 Her college classmate, James Jankowski, FAIA, joined her from 1982-2005 and from 1984-2006 the firm was Ross Barney + Jankowski.Barney was awarded the 1983 Francis J. Plym Traveling Fellowship from the University of Illinois.The fellowship funded travel for research and allowed her to study the post war planning and rebuilding of European cities during 1983–84.