas Christian University

Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

2019 Southwest Regional Conference
Communicating with Gen Z: Graphic, Verbal, Written and Interpersonal
October 3-4 2019
Waco, Texas
Host Institution(s): Baylor University