Study Architecture 
ProPEL Ceara O'Leary
Professor of Practice
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
Leadership Committee
The Leadership Committee leads ACSA’s efforts to support the strategic development of architecture programs. The committee identifies and disseminates best practice models of program leadership and administration, and oversees ACSA’s efforts to promote awareness of architecture education.
Leyuan Li
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO
Vivian Lee
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Gilberto Lozada Báez
Vice President
American Institute of Architecture Students
Washington, DC
Kiwana T McClung
Associate Professor
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
Danielle Dent
Senior Director of Membership, Marketing, and Publications
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC
Shelby Doyle
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Edson Cabalfin
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
2024-2025 Leadership Committee
Specific Charge
The Leadership Committee will focus on mental health and well-being for faculty and students, especially related to equity issues. The committee will review data and existing material on student wellbeing (AIAS Learning and Teaching Culture, NOMA/NCARB Baseline on Belonging, AIA/ACSA Equity in Architectural Education) and seek examples of programs and resources that begin to address student needs. The committee will focus new research efforts on mental health and well-being for faculty members (mostly excluded from these reports), including lecturers, non-tenure track/tenure-track/tenured faculty and administrators, with some emphasis on service loads, an under-examined part of faculty life. Outcomes will advocate for individual or collective faculty needs, and more equitable and healthy work environments.
