Administration

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College Level Administrators

Douglas C. Allen, Professor and Interim Dean
Doug Allen joined the Architecture Program as an Assistant Professor in 1977, promoted to Associate Professor in 1982 and Professor in 1989. He was appointed as Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in July 2002. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University in 1976.

Sabir Khan, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Sabir Khan joined the Architecture Program in 1995 as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001 and again to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Creative Activity in July 2002. Sabir received a Master of Architecture from Rice University in 1987.

Academic Program Administrators

Architecture Program

Ellen Dunham-Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the Architecture Program
Ellen Dunham-Jones joined the Architecture Program in January 2001. Prior to her appointment at Georgia Tech, she held faculty positions at the University of Virginia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University in 1983.

Christopher Jarrett, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Architecture Program
Chris Jarrett joined the Architecture Program in 1995 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001. In August 2002, he was appointed as the Associate Director of the Architecture Program. Chris received a Master of Science in Architecture and Building Design from Columbia University in 1986.

Building Construction Program

Roozbeh Kangari, PhD, Professor and Director of the Building Construction Program
Roozbeh Kangari joined Georgia Tech in 1982 as an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was appointed as the Director of the Building Construction Program in 1996. He earned his PhD in 1982 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

City & Regional Planning Program

Cheryl Contant, PhD, Professor and Director of the City & Regional Planning Program
Cheryl Contant joined the City & Regional Planning Program as its Director in 1999. She earned her PhD in 1984 from Stanford University.

Industrial Design Program

Abir Mullick, Professor and Director of the Industrial Design Program
Abir Mullick joined the ID Program in August of 2005. He received his Bachelor of Industrial Design degree from the National Institute of Design in India and earned his graduate degrees in industrial design, as well as in city and regional planning, both from The Ohio State University.

Music Department

Frank Clark, PhD, Professor and Director of the Music Department
Frank Clark joined the Music Department as Professor and Director in 2002. He received his PhD in 1990 from the University of Arizona.

PhD Program

Charles Eastman, Professor and Director of the PhD Program
Charles Eastman came to Georgia Tech in 1996 on a shared appointment with the College of Architecture and the College of Computing. He was appointed Director of the PhD Program in 2000. He earned his Masters of Architecture in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley.

Research Center Administrators

Karl N. Brohammer, Director of the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWPL)
Karl Brohammer joined the College of Architecture in May 1999 as the Center for Rehabilitation Technology (CRT) Project Manager for the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory Project. He has since served as the Assistant AWPL Director and was appointed AWPL Director in January 2002. Prior to his current position Brohammer worked in the forest products industry in the Southeast and holds degrees in Forestry and Business from Louisiana Tech University.

Steven P. French, Ph.D., FAICP, Professor and Director of the Center for Geographic Information Systems  
Steve French joined the City and Regional Planning Program in January 1992.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1980.

Anatoliusz "Tolek" Lesniewski, PhD, Senior Academic Professional and Director of the IMAGINE Lab.
Tolek Lesniewski joined the College of Architecture as a Visiting Professor in 1984 and in 1985 became a Research Engineer 2. His interest and work in "new media" led to the creation of the IMAGINE Lab. He earned both his Master and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology.

Catherine L. Ross, Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) and Harry West Professor
Catherine Ross joined the City and Regional Planning Program in 1977.  She earned her Master of Regional Planning Degree and the PhD in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University in 1979.  She completed post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley and was appointed full Professor in 1990.  Prior to her current position, she organized and served as the first Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA).

Stephen Sprigle, Director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
Stephen Sprigle came to Georgia Tech in 2002 as the Director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access. He is an Associate Professor in the Industrial Design Program and in the School of Applied Physiology and also serves as Program Faculty in the inter-disciplinary Bioengineering Program.

 

Administrative Directors

Lucie André, Director of Development
Lucie André joins the College of Architecture staff in order to broaden and deepen its philanthropic base.  Prior to starting her own consulting firm, Lucid Advising, she was for five years Director of Development and External Relations at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory where she built the major gifts program and expanded the Museum’s profile in the community.  In New York, she held leadership fundraising and management roles at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, American Ballet Theatre, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Columbia University.  She earned a BA in English from the University of Virginia.

Norma Denuex, Assistant to the Dean
Norma joined the College of Architecture in August 1992.  Since that time, she has worked in the Office of Administration and Finance where she gained an excellent working knowledge of the college

Robert Gerhart, Director, Information Technology
Robert Gerhart joined the College of Architecture in 1999 and is responsible for leading the strategic direction and implementation of information systems among the college’s thirteen academic programs and research centers. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, Robert worked as a technical professional for 14 years in the business and government sectors.

Linda McBride, Director, Administration and Finance
Linda McBride joined the college in April 2007. She came from the office of the Executive Vice President for Administration & Finance where she worked since 1995 as the Executive Assistant to Mr. Robert Thompson.  Linda holds a BS in Accounting and began her career at Georgia Tech in 1979.

Leslie Sharp, PhD, Director, Special Projects
Leslie Sharp came to Georgia Tech from Middle Tennessee State University where she held a joint appointment with the Center for Historic Preservation and the History Department.  Her Ph.D. is in History of Technology from Georgia Tech and her research intertwines the study of architecture with changing technologies.

 

College Communications

Joanie Chembars, Webmaster
Joanie Chembars joined the College of Architecture in 1995. She maintains the college level webpages and works with some of the units in the college to develop their pages. Joanie received a BS in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech. 

Teri Nagel, Communications Officer
Teri Nagel serves to enhance the reputation of the College of Architecture through media relations, publications, and brand management. Nagel brings to the College corporate public relations and marketing experience, including agency work supporting major clients such as UPS and Shaw. Most recently, she was communications officer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She received a BS in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech. 

Page last edited on February 18, 2008