FROM THE EDITOR I encourage you to submit your thoughts and responses to the Perspective below in the Letters section of the next issue of the Journal of Interior Design. Interior Design’s Social Compact: Key to the Quest for Professional Status

After nearly twenty years of practice with an emphasis in historic Preservation, Barbara Anderson began teaching full-time. Her scholarly interests include effective pedagogy, ethics, sustainabil-ity, history and historic preservation. Peggy Honey began her career as a designer of large-scale health-care facilities before becoming an educator in 1995. Her scholar-ship focuses on pedagogy and the application of environment and behavior theory in the design process. Michael Dudek is also a convert t o academia after 23 years of commercial interior design practice. His interests include lighting design, adaptive reuse and the design process