Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, D.Arch., FAIA is a professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and director of the Institute for Healthy Futures at Cornell University. A fellow in the American Institute of Architects, she has LEED AP, WELL, and EDAC credentials. Dr. Shepley has authored/co-authored six books, the most recent of which is Design for Mental and Behavioral Health (2017). Her recent papers have focused on the design of mental and behavioral health environments and the impact of nature on human behavior.