PATRICIA O. SALMI, Ph.D.

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SUMMARY

The Twin Cities leading wayfinding expert, Patricia Salmi, Ph.D., is a commercial design professional who uses her

knowledge and expertise of people and environments to help architects, city planners, hospital administrators, parks

services and regional trail directors, and others create easy-to-navigate buildings and public spaces for people of all

ages and abilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant

Salmi Wayfinding Design Associates, Ltd. 2010

Research Associate 2007 - present

Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Living,

College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

Selected projects include:

Principal investigator and consultant, representing the Minnesota State Council on Disabilities at the

Minnesota Department of Transportation Temporary Pedestrian Accessibility Routes training and

demonstration workshop

Co-principal investigator, the Ramsey County Healthy Lifestyles Wellness Training Initiative, a train-

the-trainer wellness project for 22 facilitators and 71 individuals with disabilities

Research associate, Residential Systems Information Project (RISP), a group that collects and

publishes an annual status and trends report about where people with disabilities in government-

funded residential services are living

Author, emergency preparation course for the College of Direct Support, an online college for direct

support professionals of people with disabilities

Co-director, Changing Landscapes Initiative, an effort that invites visual artists with disabilities to

display their art at the University of Minnesota

Co-director, Symposium and Exhibit for Artists with Disabilities, held in conjunction with the

Weisman Art Museum and community partners

Graduate Research Assistant 2001 - 2007

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Selected projects include:

Project Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Planning for Developmental Disabilities services:

NASDDDS Self-Assessment Instrument, a tool that will be used by state Developmental Disabilities

Directors to ascertain their states readiness and plan for people with disabilities in emergencies

Project Coordinator, national study to validate job competencies for direct support staff who work

with persons with intellectual disabilities

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Adjunct Faculty, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

Accessibility Consultant, National Institute for Science Education Network exhibits, March

11-14, 2007

Parent Advisor, Developmental Disabilities Rotation, University of Minnesota Medical School

Pediatric Residents, Gillette Children s Hospital, St. Paul, MN

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Developer and teacher of a course for educators and related professions on Fragile X

syndrome, a syndrome that causes developmental disabilities

Teacher of elementary-age children with developmental disabilities in St. Anthony and Fridley,

MN

Teacher of persons with emotional disturbance and developmental disabilities, Peachtree-

Parkwood Hospitals, Atlanta, GA

Parent of 31-year-old son with Fragile X syndrome

DISCIPLINE-RELATED SERVICE

Minnesota delegate (one of five from various state agencies and organizations) to the Working

Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with Disability and the Elderly; held

June 28-30, 2006, in Washington, D.C. and attended by 45 states and territories. Post-

conference, each state was tasked with setting emergency management goals for their

respective state for that year and reporting to the conference organizers, the Administration on

Developmental Disabilities on the progress of those goals

Accessibility consultant, National Institute for Science

Education Network exhibits, March 11-14,

2007

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Ph.D. 2007

M.S. 2002

B.S., Design, Housing and Apparel 1988

B.S., College of Education 1971

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Certificate, Public Policy and Services for Persons with Disabilities 2002

AWARDS/HONORS

[Minnesota] Homeland Security and Emergency Management Award of Excellence 2008

for Outstanding Teamwork for work on C-MIST, an inter-agency volunteer

organization that advocates and acts for inclusion in emergency preparedness,

response and recovery for persons who are elderly, have disabilities or other

barriers to

participation

ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/ 2007

Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award. Amount: $1,000

Citation of Special Recognition, Graham Foundation for

Advanced 2005

Studies in the Fine Arts as part of the Carter Manny Award competition

ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/Mabelle 2004

Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship Award for dissertation research. Amount: $2,000

ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/ Joel 2003

Polsky Academic Achievement Award. Amount: $1,000

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Twin Cities 2000

Chapter. Amount: $1,000

ASID Distinguished Speaker, elected 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010,

as part of a national bureau of speakers providing continuing education to member

chapters in the U.S. and its territories

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Referred Abstracts/Proceedings

Lakin, K.C., Larson, S.A., Salmi, P., & Scott, N. (2009). Residential services for persons with

developmental disabilities: Status and trends through 2008. Minneapolis, MN: University of

Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living.

Sheryl A. Larson, Naomi Scott, Patricia Salmi, and K. Charlie Lakin (2009). Changes in number

and characteristics of people living in state institutions. Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities, 47, 4, 329 - 323.

Salmi, P., & Moseley, C. (2008). National assessment for organizations serving people with

developmental disabilities. Promising Practices: CIDRAP. Minneapolis, MN: University of

Minnesota [Online]. Available: http://pandemicpractices.org/practices/list.do?topic-id=19

Watson Zollinger, S., & Salmi, P. (2006). Re-thinking studio critique: Three new strategies. Interior

Design Educators Council: Indianapolis, IN.

Salmi, P., Ginthner, D., & Guerin, D. (2004). Critical factors for accessibility and wayfinding for

adults with intellectual disabilities. Designing for the 21st Century III: An International

Conference on Universal Design. Adaptive Environments: Boston, MA, December 7 12.

Salmi, P., Ginthner, D., & Guerin, D. (2003). Critical factors for accessibility and wayfinding for

adults with mental retardation. Interior Design Educators Council: Indianapolis, IN.

Other Publications

Salmi, P., Guerin, D., & Ginthner, D. (2007). Identifying and evaluating critical environmental

wayfinding factors for adults with intellectual disabilities. Doctoral dissertation, University of

Minnesota. Dissertation Abstract International AAT 3256884.

Larson, S.A., Doljanac, R., Nord, D. K., Salmi, P., Hewitt, A.S. & O'Nell, S. (2007). National

Validation Study of Competencies for Front Line Supervisors and Direct Support

Professionals: Final Report. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Research and

Training Center on Community Integration.

Christensen, K. & Salmi, P. (2007). The impact of building design on evacuation of persons with

disabilities. Impact (20)1. [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community

Integration].

Salmi, P. (2007). Wayfinding design: Hidden barriers to universal access. Implications, 5(8). [St.

Paul: University of Minnesota, Online] Available: http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/_news/

aug_v05r-p.pdf

Moseley, C. & Salmi, P. (2007). Emergency Preparedness: A new tool for assessing state's

readiness. Impact, 20(1). [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community

Integration].

Moseley, C., Salmi, P., Johnstone, C. & Gaylord, V. (Eds.). (2007). Impact: Feature Issue on

Disaster Preparedness and People with Disabilities, 20(1). [Minneapolis: University of

Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration].

Salmi, P. (2006). Designing better corporate environments. Interiors & Sources, June, 58-59.

Salmi, P. (2005). Exploring Wayfinding: Designing spaces that are easy to read. Universal Design,

7(7), 1, 10-11.

Salmi, P. (2004). Life planning for individuals with disabilities. Frontline Initiative 6(1), 14-15.

Larson, S.A., Laliberte, T., & Salmi, P. (2005). Assessing and evaluating workforce challenges. In

S.A. Larson, & A.H. Hewitt Recruitment, Retention & Training Strategies. Baltimore: Brookes

Publishing Co.

Doljanac. R., Larson, S.A., Hewitt, A.H., & Salmi, P. (2004). National validation study of

competencies and training for frontline supervisors and direct support professionals.

Unpublished manuscript, University of Minnesota, institute on Community Integration,

Research and Training Center on Community Living, Minneapolis.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Referred

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Salmi, P. (2006). Designing for accessibility and inclusion in the built environment: Wayfinding for

people with intellectual disabilities. The International Summit for the Alliance on Social

Inclusion, AAMR, Montreal, Canada.

Salmi, P., Ginthner, D., & Guerin, D. (2004). Critical Factors for Accessibility and Wayfinding for

Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Designing for the 21st Century III: An International

Conference on Universal Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Salmi, P., Ginthner, D., & Guerin, D. (2003). Critical Factors for Accessibility and Wayfinding for

Adults with Mental Retardation. Interior Design Educators Council Conference, San Diego,

CA.

Invited

Salmi, P. (2008). Emergency Preparedness and People with Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities. Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association National Conference, Keynote

address, Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Salmi, P., and Moseley, C. (2007). Emergency Preparedness Planning for Developmental

Disabilities Services: NASDDDS Self Assessment Instrument. AAIDD International

Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Salmi, P., & Bogenschutz, M. (2009). Healthy lifestyles for people with disabilities. Presentation to

Ramsey County Case Managers. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Salmi, P. (2007). Emergency Preparedness Planning for Developmental Disabilities Services:

NASDDDS Self Assessment Instrument. Minnesota Governor s Conference on Emergency

Management. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Campbell, A., Salmi, P., & Bacon, D. (2009). You are more than what you eat. Age and Disabilities

Odyssey Conference. Rochester, Minnesota.

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