Berke, the first woman dean of the Yale School of Architecture, is the recipient of the American Institute of Architect's 2025 Gold Medal. The prestigious award is presented annually to individuals who have made a lasting influence on the field of architecture.
Scheri Fultineer recently served as dean of the Division of Architecture and Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. She also held the roles of interim associate provost of research and was a department head. Earlier, she taught for more than a decade at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
In July 2016, Berke became the first woman dean of the School of Architecture at Yale. She was appointed to a second five-year term earlier this year. Before being named dean, Berke had been an adjunct professor of architecture at Yale since 1987. She is the founder of the design firm Deborah Berke Partners in New York.
President-elect Williams has been serving as a professor of English and vice president and associate provost for community & inclusion at Boston University. She began her academic career at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She later served as associate vice president for strategic initiatives at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Sponsored by the German fashion house Hugo Boss and presented by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the prize has been awarded biannually since 1996 and was established to “embrace today’s most innovative and critically relevant cultural currents.†The prize is considered among the most prestigious awards within the contemporary art world.
Among the partner institutions are the California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Rhode Island School of Design, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Spelman College in Atlanta.
Pat Walker served as a faculty member in the department of art at Georgia Southern University for more than a quarter of a century. She died this past January at the age of 65. Her portfolio of artwork is being sold with the proceeds endowing a scholarship in her name.
Rosanne Somerson has been serving as interim president since January 1, 2014. Previously, she was provost and served for 16 years as chair of the Rhode Island School of Design's department of furniture design.
The women taking on new roles are Carol Strohecker, Brenda Malone, Beth Raffeld, Kate Walker, Danielle Rice, Christina V. Tran, Maria Keri, and Dawn Thompson.
Charlesworth served as a lecturer with the rank of professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University and taught in the graduate programs at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Rhode Island School of Design.
