Julie Lamarra
Product Design & Engineering Technologies
Professional Practice Associate Professor
Educational Background
PhD, Career and Technical Education, Utah State University, 2021 Dissertation
When the Desert Meets the Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study on Experiential Learning and Andragogy for Design-Situated Curricula
200 RYT, Transcend Yoga School - Yoga Alliance, 2016
Secondary Education, Utah State Board of Education, 2009
Biography
Dr. Julie Lamarra teaches Outdoor Product Design and Development in the Product Design and Engineering Technologies department, with scholarship focused on design thinking and brand aesthetics.
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests center on outdoor product design and development, including the design process, aesthetics, user-centered problem-solving, and translating creative ideas into functional, meaningful products.
Research Interests
My scholarship interests focus on design and aesthetics, particularly how visual qualities, form, and user perception influence product experiences within the framework of outdoor product design and development.
Awards
NACTA Teaching Award of Merit, 2024
NACTA
TDTE Teacher of the Year, 2023
TDTE
Applied Sciences, Technology & Education Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year , 2022
USU
CAAS, Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award , 2022
USU
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Lamarra, J.K, (2026). An Examination of the Color Image Scale for Contemporary American Culture: Phase One of A Multiphase Approach. Color Research & Application, 51:1, 10. doi: 10.1002/col.70041
- Lamarra, J., (2022). Demystifying Ungrading: How to Empower Student Learning Beyond Grades.
- Lamarra, J., (2021). When the Desert Meets the Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study on Experiential Learning and Andragogy for Design-Situated Curricula. *
- Lamarra, J., (2019). Examining Learners Failure Trajectories Across Their Computational Design Processes. American Educational Research Association
- Lamarra, J., (2018). Debugging Computational Design: A Pedagogical Approach to Introducing a Visual Programming Platform. iLRN 2018 Montana, 142.
- Lamarra, J.K, (2017). Integrating Digital Making in Practice: A Hands-on Introduction to the ARIS Game Design Platform. ACM
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
OPDD 4440 - Aesthetics and Brand Identity, Fall 2025
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials (CI), Fall 2025
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials (CI), Fall 2025
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2025
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2025
OPDD 4760 - Senior Design Studio II, Spring 2025
OPDD 4440 - Aesthetics and Brand Identity, Fall 2024
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials (CI), Fall 2024
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials (CI), Fall 2024
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2024
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2024
OPDD 3760 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio I, Spring 2024
OPDD 4760 - Senior Design Studio II, Spring 2024
OPDD 4440 - Aesthetics and Brand Identity, Fall 2023
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2023
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2023
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2023
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2023
OPDD 3760 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio I, Spring 2023
OPDD 4760 - Senior Design Studio II, Spring 2023
OPDD 4440 - Aesthetics, Human Factors, and Brand Image, Fall 2022
OPDD 4440 - Aesthetics, Human Factors, and Brand Image, Fall 2022
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2022
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2022
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Spring 2022
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2022
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2022
OPDD 3770 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio II, Spring 2022
OPDD 4760 - Senior Design Studio II, Spring 2022
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2021
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Fall 2021
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Fall 2021
OPDD 3760 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio I, Fall 2021
OPDD 4750 - Senior Design Studio I, Fall 2021
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Summer 2021
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Summer 2021
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Spring 2021
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Spring 2021
OPDD 1750 - History of Outdoor Products, Spring 2021
OPDD 3770 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio II, Spring 2021
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Fall 2020
OPDD 2420 - Digital Technologies for 2-D Design, Fall 2020
OPDD 3760 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio I, Fall 2020
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Spring 2020
OPDD 4420 - Digital Design Technologies for Outdoor Products I, Spring 2020
OPDD 3770 - Outdoor Product Design and Development Studio II, Spring 2020
TEE 1010 - Communications Technology, Fall 2019
OPDD 4420 - Digital Design Technologies for Outdoor Products I, Fall 2019
OPDD 1050 - Fundamentals of Design, Fall 2019
OPDD 3900 - Special Problems in Outdoor Product Design and Development, Summer 2019
TEE 1010 - Communications Technology, Spring 2019
OPDD 3030 - Design Thinking, Methods, and Materials, Spring 2019
OPDD 4420 - Digital Design Technologies for Outdoor Products I, Spring 2019
TEE 1010 - Communications Technology, Fall 2018
OPDD 4420 - Digital Design Technologies for Outdoor Products I, Fall 2018
OPDD 4420 - Digital Design Technologies for Outdoor Products I, Spring 2018
Creative Works | Writing
- Blending in and standing out: A color story told through the Outdoor Archive, Library - Exhibition, - 2024
- Blending in and standing out: A color story told through the Outdoor Archive, Library - Exhibition, - 2024
- The Outdoor Archive, Nonfiction - Anthology, - 2023