{"id":86141,"date":"2019-04-22T09:11:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T13:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=86141"},"modified":"2019-04-22T09:11:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T13:11:29","slug":"introducing-harvard-design-schools-new-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/introducing-harvard-design-schools-new-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Harvard design school\u2019s new dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86142\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Whiting named the next dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Photo courtesy Harvard University\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sarah.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sarah Whiting named the next dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). <br \/><em>Photo courtesy Harvard University<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sarah Whiting, a leading scholar, educator, and architect widely respected for her commitment to integrating design theory and practice, has been named dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsd.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard Graduate School of Design<\/a> (GSD).<\/p>\n<p>A Harvard GSD faculty member early in her career, Whiting has served since 2010 as dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/arch.rice.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rice University School of Architecture<\/a> (Houston), where she is the William Ward Watkin Professor of Architecture. She is also co-founder and partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/wwarchitecture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WW Architecture<\/a>, a firm she launched with her partner, Ron Witte, in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Whiting will assume the GSD deanship on July 1, succeeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/harvard-design-school-dean-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohsen Mostafavi<\/a>, who is stepping down after more than 11 years of distinguished service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah Whiting is an outstanding leader with broad interests that range across the design disciplines and beyond,\u201d said Harvard University president Larry Bacow. \u201cShe has a keen understanding of the intellectual dimensions of design and its distinctive power to shape the world of ideas. And she has an equally keen understanding of design as a force for shaping the communities we inhabit and for engaging with some of contemporary society\u2019s hardest challenges. I have been deeply impressed by her during the course of the search, and I greatly look forward to welcoming her back to Harvard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whiting\u2019s interests are broadly interdisciplinary, with the built environment at their core. An expert in architectural theory and urbanism, she has particular interest in architecture\u2019s relationship with politics, economics, and society and how the built environment shapes the nature of public life. Her work has been published in leading journals and collections, and she is the founding editor of <em>Point<\/em>, a book series aimed at shaping contemporary discussions in architecture and urbanism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GSD has long been a center of gravity for my thinking and actions, and I am thrilled to be returning,\u201d Whiting said. \u201cIt is altogether tantalizing to look across the school\u2019s three departments, with their individual and collective capacities to shape new horizons within Gund Hall. And it is even more enticing to envision working with the GSD\u2019s remarkable faculty, students, staff, and alumni to help imagine and create new futures for the world, not just at Harvard but beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming dean at Rice, Whiting served on the Princeton architecture faculty as assistant professor from 2005 to 2009. From 1999 to 2005, she was a design critic, assistant professor, and associate professor in the Harvard GSD\u2019s architecture department.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Yale College, Whiting earned her MArch degree from Princeton and her PhD in architectural history, theory, and criticism from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 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