Milton S. F. Curry is an American professor of architecture who became Dean of the

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at the

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on July 1, 2017. Curry joined USC after serving as Associate Dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives of the University of Michigan

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Early career

Curry completed a Bachelor of Architecture degree at

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and a Master of Architecture degree (architecture theory) at

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. He joined

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after instructing the Harvard University's Career Discovery program in 1991. Curry was an assistant professor of architecture at ASU from 1992 to 1995, and an assistant professor at the Cornell University Department of Architecture, where he received tenure in 2002. He was affiliated with Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality, and directe
Cornell Council for the Arts
from 2002 to 2008. At CCA, he initiated CCA X DesignGroup to facilitate faculty-undergraduate research, CCA Installations to commission public arts and CCA Cornell Public to connect Cornell community with prominent figures in the art industry. In 2010, he became an associate professor with tenure at the

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. He has also taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he directed a graduate design studio in 1999. Curry has worked as a design professional with the Studio Museum in New York and designed several speculative real estate and architectural projects.

Later career

Curry founded ''Appendx Journal'' in 1993, focusing on interdisciplinary discussions of race and culture. In 2008, Curry founded ''CriticalProductive'' Journal, focused on scholarship and creative work on architecture, urbanism and cultural theory. Curry has coordinated graduate and undergraduate design studios at all levels, and has taught seminars on subjects ranging from architecture and cultural theory to urbanism and housing. At the University of Michigan, Curry directed the ''Michigan/Mellon Project'' on Egalitarianism and the Metropolis, focused on urbanization. Curry became Dean of the USC School of Architecture and the holder of the Della and Harry MacDonald Dean's Chair in Architecture on July 1, 2017. His pedagogy under his role of School's dean focuses on the synergies between architecture, urbanism and other humanities studies.

Published works

Edited Volumes: *Appendx Journal, Cambridge, MA; Distributed by Rizzoli, Harvard University GSD. 1993–1999. *CriticalProductive Journal

References

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