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ProPEL November 17, 2022 | 4:30pm EST / 1:30pm PST
Expanding Access to Architectural Education Part III: Stakeholders Planning Meeting on Improving Community College Transfer
Online Discussion
November 17, 2022
4:30–6:00pm EST / 1:30-3:00pm PST
Expanding Access to Architectural Education Part III: Stakeholders Planning Meeting on Improving Community College Transfer
Strengthening community college transfer practices and agreements are critical for shaping a more equitable and accessible architectural education. Join us for a conversation and planning meeting with the major stakeholders in community college transfer relationships. First, the Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs (CCCAP), National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and its member schools will discuss their work to strengthen articulation between community colleges and professional and pre-professional architecture programs. Each speaker will give a brief presentation on what their organization is doing and what they feel should happen next. Second, we will identify efforts for the ACSA (and maybe other groups) to work on for the coming year. Our hope is that this conversation will “lay it all out” on the table and pave the way for more structured conversations AND action in the near future. This is one of several ACSA events about expanding access to architectural education.
This discussion is hosted by the Association of Collegiate of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Education Committee.
SPEAKERS
Moderator
Mark A. Pearson, AIA is a Professor of Architecture at College of DuPage since 2004, where he teaches the second year architectural design, presentation, portfolio and visualization courses. He is the initiator of COD’s summer design + build studio, a grant funded experiential learning opportunity for community college architecture students. Prior to joining College of DuPage, he has professional practice experience with the Chicago architecture firms of Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Frye Gillan Molinaro Architects. Mark holds a Master of Architecture degree with a concentration in design, along with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a licensed architect and a LEED accredited professional.
Moderator
Shawhin Roudbari is an assistant professor in Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder. He started his academic path at community college and completed his PhD at the University of California Berkeley. Shawhin studies ways designers organize to address social problems and human rights abuses by bridging sociological studies of social movements and race with architectural theory. Supported by the National Science Foundation and community impact grants, Shawhin’s research contributes to theories/practices of contentious politics and employs ethnographic and speculative design methods. He is a founding member of the DissentXDesign research collective, which has published work in leading sociological, architectural, and interdisciplinary journals.
Randy Steiner, FAIA has more than forty-five years’ experience in architecture and design. While pursuing her M.Arch at Washington University in St. Louis, she teamed with classmates to create the Women in Architecture Symposium in 1975 which was one of the first national conferences focused on female architects.
Following working at Wilkes + Faulkner Architects in DC where she worked on the Great Ape House [Smithsonian National Zoo], renovation of the Federal Reserve Building Headquarters in Washington DC and residential projects, she joined the National Park Service as project architect within the Executive Residence dealing with preservation and energy conservation issues.
In 1990, she began her career as coordinator and faculty member of the Montgomery College Architecture Program until her retirement in 2018. In 2012, she created the Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs (CCCAP) to champion diversity and inclusion within the architectural profession and expand recognition and articulation for the community college graduates from the 150+ programs nationwide.
Michaele Pride, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, currently serves as Secretary of the NAAB Board. She is a Professor of Architecture at the University of New Mexico, where she serves as Associate Dean for Students and co-Director of the UNM Design and Planning Assistance Center (DPAC). Prior to 2011, Michaele served as the Director of the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. As an architect and urban designer, she emphasizes principles of consensus, collaboration and public engagement in her teaching, research and professional consulting. Michaele’s community driven work focuses on the intersection of urban design and public health.
Stephen Schreiber, FAIA, NCARB, DPACSA, is president-elect on the NAAB Board. He is also a Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Harvard University (M.Arch.).
Professor Schreiber has served as dean/director at the school of architecture at the University of South Florida, and director of the architecture program at the University of New Mexico. His research and professional work has been published in numerous journals. Schreiber was the 2005-06 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is a member of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Architects.
