Brett Tippey
Program Coordinator & Associate Professor
Kent, OH
Education Committee
The Education Committee leads ACSA鈥檚 efforts to improve the effectiveness of architectural education through best practices. The committee oversees and recommends, as necessary, actions to cultivate and disseminate these best practices.
Virginia Melnyk
Assistant Professor
Ames, IA
Thomas Forget
Associate Director & Associate Professor, Architecture
Charlotte, NC
James Sullivan
Dean
Scranton, PA
Dahlia Nduom
Assistant Professor
Champaign, IL
Jori Erdman
Professor
Harrisonburg, VA
Joshua A. Foster
Adjunct Professor
Long Beach, CA
Kendall A. Nicholson
Senior Director of Research, Equity, and Education
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC
2025-2026 Education Committee
Specific Charge
The Education Committee is charged with leading ACSA鈥檚 efforts to improve the聽effectiveness of architectural education through best practices and overseeing聽programs to cultivate and disseminate these best practices.
In 2025-26, the committee will focus on the expanded ecosystem of architectural聽education by mapping and staging discussions about educational outcomes for four year聽degree programs, understanding that these programs are diverse in their aims and聽scope. Therefore, the goal is not to provide a generic set of educational outcomes but to聽analyze commonalities and differences to begin to focus on opportunities for alignment聽and transparency across these programs. The outcomes should be mapped in relation聽to professional and disciplinary competencies, including but not limited to the NCARB聽competency framework for licensure.
Deliverables will include webinars in the fall and winter, sessions at the Administrators聽Conference and Annual Meeting, and a written report at the end of the year.