Faculty Profile for Dr. Intisar Ameen Tyne

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Dr. Intisar Ameen Tyne
Assistant Professor — School of Family & Consumer Sciences
FCS 208
phone: (512) 245-2409

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Intisar Ameen Tyne, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design at Texas State University with three major degrees in Architecture. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas with a specialization in healthcare space design. Intisar’s current research analyses the disparity in the healthcare environments.

Her dissertation research is based on the socio-political impact of 19th-century mental healthcare facility design. Her dissertation is one of the earlier attempts to provide a historical understanding of contemporary mental healthcare issues that are shaping the architectural discourse today.

A complete list of Dr. Tynes's bibliography can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u0llPKkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Teaching Interests

Healthcare Facility Design, Evidence-Based Design, Design History, Studio which focuses on Healthcare setting design including Hospitals, Senior living environments, Lab facilities, and Behavioral healthcare center design.

Research Interests

-Behavioral Healthcare Space Design
-Healthcare facility design
-Performance Driven Design
-Evidence-based Design
-Way Findings Experience in Healthcare setting

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Mohagheghi, S., Gharipour, M., DeClercq, C., Bui, A., & Tyne, I. A. (2022). Identifying Optimal Locations for Potential Temporary Community Clinics During Public Health Emergencies. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867221124234
  • Cai, H., Tyne, I. A., Spreckelmeyer, K., & Williams, J. (2020). Impact of visibility and accessibility on healthcare workers’ hand-hygiene behavior: A comparative case study of two nursing units in an academic medical center. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(2), 271–288. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586720962506
  • Tyne, I. A. (n.d.). Application of Functional Analysis and Functional Adjacency Graph Analysis to Understand the Availability and Distribution Pattern of Outdoor Spaces in Asylum Design. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology. https://doi.org/https://semarakilmu.com.my/journals/index.php/applied_sciences_eng_tech/index
  • Tyne, I. A., & Rashid, M. (2022). Patient control mechanisms in the 19th century asylums of England: A comparative space syntax analysis of asylums based on patient holding capacity (Vol. 13). Retrieved from hvl.no/en/research/conference/13sss/presentations/
  • Tyne, I. A. (2022). Patient control mechanisms in the 19th century asylums of England: A comparative space syntax analysis of asylums based on patient holding capacity. (pp. 48–49).

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: ARCC KING STUDENT MEDAL 2022-2023, University of Kansas. March 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Nana Kirk Travel Scholarship, 2020, EDRA Board-51. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University Merit scholarship, Private University Act 1992. 2007 - 2013

Selected Grants

  • Tyne, Intisar Ameen (Principal), Ahn, Mira (Co-Principal), Kabir, Md Mahruf (Co-Principal). 2023-2024 College of Applied Arts Undergraduate Research Learning Communities grant, 2023-2024 College of Applied Arts Undergraduate Research Learning Communities grant, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: July 27, 2023, Funded: July 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Tyne, Intisar Ameen. Texas State University STEP Program, Texas State University Faculty Development, Texas State University, $600. (Submitted: July 2023). Grant.
  • Tyne, Intisar Ameen (Principal). Startup Grant, Texas State University, $90400. (Funded: June 30, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Tyne, Intisar Ameen (Principal). Dissertation Research, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Private / Foundation / Corporate, $20000. (Funded: May 2020 - May 2021). Grant.
  • Tyne, Intisar Ameen (Principal). Summer Research Fellow, The University of Kansas, University of Kansas, $5000. (Submitted: August 2020). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
September 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD)
December 5, 2022-Present
Member
Search Committee
October 30, 2022-May 2023
Member
Portfolio Review
August 2023-Present
Member
Alliance of Researchers in Aging (ARIA-Txstate)
February 13, 2023-Present