Kim Steele is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University.  She received a master of architecture, a master of landscape architecture and a bachelor of arts in mathematics from the University of Colorado as well as a master of arts in art history from the University of North Carolina.  Working from the belief that design and design research must breach traditional categories for it be relevant today, Kim seeks to transform narrow disciplinary boundaries in her own work as well as in her role as an educator. She has worked on a variety of design/research projects ranging from public art installations to master planning and site design for an eco-resort in the Bahamas to participating in the development of the Center for Sustainable Rural Living in Shorter, Alabama. Her current research and creative work investigates market and state driven practices of silencing marginalized populations, of disinvesting in the creation of meaningful public space, and the methodical eradication of small farms and diversified food sources. Her work on agricultural landscapes, Home Grown, grew out of an interest in analyzing the many excessive landscape practices extant today.