Study Architecture 
ProPEL Traci Rider
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Research & Scholarship Committee
The Research & Scholarship Committee leads ACSA’s efforts to support faculty in scholarly endeavors. The committee monitors and assesses ACSA programs involving peer review and recognition, and recommends actions to advocate for support for architectural research and scholarship.
Leena Cho
Associate Professor
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Heather McMann
Chief Executive Officer
Groundwork USA
Yonkers, NY
Ian Caine
Associate Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Timothy Adekunle
Associate Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Eric Wayne Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC
Corey T. Griffin
Associate Dean for Research & Associate Professor of Architecture
Pennsylvania State University
Altoona, PA
2024-2025 Research & Scholarship Committee
Specific Charge
The Research & Scholarship Committee is charged with leading ACSA’s efforts to support faculty in scholarly endeavors; monitoring and assessing peer-review and recognition programs and recommending actions to advocate for architectural scholarship.
In 2024-25, the committee will continue to work on advancing scholarship around climate action and social justice by supporting the Academy for Public Scholarship in the Built Environment with the aim of developing our members’ capacity to disseminate the products of their work. The committee will also focus on developing resources and programming to help faculty with identifying funding sources, relationship-building with grantors, grant-writing, and collaboration.
