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Our Leadership

The AAP leadership team represents the breadth and common interests of our disciplines and community. Together, they commit to advancing scholarship, research, and creative practices that enact needed change in the world by the most rigorous and inclusive means possible.
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Dean

Associate and Assistant Deans

Department Chairs

Center Directors

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    Robert Balder

    Executive Director
    Gensler Family AAP NYC Center

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    Victoria Beard

    Director
    Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities

Dean’s Fellows

Academic Program Directors

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    Nancy Brooks

    Director of Graduate Studies, City and Regional Planning

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    John Carruthers

    Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Science

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    Timur Dogan

    Director of the Master of Architecture program; Interim Director of Graduate Studies, Architecture

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    Nicholas Klein

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Urban and Regional Studies

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    Jesse LeCavalier

    Director of the M.S. in Advanced Urban Design program, Architecture

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    Joanna Malinowska

    Director of Graduate Studies in Creative Visual Arts, Art

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    Nicholas Muellner

    Codirector of the M.F.A. in Image Text and ITI Press, Art

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    Keith Obadike

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Art

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    Linda Shi

    Director of the Master of Regional Planning program, City and Regional Planning

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    Catherine Taylor

    Codirector of the M.F.A. in Image Text and ITI Press, Art

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    Val K. Warke

    Director of the M.S. in Advanced Architectural Design program, Architecture

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    Sasa Zivkovic

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Architecture

Administrative Leaders