Leslie Sharp is the director of special projects for the College of Architecture. In this position, Sharp develops and executes special projects to support and expand the College's mission of education, research, and outreach. She came to Tech from Middle Tennessee State University where she held a joint appointment as an associate professor for the Center for Historic Preservation and History Department. Sharp has a Ph.D. in History of Technology from Georgia Tech. Her doctoral dissertation, "Women Shaping Shelter: Technology, Consumption, and the Twentieth-Century House" intertwines the study of gender, technology, and residential architecture. From 1993 to 1999, Leslie worked at the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources where, she coordinated the National Register of Historic Places and the Georgia Women's History Initiative and chaired the Georgia Centennial Farm Committee. A native of Georgia, Leslie received her Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Georgia and her Master of Arts in history with an emphasis in historic preservation from Middle Tennessee State University. Most recently, she has completed an interpretive essay entitled "Classic Traditions: Tennessee's Academic Architecture" for the 2004 book Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons: 200 Years of the Arts in Tennessee.