Study Architecture 
ProPEL Schedule
This year’s virtual administrators conference will have two core days — November 5 & 6 — as well as multiple supplemental sessions designed for current and future educational leaders. The conference will be a series of face-to-face online forums to collaborate, share ideas and discuss.
6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT /
3:00pm – 4:30pm PDT
Oct. 20th
This session invites administrators from a range of degree programs to discuss a recent call from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards to create a four-year professional degree. What will be the impact on educational quality, on the protection of the health, safety, and welfare, of the public, or on the career prospects of graduates? A question and response period involving the audience will follow initial presentations from the speakers.
Moderator | Kwesi Daniels | Lynne Dearborn | Mark Gardner |
Donna Paley | Dan Pitera | Stephen Schreiber |
October 30, 2020
Assessment in Architectural Education Workshop – Separate Registration Required
3:00pm – 6:00pm EDT /
12:00pm – 3:00pm PDT
Oct. 30th
Separate registration is required for this workshop. You can find additional information and workshop registration HERE.
11:00am – 12:00pm EST /
8:00am – 9:00am PST
Nov. 5th
Keynote: MARGARET O’MARA
Margaret is a historian of modern America who writes and teaches about the history of the technology industry, American politics, and the connections between the two. She is also a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times. Her most recent book is The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America.
More biographical information and links to selected publications can be found on Margaret’s website, margaretomara.com.
12:00pm – 12:30pm EST /
9:00am – 9:30am PST
Nov. 5th
Chat Lounge
12:30pm – 1:30pm EST /
9:30am – 10:30am PST
Nov. 5th
Becoming an Administrator: PATHS TO SUCCESS
In partnership with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).
This session will unpack the career development experiences of ACSA program administrators from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. These academic leaders will reflect their paths through the profession and academia and what they see as opportunities to build on and what needs changing for future administrators.
Moderator: | Robert Easter | Hazel Edwards | Carla Jackson Bell | Rodner Wright |
1:30pm – 2:00pm EST /
10:30am – 11:00am PST
Nov. 5th
Chat Lounge
2:00pm – 3:00pm EST /
11:00am – 12:00pm PST
Nov. 5th
What the future needs: GENERATIONALLY DIVERSE VOICES OF LEADERSHIP
This session highlights four leaders who serve as presidents of their organizations (AIA, AIAS, NOMA, and NOMAS) in the Seattle architecture community. Come hear their thoughts about what challenges and opportunities they see in their roles, how they understand the needs of their constituents, and their plans for the future. By convening this set of student and professional leaders of architectural groups from the same region, this session will show how synergies can be fostered to benefit members of these groups while also advancing a complimentary mentoring and learning model.
Moderator: | Meredith Everist
| Leon Holloway
| Kenneth Nti
| William Zhou |
3:00pm – 4:30pm EST /
12:00pm – 12:30pm PST
Nov. 5th
Chat Lounge
3:30pm – 4:30pm EST /
12:30pm – 5:30pm PST
Nov. 5th
Effective Exchange: URBAN DESIGN PEDAGOGY WITH PARTNERS
Many schools have urban design degree programs, certificates, and courses, and many have longstanding partnerships outside the academy. Come hear from current and former administrators in such programs. How efficacious are our curricular goals and pedagogical practices for embracing the future and taking advantage of the opportunities it presents? How can we measure our effectiveness and retool our methods to better target outcomes? What new possibilities exist to bring greater resources to our efforts? Can we challenge academic norms of scholarship and financial support to increase our effectiveness as doers and makers?
Moderator: | Dean J. Almy III
| Mona El Khafif | John Folan | Patricia L. Heyda |
4:30pm – 5:00pm EST /
1:30pm – 2:00pm PST
Nov. 5th
Chat Lounge
5:00pm – 6:30pm EST /
2:00pm – 3:30pm PST
Nov. 5th
Structured Networking: WHATS HAPPENING TODAY
Join this Networking Session to chat with fellow administrators. The conference organizing committee will kick-off with an overview of the conference and pose topics for three breakout room discussions on urgent and ongoing issues facing schools right now.
Federal Mandates
Guest: Kara Kempski, Director of Federal Relations, The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Schools are feeling the impact of recent Executive Orders and policies. Discuss how we can respond to federal actions on student visas, prohibited training on race, gender, and equity, and design standards for federal architecture.
Extended Impact of Pandemic
Discuss the extended impact of the global pandemic on higher education, including study abroad programs, facilities and infrastructure, design/build, and community partnerships.,.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Compare notes and share stories about how efforts for a more equitable academy and profession are unfolding, from defunding campus police, to pledges against prison design, and student demands for change.
