Women Deans of Architecture
- Mary Anne Akers, School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University (2010)
- Patricia Belton Oliver, College of Architecture, University of Houston (2010)
- Frances Bronet, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon (2005)
- Rosalyn Y. Carter, College for Design and Social Inquiry, Florida Atlantic University (1993)
- Nancy Cornwell, College of Arts and Architecture, Montana State University (2012)
- Brenda Case Scheer, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah (2002)
- Janice A. Cervelli, College of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona (2008)
- Candis Claiborn, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University (2003)
- Judith DiMaio, School of Architecture & Design, New York Institute of Technology (2001)
- Geraldine Forbes Isais, School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico (2010)
- Marilyn Jordan Taylor, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania (2008)
- Barbara Klinkhammer, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Philadelphia University (2012)
- Vini Nathan, College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, Auburn University (2011)
- Adèle Naudé Santos, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
- Karen Nelson, School of Architecture, Boston Architectural College (2012)*
- Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, School of Architecture, University of Miami (1995)
- Monica Ponce de Leon, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan (2008)
- Ikhlas Sabouni, School of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University (1998)
- Kim Tanzer, School of Architecture, University of Virginia (2009)
- Christine O. Theodoropoulos, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, California Polytechnic State University (2012)
- Sarah Whiting, School of Architecture, Rice University (2010)
- Jennifer Wolch, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley (2009)
Date in parenthesis notates starting year of deanship.
*Denotes “Head” of a school/college of architecture, rather than “Dean.”
Women Directors of Architecture
- Robin Abrams, School of Architecture, North Carolina State University*
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Annmarie Adams, School of Architecture, McGill University
- Ulrike Altenmuller-Lewis, Architecture Program, Drexel University
- Ila Berman, Architecture Program, California College of the Arts
- Sherry Bryan, Architecture Program, University of Memphis
- Renée Cheng, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota*
- Cindy Coleman, Undergraduate Programs in Architecture and Interior Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Kathryn Dean, Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, Washington University in St. Louis
- Jori R. Erdman, School of Architecture, Louisiana State University
- Deirdre Hardy, School of Architecture, Florida Atlantic University
- Marie Howland, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation Ph.D. Program, University of Maryland
- Spencer Leineweber, School of Architecture Graduate Programs, University of Hawaii—Manoa
- Kathleen Lugosch, Architecture + Design Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts—Amherst
- Lori Ryker, Artemis Institute
- Marja (Magi) S. Sarvimaeki, School of Architecture Undergraduate Programs, University of Hawaii—Manoa
- Mimi Sullivan, School of Architecture, Academy of Art University
*Denotes “Head” of an architecture department or program, rather than “Director.”
Women Chairs of Architecture
- Beth Blostein, Architecture Section, Ohio State University*
- Ann Borst, Undergraduate Architecture, Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Jeanine Centuori, Undergraduate Program, School of Architecture (Los Angeles), Woodbury University
- Ruth Connell, Department of Architecture, Morgan State University
- Shauna Corey, Architecture and Interior Design Program, University of Idaho
- Karen Fairbanks, Department of Architecture, Barnard College
- Teresa Godiers, Department of Architectural Technology, SUNY Onondaga Community College
- Catherine Herbst, Undergraduate Program, School of Architecture (San Diego) Woodbury University
- Erika Hinrichs, Undergraduate Architecture, Pratt Institute
- Kyna Leski, Department of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design*
- Sarah Lorenzen, Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Jane Murphy, Undergraduate Architecture Section, Ohio State University
- Diane Nagelkirk, Architecture and Facility Managemnt, Ferris State University
- Gayle Nicoll, Department of Architecture, University of Texas—San Antonio
- Betsy Roettger, Undergraduate Architecture, University of Virginia
- Kate Schwennsen, School of Architecture, Clemson University
- Judith Sheine, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon
- Joy D. Swallow, Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design, University of Missouri—Kansas City
- Ruth Brent Tofle, Department of Architectural Studies, University of Missouri
- Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, School of Architecture Graduate Program, Woodbury University
- Janet White, Department of Architecture Graduate Program, University of Nevada—Las Vegas
- Kate Wingert-Playdon, Department of Architecture, Temple University
- Heather Woofter, Graduate Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis
*Denotes “Head” of an architecture department, rather than “Chair.”
Women Leaders in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
- Maria Bellalta, Head, School of Landscape Architecture, Boston Architectural College
- Elisabeth “Liska” (Clemence) Chan, Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
- Dorothée Imbert, Chair, Master of Landscape Architecture Program, Washington University in St. Louis
- Jolie B. Kaytes, Coordinator, Landscape Architecture Program, Washington State University
- Ann Komara, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado—Boulder
- Laura Lawson, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
- Lauri Macmillan Johnson, Director, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Arizona
- Lee-Anne S. Millburn, Chair Department of Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Arizona
- Kristine Miller, Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
- Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Director, Master of Environmental Design Studies, Yale University
- Claudia Goetz Phillips, Director, Landscape Architecture Program, Philadelphia University
- Jody Rosenblatt-Naderi, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Ball State University
- Joann Silverstein, Director, Program in Environmental Design, University of Colorado—Boulder
- Nancy A. Takahashi, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia
- Kim Wilson, Director, Landscape Architecture and Community and Regional Planning Program, University of Nebraska—Lincoln
Women Leaders in Urban Design and Planning
- Gulsah Akar, Chair, Master’s Program, City and Regional Planning Section, Ohio State University
- Renee Y. Chow, Co-Chair, Master of Urban Design Program, University of California—Berkeley
- Elizabeth Deakin, Co-Chair, Master of Urban Design Program, University of California—Berkeley
- Nan Ellin, Chair, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah
- Rachel Garshick Kleit, Head, City and Regional Planning Section, Ohio State University
- Maria Manta Conroy, Chair, Graduate Studies, City and Regional Planning Section, Ohio State University
- Hazel Edwards, Director, Regional and City Planning, Catholic University
- Elizabeth McDonald, Co-Chair, Master of Urban Design Program, University of California—Berkeley
- Emily Moss, Director, Urban Design Program, Parsons the New School for Design
- Stacey Swearingen White, Chair, Urban Planning, University of Kansas
- Kim Wilson, Director, Landscape Architecture and Community and Regional Planning Program, University of Nebraska—Lincoln
Historical Women Leaders in Architecture Education
- Stanislawa Sandecka (Siasia) Nowicki, University of Pennsylvania, first female full Professor of Architecture in the United States (1963)
- Rosaria Piomelli, City College of New York, first woman dean of architecture (1980)
- Sharon Sutton, University of Michigan, first African-American female full Professor of Architecture (1994)
Current as of February 2013.
