Faculty Here’s what our students say about their faculty members’ dedication, enthusiasm
Leading Urban Architecture Its Los Angeles location gives USC a competitive edge in attracting faculty who combine professional expertise with innovative research.
and knowledge: “The quality of the faculty has been beyond my expectations,” says Rayah Al-Sabah, a recent graduate from Kuwait. Recent graduate Alex Whitehead draws inspiration from his instructors. “The professors are really excited about teaching and are really passionate about architecture,” he says. “They care a lot about the students.”
The majority of our faculty are active members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), 17 are distinguished Fellows of AIA (FAIA), three belong to the Royal Institute of British Architects and five to the American Society of Landscape Architects. Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Chris Martin, FAIA, says: “The outstanding quality of the school’s faculty coupled with the opportunity of being located in Los Angeles, one of the
most important international cities in the world today, creates the ideal architectural education experience.”
Nathan Thome, a recent graduate, appreciates the encouragement and the insights. “The school and the instructors really encourage freedom of ideas,” says
The school employs 28 full-time faculty members who specialize in design, history and technology. They teach in their specialty area and each has a unique profile of creative work and/or scholarly research.
Nathan, who is from Hollister, California. “You are not taught just how to build a building but how to design a building.”
The numerous outstanding practitioners in the Southern California region make it possible for us to recruit top professionals to teach in parttime positions. These part-time faculty members bring topical and important new projects into the classroom.
FACULTY
At the USC School of Architecture, students work with an internationally distinguished faculty of practicing professionals and scholarly researchers. Most are active in their professional practices or head important research programs.
Our Faculty PROFESSORS
Neil Leach
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE
Victoria Behner, Ph.D.
Scott Mitchell
Kim Coleman
Mia Lehrer, ASLA
PROFESSORS
Vinayak Bharne
Brendan Muha
Diane Ghirardo, Ph.D.
Jennifer Siegal
Gerdo Aquino, ASLA
Justin Brechtel
Stephan Mundwiler
Kara Bartelt
Laurel Broughton
Aaron Neubert
VISITING ASSISTANT
Jeff Guh, Ph.D.
Daniel Carper
Eric Nulman
PROFESSOR
Michael Hricak, FAIA
Mina Chow, AIA
Saran Oki
Victor Regnier, FAIA
Kristine Mun, Ph.D.
Michael Lehrer, FAIA
Mario Cipresso, AIA
Simon Pastucha
Goetz Schierle,
Troy Peters
Andrew Liang
Victoria Coaloa
Jay Platt
Paul R. Tang
Christophe Cornubert
Linda Samuels
Qingyun Ma, AIA John V. Mutlow, FAIA, RIBA
Ph.D., FAIA Marc Schiler, FASES, LC
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
Warren Techentin
John Dutton, AIA
Marcos Sánchez
James Steele, Ph.D
IN ARCHITECTURE
Olivier Touraine
Dora Epstein Jones, Ph.D.
Colin Sieburgh
John Wilson, Ph.D.
Stefano de Martino
Ed Woll, Ph.D., AIA
Liz Falletta
Peter Simmonds, Ph.D.
Eui-Sung Yi
Hunter Fleetwood
Carrie Smith
Miller Fong
Joe Sturges
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
Charles A. Lagreco, AIA
PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT
John Frane
Brian Tichenor
Graeme Morland,
Alice Kimm, FAIA
PROFESSORS
Emily Gabel-Luddy
Scott Uriu
Lee Olvera
Valery Augustin
Veronica Galen
Christopher Warren
Faculty members include (top to bottom):
Amy Murphy
Trudi Sandmeier
Tigran Ayrapetyan
Mark Gangi, AIA
Sandra Yum
David C. Martin, FAIA; Scott Johnson, FAIA;
Douglas Noble,
Selwyn Ting, AIA
Michael Chung
Todd Gish, Ph.D.
Janek Dombrowa
Sophia Gruzdys
EMERITUS PROFESSORS
AIA, RIBA
Ph.D., FAIA
and Michael Lehrer, FAIA.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
Anthony Guida
Jerry Hastings, ASLA
Frank Dimster, FAIA
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE
Eric Haas
Ying-Yung Hung, ASLA
Robert S. Harris, FAIA
Rachel Berney, Ph.D.
Lauren Matchison
Christoph Kapeller, AIA, ZT
John Kaliski, AIA
Ralph L. Knowles
Erik Mar
Jeffrey Kim
Roger Sherwood
Gail Peter Borden, AIA
Paul Danna, AIA Michael Dobry Steven Ehrlich, FAIA, RIBA Michael Giovannini
Kenneth Breisch, Ph.D.
ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
Anna Neimark
Youngmin Kim
Anders Carlson, Ph.D.
Douglas A. Campbell, ASLA
Alexander Robinson
Liz Lagedrost
AC MARTIN VISITING PROFESSOR
David Gerber, D.Des.
Regula F. Campbell, AIA
Christine Lampert, AIA, NCARB
IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Alvin Huang
Mark Cigolle
SENIOR LECTURERS
Cara Lee
Oliver Schulze
Victor Jones
Peyton Hall, FAIA
Michael Arden
John Lesak
Karen Kensek
David C. Martin, FAIA
Rick Corsini
Edward Lifson
JON ADAMS JERDE, FAIA
Greg Otto
Murray Milne
Susanna Seierup
Yuyang Liu
VISITING DESIGN PROFESSOR IN
Doris Sung
Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA
Travis Longcore, Ph.D.
ARCHITECTURE Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA
David Gray, AIA Rob Ley Gary Paige Jose Luis Palacios, AIA
Robert Perry
LECTURERS
Rebecca Lowry
VISITING PROFESSORS
James Tyler, FAIA
Ric Abramson
Tom Marble
Manuel DeLanda, Ph.D.
Dmitry Vergun
Carlo Aiello
Esther Margulies
NANCY M. AND EDWARD D. FOX
Dana Bauer
Leonard Marvin
URBAN DESIGN CRITIC
Scott Johnson, FAIA
VISITING CRITICS
Dan Meis, FAIA
Roland Snooks Cory Ticktin, AIA Roland Wahlroos-Ritter
U S C S C H O OL OF ARCHITECTURE