IAWA Board of Advisors

IAWA Center Executive Committee

Donna Dunay, FAIA
Professor of Architecture, Chair Emerita
Virginia Tech

Elizabeth Keslacy
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Awards Director
Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech

Hunter Pittman
Professor of Architecture, Newsletter Director
Virginia Tech

Sharóne Tomer, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture, Treasurer/Symposia Director
Virginia Tech

Paola Zellner Bassett
Professor of Architecture, Chair
Virginia Tech

Yaoyi Zhou
Assistant Professor of Interior Design, Secretary/Graphics Director
Virginia Tech

IAWA Center Board of Advisors

Zahira Asmal
Director, THE CITY
Capetown, South Africa

Claire Bonney, Ph.D.
Professor of Architectural History
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Switzerland

Rebecca Chestnutt
Chestnutt_Niess Architekten PartGmbB BDA
Berlin, Germany

Solange d’Herbez de la Tour, Honorary FAIA, DFAB, DEPB
President, UIFA
Paris, France

Kristine Fallon, FAIA
Architect
Chicago, USA

Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida
Architect, President UIFA Japon
Tokyo, Japan

Elham Morshedzadeh
Professor of Industrial Design
Virginia Tech

Marie Paget
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech

Althea Peacock
Director/Architect, LEMONpebble Architects and Urban Designers
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Ana María Pinzón
Architect, Arquitectas Colombianas
Bogotá, Colombia

Tanja Poppelreuter, Ph.D.
Lecturer, School of the Built Environment
University of Stalford, UK

Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, FAIA
Dean, Woodbury University
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Ochirpureviin Sarantsatral
Architect/Director, Urkh Co.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Si-Hwa, Bae, Ph.D.
Director of the Architectural Institute
South Korea

Ex-Officio Advisors

Rosemary Blieszner, Ph.D. (2021-Present)
Interim Dean, College of Architecture & Urban Studies
Virginia Tech

C.L. Bohannon, Ph.D. (2020-Present)
Interim Director, College of Architecture & Urban Studies
Virginia Tech

Aaron Purcell, Ph.D. (2007-Present)
IAWA Archivist, Director of Special Collections and University Archives
Virginia Tech

Tyler Walters, Ph.D. (2011-Present)
Dean,University Libraries
Virginia Tech

Emeriti Advisors

Milka Bliznakov, Ph.D. (1927-2010)
IAWA Founder and Professor Emerita of Architecture
Virginia Tech

Prof. Annette Burr, Ph.D.
Librarian (ret.), Virginia Tech

Inge Horton, MCP, Dipl.-Ing.
City Planner (ret.), San Francisco, California

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Hon. FAIA
Dean (ret.)
University of Toronto

Prof. M. Rosaria Piomelli, AIA
Professor of Architecture
College of the City of New York

Dr. Charles Steger, FAIA
President (ret.)
Virginia Tech

Prof. Robert Stephenson
Librarian (ret.), Virginia Tech

Susana Torre, AIA
Architect
New York

Tony Wrenn, Hon. AIA
Archivist (ret.)
American Institute of Architects

Honorary Advisors

Marilyn Casto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech

Jennifer Gunter King
Director
Rose Library at Emory University

Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech

Anna P. Sokolina, Ph.D.
Bliznakov Scholar, Professo of Architecturer

Despina Stratigakos, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture and Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence
University of Buffalo