NAAB Faculty Resumes, 2013 - Tulane School of Architecture

Scott Ruff, AIA Assoc.
Associate Professor of Architecture
Courses Taught (F2011, S2012, F2012, S2013)
DSGN 1100 Design Studio I
AVSM 1100 Visual Media I
DSGN 2200 Design Studio IV
DSGN 5110/ 6110 Thesis Research
DSGN 5200 / 6020 Thesis Architecture Studio
AHST 6780 Identity in Architecture
APFC 6860 Guardians of the Flame – Design Build Seminar
APFC 6890 Service Learning
Educational Credentials:
Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University, 1992
Master of Architecture II, Theory and Criticism, Cornell University, 1995
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer, Cornell University, 1994-1995
Lecturer, Adjunct, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996-1997
Assistant Professor, Hampton University, 1997-2000
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, 2000-2009
Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2009 to present
Professional Experience:
Intern, Architectural Technician, Foit-Albert Associates, Buffalo New York, 1995-1997
Principal, Ruff Works Studio, New Orleans, 2003- present
Licenses/Registration:
N/A
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
Mapping The African-American Urban Enclave: Ghetto in Translation, ACSA Proceedings, 2013
Spatial (w)Rapping in Global Visual Cultures: An Anthology, Ed. by Zoya Kocur, Blackwell Publishing,
2011
Installations by Architects by Ronit Eisenbachand Dr. Sarah Bonnemaison, Princeton Arch. Press, 2009
Signifyin': African -American Language to Landscape – in Thresholds 36: Difference, MIT Press, 2009
Pollock Matters- Stars Magazine, Syracuse Post Standard, 2008
Dresser Trunk Project - in Lunch: Volume 3 Territory, Carter Printing 2008
Professional Memberships:
The American Institute of Architects, The National Organization of Minority Architects