2024-05-01T09:45:01-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150291872/uva-professor-ellen-m-bassett-has-been-announced-as-dean-of-georgia-tech-s-college-of-design Josh Niland 2021-12-22T10:58:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/fa717415f8c6a04f05430ab459471fcc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>More movement at the top of the academic landscape this week as <a href="https://archinect.com/GTArchitecture" target="_blank">Georgia Tech</a>&nbsp;has announced <a href="https://archinect.com/uva_sarc" target="_blank">University of Virginia</a>&nbsp;urban and environmental planning professor Ellen M. Bassett as the next John Portman Dean&rsquo;s Chair of the university&rsquo;s College of Design.</p> <p>A former Fulbright Scholar, Bassett has taught at <a href="https://archinect.com/psuarchitecture" target="_blank">Portland State University</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/uva_sarc" target="_blank">UVA</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/10347767/michigan-state-university" target="_blank">Michigan State</a>. At UVA Bassett serves as the Associate Dean for Research in addition to her teaching role and is currently director of the school&rsquo;s Real Estate Design and Development certificate program.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bassett holds degrees from the <a href="https://archinect.com/taubmancollege" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/3115823/university-of-wisconsin-madison" target="_blank">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a>, respectively, and spent over a decade working in East Africa as an urban and environmental planner in addition to working closely with the World Bank and U.S. Department of State in consultant roles.&nbsp;</p> <p>A university statement lauded Bassett for her &ldquo;deep commitment to international engagement, scholarship, and teaching&rdquo; as well as her &ldquo;real-world impact on communi...</p>