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UT Austin School of Architecture Dean Michelle Addington announces departure at the end of the 2022-23 academic year

2022-09-22T17:30:00-04:00

University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture (UTSOA) Dean Michelle Addington has announced that she will be stepping away from the position at the end of the academic year following a successful tenure at the helm of one of America’s leading public design colleges.

Addington has served in the role since 2017 and is considered an expert in the field of sustainability studies, holding previous academic appointments at Yale and the Harvard GSD before joining UTSOA. Her efforts to spearhead a range of initiatives resulted in the successful hiring/mentoring of award-winning professors, enhanced collaboration between academia and professional practice, the expansion of the school’s Race and Gender in the Built Environment Initiative, and an increased research output among faculty members.

The school mentions that she was instrumental in leading, What Starts Here, a capital campaign that raised more than $20 million, and has been responsible for the procurement of some $17 million...

Michelle Addington to serve as the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin

2017-02-27T12:39:00-05:00

The University of Texas at Austin has announced that Michelle Addington will serve as the next dean of the School of Architecture. Arriving from Yale School of Architecture, where she held the title of the Hines Professor of Sustainable Design, Addington will start her deanship on July 1, holding the Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture.

Addington was educated as both an engineer and an architect and has previously taught at Harvard University. Additionally, she worked previously at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as well as an engineer and manager at DuPont. She replaces Elizabeth Danze, who served as interim dean since July 2016.

“Michelle is an intellectual visionary and understands the critical and evolving role of design, architecture and planning. The interdisciplinary perspective she brings from academia and her professional career is unique,” states Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and provost, in the press announcement. “I am thrilled to have her join us and ...