October 25-27, 2018 | Quebec City (Quebec) Canada

2018 Administrators Conference

S’ENGAGER DANS LE MONDE – ENGAGING THE WORLD – ENGRANAR EL MUNDO

SCHEDULE

October 25, 2018

Opening Keynote: Anupama Kundoo

October 26, 2018

Keynote: Anna Herringer

October 27, 2018

Optional Tours

Event Schedule

Following is a conference schedule-at-a-glance and is subject to change. Please check back for the most up-to-date schedule and information.

Thursday, October 25th

1:00pm	Optional Tours
1:00pm	Accreditation WORKSHOP – Rebecca O’Neal Dagg, Auburn U. – Bruce Lindsey, Washington U. in St. Louis – Michaele Lea Pride, U. New Mexico – Michael Monti, ACSA With the NAAB Accreditation Review Forum (AR Forum) coming in the summer of 2019, ACSA would like to continue the discussion of accreditation. Join ACSA representatives to the NAAB, AR Forum along with board members in small-group discussions about the existing NAAB conditions and procedures for accreditation. We will use these discussions to work on a systematic review of ways to strengthen and streamline the accreditation process for schools.
4:00pm	PARTNERSHIPS: Student/Faculty Exchange Programs – Jeffrey Johnson, U. of Kentucky – Will Wittig, U. of Detroit Mercy – Kyle Miller, Syracuse U. – Julie Kim, Georgia Tech – Paul Floerke, Ryerson U. What are the conditions for successful student exchange programs? How do we insure the appropriate teaching/research involvement of visiting scholars?
	INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Recruitment – Bruce Lindsey, Washington U. in St. Louis – Ewan Branda, Woodbury U. – Ken Lambla, UNCC – Anthony Schuman, NJIT This session will draw on the expertise of a range of schools who actively recruit students from outside North America. Speakers will address recruitment at the undergraduate and graduate level, providing advice on optimizing your efforts, avoiding pitfalls, and working in partnership with your university and with foreign schools.
	The Changing Face of Architectural Education: How should we talk about pedagogy (and where)? – Francis E. Lyn, Florida Atlantic U. – Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community C. – Alexis Gregory, Mississippi State U. – Brigid Callaghan, AIAS – Lynne Dearborn, U. of Illinois, U-C – Ikhlas Sabouni, Prairie View A&M – Peter Laurence, Clemson U. Architectural Education is at a crossroads. Ever evolving technologies, social and cultural constructs, and climate conditions are but a few of the challenges that face the discipline. As Architectural educators, how do we address the forthcoming changes within and through our pedagogies? This interactive session will be divided into three 15-20 minute discussions of past, present and projected future best practices, followed by a focused discussion that seeks to identify the kinds of ACSA programs that might be valuable for graduate students, adjunct, junior, and senior faculty. Participants are requested to reflect on these questions / conditions prior to arrival at the conference, so that we may have a robust conversation that will assist the Education Committee in establishing specific future projects and programs.
6:30pm	Opening Keynote: Anupama Kundoo
	Reception

Friday, October 26th

9:00am	ACCESSING the Quality of Architecture Research & Scholarship – Hazem Rashed-Ali, U. of Texas, San Antonio – Marc Neveu, Arizona State U. – Marci Uihlein, U. of Illinois, U-C – Kentaro Tsubaki, Tulane U. – Nadia Anderson, UNCC – Anne-Catrin Schultz, Wentworth IT – Corey Griffin, Pennsylvania State U. – Kelly Bair, U. of Illinois at Chicago What are the institutional measures of quality in research, as judged both within and outside the discipline? What are the ways in which architecture schools measure different research outputs?
	PARTNERSHIPS: International Internships – Anne Bordeleau, U. of Waterloo – John Casbarian, Rice U. – Glen Leroy, Boston Architectural C. – Edward Mitchell, U. of Cincinnati – Diogo Burnay, Dalhousie U. In placing students in work experiences internationally, what are the goals, challenges, rewards and conditions for success?
	INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISING – Martin Bressani, McGill U. – Manuel Blanco, U. Politécnica de Madrid – Ming Fung, SCI Arc – Ila Berman, UVA This session focuses on the success stories, best practices, and challenges in international fundraising.
11:00am	AROUND THE WORLD: Research Metrics – Christoph Lindner, U. of Oregon – Émilie Pinard, Laurentian U. – Peter Russell, Delft U. of Technology – Robert Kirkbride, Parsons How is architectural research evolving in response to the increasingly globalized conditions of contemporary design? What methods and competencies are needed to conduct research across geographic and cultural boundaries? Engaging these questions, this panel will debate ways of planning, anticipating, and measuring research and scholarly output in an era of transnational knowledge production.
	PARTNERSHIPS: Indigenization (a CCUSA invitation) – David T. Fortin, Laurentian U. – Jill L. Stoner, Carleton U. – Chris Cornelius, UWM – Allan Teramura, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada – Wanda Dalla Costa, Arizona State U. – John Bass, U. of British Columbia This session will explore research and partnerships with indigenous communities. It will focus more intensely on offering a critical reflection of the ways in which Universities and other Canadian institutions respond to the call for indigenization/de-colonization.
	NEW PROGRAMS WORKSHOP – Sharon Matthews, Wentworth IT – Dennis Andrejko, Rochester IT – Sanjive Vaidya, New York City Tech. – Susan Kliman, U.DC – Keelan Kaiser, California Baptist U. – Nathaniel Belcher, Penn State U. – James Doerfler, Jefferson U. An opportunity to share experiences developing new degree programs. There will be separate discussion groups for schools organizing their Plan for Accreditation; for schools in candidacy preparing for visits for Initial Accreditation; and for schools where there are currently NAAB-accredited programs and they are adding a second degree (B Arch, M Arch, or D Arch)
12:30pm	ACSA Lunch
2:00pm	PARTNERSHIPS: Research Collaborations – Geraldine Forbes Isais, U. of New Mexico – Geneviève Vachon, Laval U. – Laura Harjo, U. of New Mexico – Jose Gamez, UNCC – Sanjive Vaidya, New York City Tech. What are the challenges of international / intercultural research, and in that context what constitutes meaningful and useful results?
	STUDY ABROAD: Latin America – Fernando L. Lara, U. of Texas at Austin – Rodolfo Barragan, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – Stephen White, Roger Williams U. – Juan Pablo Aschner Rosselli, U. de los Andes This session is part of a series focusing on study abroad in areas beyond Europe. Covering details such as student/faculty visas to broader concerns such as intercultural experiences and expectations, the session will also give attendees opportunities for questions and discussion. And, there will be sources of information and connections for planning travel in the area through Education USA.
	INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Helping them Succeed – Ila Berman, U. of Virginia – Rashida Ng, Temple U. – Ronald Kellett, U. British Columbia – Karen Nelson, BAC – Iñaki Alday, Tulane U. This session looks at the experience of international students coming to the United States and Canada. Speakers will focus on social, financial, and educational supports, and how faculty and administrators can help students succeed and enhance the culture of the entire architecture program. The session will also address “study within,” or the importance of providing varied cultural experiences to international students as well as domestic students not studying abroad.
4:00pm	AROUND THE WORLD: ACSA Sibling Organizations – Marilys R. Nepomechie, International Union of Architects – Ilaria Valente, European Association for Architectural Education – Chris Knapp, Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia – Marcos Mazari Hiriart, La Asociación de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Arquitectura – Jesus Rodriguez Zurita, Unión de Escuelas y Facultades de Arquitectura de Latinoamérica In this session, representative of ACSA’s sibling organizations – AASA (Australia and Asia), EAAE (Europe), ASINEA (Mexico), and UDEFAL (South America) – will discuss common challenges they and their member schools face in advocating for architectural education in their respective regions. Opportunities for potential collaboration will be also explored, such as mutual promotion of events and publications, participation in mutually beneficial projects, facilitating joint projects by member schools, etc.
	STUDY ABROAD: South and Southeast Asia – Gretchen Wilkins, Cranbrook – Mira Locher, U. of Utah – Anna Heringer, Studio Anna Heringer – Taisto Mäkelä, U. of Colorado Denver – Eleni Glekas, Boston Architectural C. This session is part of a series focusing on study abroad in areas beyond Europe. Covering details such as student/faculty visas to broader concerns such as intercultural experiences and expectations, the session will also give attendees opportunities for questions and discussion. And, there will be sources of information and connections for planning travel in the area through Education USA.
	PARTNERSHIPS: Dual Degrees – Christopher Jarrett, UNCC – Heather Woofter, Washington U. in St. L. – Daniel Friedman, U. of Hawaii – Christine Theodoropoulos, Cal Poly SLO – David Mohney, Kean U. Schools of architecture around the world may wish to deepen their international links in order to offer their students meaningful global learning environments and experiences. International dual and/or joint degrees and cooperative partnerships may appear as a thoughtful way to address nuanced openness to the world : what are the challenges and rewards of such collaborative opportunities?
6:30pm	Keynote: Anna Heringer
	Reception

Saturday, October 27th

9:00am	STUDY ABROAD: Africa – André Casault, Laval U. – John Ellis, Wentworth I. of Technology – Naby Kane, CUAD-Senegal – Louis Piccon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées-Strasbourg – Jonathan Kline, Carnegie Mellon U. The session will feature short presentations of successful collaborations of North American schools (and others) with partners in Africa. What are the goals of our collaborations? Why and how future architects should undertake such workshops with Africa? How do we choose our destinations? Who are our partners in Africa. What are we, on both sides, learning? The session will also cover experiences with local schools, interactions among students, as well as the social and cultural challenges facing these encounters. The presentations of the panelists will be followed by a question and answer period.
	AROUND THE WORLD: International Accreditation – Sharon Matthews, Wentworth IT – Harry Falconer, NCARB – David Hinson, Auburn U. – Tomoaki Tanaka, Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education & Meiji University – Junsuk Lee, Myongji U. This session will address accreditation issues in an international context, with speakers from multiple international agencies around the world. Participants can expect interactive discussions of the implications for students, practitioners, and schools of a world where mobility is increasing, reciprocity is a desired, and credentialing has become increasingly complex.
	PARTNERSHIPS: North American Cross-Border Collaborations – Rafael Longoria, U. of Houston – Marcos Mazari Hiriart, U. Nacional Autónoma de México – Mary C. Hardin, U. of Arizona – Monique Généreux, U. Laval Representatives of US, Canadian and Mexican schools will present examples of successful cross-border collaborations and the challenges they faced along the way. Opportunities for joint projects and their potential benefits will be discussed, together with the role that respective associations (ACSA, CCUSA and ASINEA) could play in fostering greater interaction among North American schools in the current political climate.
11:00am	STUDY ABROAD: Dos & Don’ts – John Brown, U. of Calgary – Kate Schwennsen, Clemson U. – Marc Swackhamer, U. of Minnesota – David Hill, North Carolina State U. – Stephen White, Roger Williams U. – Marwan Ghandour, Louisiana State U. Most schools offer study abroad programs, but use a variety of ways to deliver them. Speakers in this session will present a range of models for addressing the myriad issues such as local partnerships, facilities, risk management, and covering costs.
	AROUND THE WORLD: Global ACSA – Barbara Klinkhammer, Jefferson U. – Michael Jemtrud, McGill U. – Cathrine Veikos, CCA – Ahmed K. Ali, Texas A&M U. – Mark Mistur, Kent State U. – Anne Bordeleau, U. of Waterloo – June Williamson, CCNY – Michael Monti, ACSA This interactive session will engage the audience with the question, what are the potential benefits to schools of expanding ACSA’s international presence? Following a brief presentation of the 2018 International Engagement Survey conducted by the ACSA, the opening panel will discuss challenges and opportunities reflected in the four threads of the conference: partnerships, study abroad, international students and around the world. The small group topics will include: (1) response to the Value Statement of International Engagement drafted by the Leadership Committee; (2) how can ACSA support membership schools regarding (a) study abroad, (b) faculty/student exchange programs, (c) research and scholarship collaborations, and (d) partnerships with related academic and professional societies.
2:00pm	Optional Tours

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