Joseph Laquatra
Professor
2007
DEAWeb Bio Page
Current Activities
Current Professional Activities
- Past Chair, National Consortium of Housing Research Centers
- Outreach Team Leader, New York State Center for Indoor Environmental Quality
- Member, New York State Toxic Mold Task Force
- Advisory Board Member, Redefining Progress
- 2007 Conference Proceedings Editor, Housing Education and Research Association
- Member, Editorial Review Board, Housing and Society
- Delegate, Extension Disaster Education Network
Current Research Activities
Research focus is on housing sustainability, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency, indoor air quality, affordability, and residential sprawl.
Ongoing projects:
Principal Investigator, Sprawl and Residential Preferences: Investigating and Building Educational Strategies on New Understandings of Land Use. Funding source: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Principal Investigator, Residential Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality. Currently not funded.
Principal Investigator, Lead in Christmas Lights. Currently not funded.
Current Extension Activities
Extension/Outreach focus is on practical applications of research focus.
Ongoing projects:
- Principal Investigator, Consumer Education Program for Residential Energy Efficiency. Funding source: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
- Principal Investigator, Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment. (Educator's Manual; English and Spanish). Funding source: Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Principal Investigator, Hiring a Mold Remediation Contractor. Funding source: private gift.
- Trainer, Reducing Asthma Triggers and Lead Poisoning Hazards in Homes. Funding source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Principal Investigator, Sprawl and Residential Preferences: Investigating and Building Educational Strategies on New Understandings of Land Use. Funding source: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
- Principal Investigator, Improving Household and Community Financial Security Through CCE Money and Energy Management Education, Funding Source: Smith-Lever (competitive).
- Principal Investigator, Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality, Funding Source: Smith-Lever (competitive).
Biography
Biographical Statement
Joseph Laquatra, Ph.D. is the Hazel E. Reed Human Ecology Extension Professor in Family Policy at Cornell University. His teaching and research efforts focus on sustainable aspects of housing with emphases on residential energy efficiency, indoor air quality, construction site waste management, and residential sprawl. As an Extension Housing Specialist, Joe develops and implements educational programs on these and other topics through the statewide network of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). One of these, the Consumer Education Program for Residential Energy Efficiency, currently engages 31 Local Associations of CCE. He has conducted educational programs for home builders in partnership with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). He has also taught builders, engineers, architects, and government officials in Poland, Russia, and Japan. Joe is a past President of the Housing Education and Research Association and past chair of the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers. He is listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers and Educators (11th edition, 2006-07) and Who's Who in America (2008).
Education
Ph.D. 1984 - Cornell University
Consumer Economics and Housing
M.S. 1981 - Cornell University
Consumer Economics and Housing
B.S. 1974 - Cornell University
Hotel Administration
Administrative Responsibilities
Department Extension Leader, DEA
Member, University Appeals Committee
Member, University Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Status of the Faculty
Participant, Cornell Alumni Federation Speaker Series Program
Faculty Representative, Human Ecology Alumni Association
Lead Co-Chair, Healthy Living and Learning Environments Program Work Team
Lead Co-Chair, Family Economic Resource Management Program Work Team
Courses, Websites, Pubs
Related Websites
http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/communications/multimedia.cfm
http://housing.cce.cornell.edu/f-sht-pdf%20libraries/Waste%20management/waste%20management.pdf
http://www.buildersshow.com/Speakers/SpeakerBio.aspx?SpeakerId=147
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/science/21qna.html?pagewanted=print
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb146/is_200308/ai_hibm1G1108790241
http://informedesign.umn.edu/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=2207
http://suevents.syr.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1188237233934
http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/publications/upload/11-2007-RNYM.pdf
http://www.healthyhomeplans.com/articles/information15.php
http://www.syracusecoe.org/pdfs/File/SCoEAPR-LR.pdf
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/public/comm/news/feedstocks.cfm
http://emergencypreparedness.cce.cornell.edu/images/UserFiles/MoldFactSheet07_final.pdf
http://www.health.state.ny.us/press/releases/2007/2007-11-27_toxic_mold_task_force.htm
http://www.menshealth.co.uk/Health/Is-your-house-killing-you%5E/v3
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec07/Laquatra.mold.sl.html
Publications
Laquatra, J.; R. Pendall; D.L. Kay; J.F. Suter; N. Bills (2007). The changing nature of housing markets in Upstate New York. Housing and Society, 34(1): 65-75.
Kay, D.; J. Laquatra; J.F. Suter; R. Pendall; N. Bills (2007). Do residential preferences foster sprawl in upstate New York? Rural New York Minute, No. 11, November. Cornell Community and Rural Development Institute: http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/publications/upload/11-2007-RNYM.pdf.
Laquatra, J. (2007). Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment. (English and Spanish). Ithaca: Cayuga Press.
Laquatra, J. and C. Reichel (2007). Hiring a Mold Remediation Contractor. Cornell University Cooperative Extension: http://emergencypreparedness.cce.cornell.edu/images/UserFiles/MoldFactSheet07_final.pdf.
Laquatra, J.; M. Pierce; T. Hammer. Lead in Christmas lights. Refereed Abstracts from the Annual Conference of the Housing Education and Research Association. Charlotte, NC; October 2007.