Rashida Ng, chair of the Department of Architecture & Environmental Design at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University has been elected as the new president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for the 2019-2020 year. 

Professor Ng, according to a press release announcing her selection, will "work to advance architectural pedagogy by coordinating with the discipline’s accreditation, licensing, and education communities, all of which are vital to student learning and development."

Remarking on the election, Professor Ng stated via an announcement, “The year ahead is an important one—ACSA is launching new initiatives to support research and teaching, as well as retooling its annual meeting to reach more faculty and practitioners in architecture. We will also be supporting schools during the release of the 2020 [NAAB] accreditation standards. We are committed to increasing access and supporting the retention of students from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and gender diversity of schools and, ultimately, the profession.”  

Previously, Ng has served as the ACSA treasurer from 2015 to 2017, and as president-elect from 2017 to 2019. In addition, Ng is a registered architect with RNG Design, and is also the founder of SEAMLab, an architectural non-profit think tank "dedicated research focused on materiality within the built environment."

According to ACSA, Ng is the first African-American woman elected president of the organization.