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Poornima Mankame

Instructional Assistant Professor, Interior Design
Office
TUR Turner Hall 118a
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Biography

Poornima Mankame is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Interior Design at Illinois State University. She holds a master’s degree in interior and environmental design from Illinois State University and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Mumbai, India. Poornima is a registered architect in India with six years of experience, primarily in commercial and restaurant interior design, and she is also a certified interior designer (NCIDQ certified). She is passionate about sharing her real-world industry experience to connect classroom lessons with practical applications.

Current Courses

FCS 216.001 Building Information Modeling Foundations for Interior Design

FCS 216.002 Building Information Modeling Foundations for Interior Design

FCS 246.001 Sketching for Interior Design

FCS 246.002 Sketching for Interior Design

FCS 291.025 Undergraduate Teaching Experiences In Family And Consumer Sciences

MS Interior and Environmental Design

Illinois State University
Illinois

BS Bachalors of Architecture

Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai University
Mumbai India

Grants and Contracts

Relaxing Sketch Inhibition with a Hybrid Approach: Studio-Based Assignments and Travel Sketches. SoTL University Research Grant
Elke Altenburger, Poornima Mankame, Rylee Schaafsma.
Center for Integrated Professional Development. July 2023

Conference Proceeding

Three modes to approach sketch inhibition in design students
Elke Altenburger, Poornima Mankame, Rylee Schaafsma.
Interior Design Educators Council, (2024)

Journal Article

Teaching sketching in college: The role of feedback, fieldtrips, and process sketches.
Elke Altenburger, Poornima Mankame.
Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal - Annual Review, 19 (1), 47-68, https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/CGP/v19i01/47-68

Presentations

Three Modes to Approach Sketch Inhibition in Design Students.
Elke Altenburger, Poornima Mankame, Rylee Rowley.
Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference (IDEC), New York City, IL, March, 2024
What remains to be explained? Instructional Approaches to Sketch Inhibition.
Elke Altenburger, Poornima Mankame.
Illinois State University-Wide Teaching and Learning Symposium (2024), Normal, IL, January, 2024