Education Committee

The Education Committee leads ACSA’s efforts to improve the effectiveness of architectural education through best practices. The committee oversees and recommends, as necessary, actions to cultivate and disseminate these best practices.

Bailey Brown

Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Jeffery Roberson

Professor
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD

Jori Erdman

Professor
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

Julia Andor

Vice President
American Institute of Architecture Students
Washington, DC

Joshua A. Foster

Adjunct Professor
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA

Danielle Dent

Senior Director of Membership, Marketing, and Publications
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC

Marcelo López-Dinardi

Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Mark Pearson

Professor
College of Dupage
Glen Ellyn, IL

Beth Lundell Garver

Director of Applied Learning in Practice
Boston Architectural College 
Boston, MA

Education Committee

Areas of focus for the committee include:

  • teaching
  • access to higher education (including demographic diversity)
  • student success
  • educational assessment
  • relationship of architectural education to higher education
  • education-to-practice transition
  • curriculum development
  • preprofessional or nonaccredited architectural education
2023-2024 Education Committee

Specific Charge

The Education Committee is charged with leading ACSA’s efforts to
improve the effectiveness of architectural education through best
practices and overseeing programs to cultivate and disseminate these
best practices.

In 2023-24, the committee will continue its work to increase
engagement of and partnerships with community colleges and non- and
pre-professional architecture programs.