Two Women Scholars Honored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture has announced the winners of its 2022 Architectural Education Awards, Five scholars have been selected for the Distinguished Professor Award. The award recognizes individuals that have had a positive, stimulating, and nurturing influence upon students, and has produced a body of work that advances understanding of architecture and/or architectural education. Two of the five winners are women.

Ethel Goodstein-Murphree is an architectural historian and professor of architecture and associate dean in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the Univerity of Arkansas. Professor Goodstein-Murphree, who has taught in the Fay Jones School since 1992, is a specialist in American architectural and cultural history. Her research focuses on mid-century modernism, the controversies surrounding its preservation, and the importance of placing women in its narrative. Dr. Goodstein-Murphree received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the City College of New York. She holds a master’s degree in the history of architecture from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in the history of architecture from the University of Michigan.

Mitra Kanaani has been a professor of design, research and tectonics with 29 years of experience in academia. Her focus in teaching design and research revolves around performative/performance-based architecture. She is the director of the Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure program at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego. She also managines a private archtectural firm in San Diego. Dr. Kanaani holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and musicology and a master’s dgree in urban planning from the University of Teheran in Iran. She earned a master of architecture degree at the University of New Mexico and a doctorate in architecture from the University of Hawai’i.