{"id":67605,"date":"2025-08-13T23:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67605\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:17:11","slug":"lawrence-technological-university-appoints-gretchen-wilkins-as-architecture-chair-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67605\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Technological University appoints Gretchen Wilkins as architecture chair | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Gretchen Wilkins. Image courtesy: Lawrence Technological University<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Technological University<\/a> has named Gretchen Wilkins as a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of Architecture. Wilkins joins LTU after serving as Head of Architecture and Interim Dean at Cranbrook Academy of Art<\/a>. Earlier in her career, Wilkins directed RMIT University\u2019s<\/a> Master of Urban Design program across campuses in Melbourne, Barcelona, and Ho Chi Minh City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilkins holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan<\/a> and a PhD from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. A licensed architect, she brings a combination of academic and professional expertise that aligns with LTU\u2019s College of Architecture and Design focus on integrating scholarship with practice.<\/p>\n

Wilkins\u2019 work has involved launching academic programs in Southeast Asia and graduate design studios in Michigan, while her research and creative practice address themes at the intersection of architecture and urbanism, including adaptive reuse, urban agriculture, distributed design, and evolving models for architectural education.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize the strength of her academic and professional contributions and her hiring marks a key moment in the evolution of the Department of Architecture and CoAD as a whole,\u201d said Lilian Crum, Interim Dean of the College of Architecture and Design. \u201cHer leadership arrives at a time when CoAD is actively refining its definition of the academic design practitioner, a faculty profile that aligns with LTU\u2019s aspirations for innovation, relevance, and research growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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