Schedule

This year’s virtual administrators conference will have two core days — October 14 & 15 — 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.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Administrators Conference

11:00am – 12:30pm EDT /
8:00am – 9:30am PDT

1.5 CEU Learning Unit

Opening Plenary
Meeting the Moment: The Need for a Racial Equity Lens in Architectural Education

Heather Hackman Hackman Consulting Group

Opening Discussion: Prospects for Change in Architecture Education

Moderator: Robert Gonzalez University of New Mexico	Anne Bordeleau University of Waterloo	Malo Hutson University of Virginia
	Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suarez University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Sharon Egretta Sutton Parsons The New School for Design

Discussion Break (30-minutes)

1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT /
10:00am – 11:00am PDT

1 CEU Learning Unit

Prospects for External Relations
The session will focus on administrators working with stakeholders in different ways and for different purposes. This role is not just about getting contributions and jobs for graduates. It’s also about all the people that a school needs to work with every day.

Moderator: Frederick Steiner University of Pennsylvania	Nat Belcher Curtin University	Reed Kroloff Illinois Institute of Technology
	Carla Jackson Bell Tuskegee University	Christine Theodoropoulos California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Discussion Break (30-minutes)

2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT /
11:30am – 12:30pm PDT

1 CEU Learning Unit

Prospects for Relationships within the Institution
The session will focus on how architecture programs fit into the broader university as colleges, schools, and departments.

Moderator Mary Anne Akers Morgan State University	Jason Chandler Florida International University	Sedef Doganer Wentworth Institute of Technology	Igor Marjanovic Rice University

Discussion Break (30-minutes)

4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT /
1:00pm – 2:00pm PDT

1 CEU Learning Unit

Breakout I
Expanding Access to Architectural Education: Working with Community Colleges
Expanding access to architectural education and diversifying the profession are issues critical to our future. Join us for a panel discussion on four year universities working with community college architecture programs. This session will provide an overview on the “who, what, where and why” of community colleges and illustrate how to create successful transfer partnerships. This session is the first in a two-part series on working with community colleges.

Moderator Mark Pearson College of DuPage	Lynne Dearborn University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Robert Gonzalez University of New Mexico
	David Rifkind University of Florida	Michael Ryan Anne Arundel Community College

Breakout II
Considering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Prospects for Future Administrators
Leadership roles are changing in architecture programs for multiple reasons, from calls for increasing equity to shifting funding models for faculty and students. New administrative positions, academic structures, and co-curricular initiatives are creating different pathways into administrative roles. Join ACSA’s Leadership Committee in a panel session and discussion about how a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is shifting the administrative landscape for future administrators.

Moderator Elgin Cleckley University of Virginia	Edson Cabalfin Tulane University	Gabriel Diaz Montemayor University of Arkansas
	Catherine Hamel University of Calgary	Charlton Lewis University of Texas at Austin

Marilys Nepomechie NAAB President / Florida International University	Rebecca O’Neal Dagg NAAB President-Elect / Auburn University	Barbara Sestak NAAB Past President / Portland State University
David Hoffman NAAB Director / LK Architecture, Inc.	Gretchen Frickx NAAB Public Director / DePaul University	Tanya Tamarkin NAAB Executive Director

Moderator Michaele Pride University of New Mexico	Gabriel Diaz Montemayor University of Arkansas	Michelle Rinehart Georgia Institute of Technology	David Theodore McGill University

Moderator Gail Dubrow University of Minnesota	Aaron Betsky Virginia Tech	Erin Moore University of Oregon
	Quilian Riano Pratt Institute	Sarah Whiting Harvard University

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2021 Administrators Conference

PROSPECTS

Schedule

October 14th

October 15th

Schedule

This year’s virtual administrators conference will have two core days — October 14 & 15 — 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.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Friday, October 15, 2021

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Moderator Peter Exley 2021 AIA President / Architecture Is Fun	Renee Cheng University of Washington