NAAB Architecture Program Report (APR) 2013 - Tulane School of ...

Tulane UniversityArchitecture Program ReportSeptember 2013DiversitySince 2008, the Tulane School of Architecture has seen a demographic shift in faculty composition.These data address full-time and professor of practice faculty only, with additional diversity andexcellence noted among the adjunct faculty where many highly qualified women and men have beenappointed within those ranks.Total number of full-time faculty members* 19 * tenured or tenure-trackNew tenured women (1 full professor, 1 associate) 2Total women (3 assistant, 3 associate, 1 full, 2 POP) 9African-Americans (1 ten., 1 ten-track, 1 vis. assist.) 3Asian-Americans (assist. professors, tenure track) 2International faculty (1 full, 2 assistant professors) 3Number of Professors of Practice hired* or promoted 5Women 2Men (*1 left in 2011) 4Women in school leadership positions 3(associate deans, assistant dean, program director)African-Americans in leadership positions 1(associate dean)Other men in school leadership positions 4(dean and program directors)During the Dean’s interview lecture in February 2008, he asserted that there is a correlation betweenincreased diversity and increased excellence in an academic institution. This has certainly taken holdat Tulane. There few other Schools of Architecture in the nation that can point to this level of successand our students, the community, and the School’s national reputation all benefit as a result of thisdramatic shift in a relatively short period of time.55