Deans’ Roundtable 2026

Please join us for AIA New York's annual Deans’ Roundtable, bringing together representatives from more than a dozen schools of architecture for a lively conversation on emerging ideas, challenges, and evolving directions in architectural education.

Speakers:
Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis, AIA, Department Head, Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University
Abimbola O. Asojo, FAIA, Dean and Professor, School of Architecture + Planning, Morgan State University
Ting Chin, AIA, Department Chair, Department of Architecture, New York City College of Technology
Gabrielle Esperdy, Dean, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Hillier College of Architecture and Design
Dongsei Kim, Department Chair, Architecture, School of Architecture & Design, New York Institute of Technology
Barbara Klinkhammer, Dean, College of Architecture + The Built Environment, Thomas Jefferson University
Ferda Kolatan, Director of the M.Arch Program, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Grace La, Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Frank Melendez, Department Chair, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York 
Kyle Miller, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Syracuse University
Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Director, Master of Architecture program, Parsons School of Design | The New School
David Mohney, FAIA, Dean, Michael Graves College, Kean University
Quilian Riano, Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Michael Young, Dean, Associate Professor,Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union

Moderator:
Julia Gamolina, Founder and Editor, Madame Architect