A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named Directors of Schools at State Universities

Paola Sanguinetti, noted expert in technology, sustainability, and architecture, has been named the new director of The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Dr. Sanguinetti comes to Arizona State from the University of Kansas, where she was a professor of architecture, director of the robotics lab, and former chair of the department of architecture.

Dr. Sanguinetti holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Kansas. She earned a master’s degree in advanced architectural design from Columbia University in New York and a Ph.D. in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

EunSook Kwon is the new chair of the School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was a professor and director of the industrial design program in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston.

Dr. Kwon holds a bachelor’s degree and a master of fine arts degree in industrial design from Seoul National University in Korea. She earned a master’s degree in industrial design and a Ph.D. in arts education from Ohio State University.

Kathleen Vogel has been named the interim director for the School for the Future of Innovation in Society in the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University. She joined the School for the Future of Innovation in Society last fall as the deputy director and a professor. Previously, she was a tenured associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Vogel is a graduate of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry, biology, and Spanish. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton University in New Jersey.

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