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The College of Distinguished Professors, founded in 2010, is composed of members of the Associations who are awarded the ACSA/AIA Topaz Medal Laureate and/or the ACSA Distinguished Professor Award. College membership is one of the highest honors the ACSA can bestow upon an educator. All College members may use the title “ACSA Distinguished Professor, DPACSA” in perpetuity.
ACSA College of Distinguished Professors
The College of Distinguished Professors, founded in 2010, is composed of members of the Associations who are awarded the ACSA/AIA Topaz Medal Laureate and/or the ACSA Distinguished Professor Award. College membership is one of the highest honors the ACSA can bestow upon an educator. All College members may use the title “ACSA Distinguished Professor, DPACSA” in perpetuity.
Are you seeking information on becoming a member of the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors (DPACSA)?
Please visit the ACSA Awards webpage for detailed information on nominations for the ACSA/AIA Topaz Medal Laureate and the ACSA Distinguished Professor Award.
The ACSA/AIA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education is awarded jointly by ACSA and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Topaz Medallion is the highest award given to architectural educators. It honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to architectural education, whose teaching has influenced a broad range of students, and who has helped shape the minds of students who will shape our environment.
The ACSA Distinguished Professor Award recognizes sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service.
Resources
Junior Faculty Handbook on Tenure and Promotion
With special thanks to Robert Greenstreet (1989-1999 Distinguished Professor & 2013 Topaz Laureate) & Marvin Malecha (2001-2002 Distinguished Professor & 2003 Topaz Laureate)
New Administrators Handbook
The Ninth Edition of the New Administrators’ Workshop and accompanying Handbook is a returning session of the ACSA Administrators Conference.
Deans Bob Greenstreetof the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Rodner Wright of Florida A&M University and Marvin Malecha of NC State University have joined together for this edition of the Handbook.
New Administrators’ Handbook (Download by section using the following links:
- Introduction to the Workshop
- Leadership and Citizenship in the Academy
- Recognizing the Constituencies of Leadership
- Demonstrating Value and Cultivating Dreams
- Observations from the Edge
- Lessons from Reflective Administration
- Learning to Lead
Download the entire New Administrators’ Handbook:
DPACSA Chancellor’s Dialogue: Fit
Special Focus Session From The 100th ACSA Annual Meeting
College of Distinguished Professions (DPACSA) Annual Meeting from ACSA Video on Vimeo.
Speaker: Robert Geddes, Princeton University
Chair: Lance Jay Brown, City College of New York
Respondents:
Adèle Naudé Santos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donlyn Lyndon, University of California, Berkeley
Questions
Michael Monti
Executive Director
tel: 202.785.2324
email: mmonti@acsa-arch.org
