Sharon E. Sutton Ph.D., FAIA


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Professor

Resident City: Seattle

Resident State/Province: Washington

Resident Country: United States

Notes: Sutton was the first African American woman to be promoted to full professor in and accredited professional degree program in architecture.

Archive/Repository: IAWA Online Inventory at:http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/inventories/sutton.html

Sources: Biographical sketch, curriculum vitae


Specialties


No specialties on record


Jobs


Employer: University of Washington

Title: Professor of Architecture, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture, and Director of CEEDS (Center for Environment, Education and Design Studies)

City: Seattle

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Employer: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, College of Architecture and Planning

Title: Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Director of The Urban Network: An Urban Design Program for Youth

City: Ann Arbor

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Employer: University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture and Urban Planning

Title: Assistant Professor of Architecture and Interior Design

City: Cincinnati

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Employer: Columbia University, Graduate Shool of Architecture and Planning

Title: Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Planning

City: New York

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Employer: Pratt Institute, School of Architecture

Title: Visiting Asstant Professor of Design

City: New York

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Employer: Sharon E. Sutton, Architect

Title: Architect

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Employer: Kouzmanoff and Associates, Architects in New York City; Studio di Architettura Forte in Florence Italy, Mitchell/Giurgola Associates, Architects in Philadelphia, Bond Ryder and Associated, Architects in New York City

Title: Intern

Country: delete

Notes: Various firms that Sutton completed her internship with.


Employer: Sims Varner Associates

Title: Architectural Consultant

City: Detroit

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Employer: Urban Securities Research Group

Title: Architectural Consultant

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Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Jeannette and David McKinley Fellowship

Description: Faculty Research Support


Name: Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

Description: Life Recognition Award


Name: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Description: Distinguished Professor Award


Name: University of Michigan

Description: Regents Award for Distinguished Public Service


Name: American Planning Association

Description: Education Award for Teaching the Public about Planning


Name: UM School of Business Administration

Description: First Round Award, National Zell Lurie Fellowship


Name: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Description: Group VII National Fellowship

Notes: Given 1986-89


Name: National Endowment for the Arts

Description: Design Recognition Award


Exhibitions


Title: Mixed-Media Constructions

Description: Ann Arbor Public Library

City: Ann Arbor

State: New York

Country: United States

Notes: With Carol Anne Carter


Title: Sharon E. Sutton: Inner Harmonies

Description: June Kelly Gallery

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Sharon E. Sutton: Compositions

Description: Your Heritage House

City: Detroit

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Sev Shoon Prints

Description: Group show held at the Washington State Convention Center

City: Seattle

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: 93 Wishes for 94

Description: Group show held at the Steinbaum Krauss Gallery

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Through the Eyes of Women

Description: Group show held at the Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Art Center

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Gallery Artists

Description: Group show held at the T'Marra Gallery

City: Ann Arbor

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Ancestors Known and Unknown

Description: Group show held at the Art-in-General Gallery in Soho

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Urbanology: Artists Reflect Upon Urban Experience

Description: Group show held at the Margrove College

City: Detroit

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Mixed Media Collage

Description: The Cosby Show, WNBC-TV collage included on the set

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Notable Projects


Title: CEEDS Build a School Communitr Cas STudy in Tukwila

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding for the project was provided by Tools for Transformation, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Education, Tukwila School District


Title: CEEDS Messages for Young Leaders

Description: A Program for elementary and middle school students

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association


Title: Curriculum Transformation Project Seminar

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by the College of Arts and Sciences Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education, and the Department of American Ethnic Studies


Title: The Race Project

Description: Rountable on the Role of Race in Community Developement

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding Provided by the Aspen Institute


Title: Excellence in Architecture

Description: Assement of the UM Architecture Program with Linda N. Groat

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by UM Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching, UM College of Architecture and Urban Planning, UM Program on Conflict Management Alternatives


Title: Humanities in Action through the Media

Description: Public debate on the on the cultural values influencing suburban sprawl in Southeastern Michigan

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by UM College of Literature Science and the Arts, UM Office of the VP for Research, UM College of Architecture and Urban Planning


Title: The Urban Network -A Progam in Urban Design for Youth

Description: Curriculum, teacher development, evalutatios, publications

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Friends of the Urban Network, UM Office of the Vice President for Research, UM Rackham Graduate School, UM Office of Minority Affairs, UM Program on Educational Opportunity, UM Doctoral Progam inArchitecture UM Summer Research Opportunity Program, UM College of Architecture and Urban Planning


Title: The Urban Network-Children's Perception and Use of Their Neighborhoods

Description: Empirical study of children's writings, drawings, and conversations

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by UM Office of the Vice President for Research, UM Urban and Regional Planning.


Title: Community Problem--Solving and Conflict Management in the United States and Costa Rica

Description: Participitory Action Research with Barry Checkoway (Principal Investigator)

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by UM Office of International Academic Affairs, UM Office of the Vice President for Research, UM Program on Conflict Managment Alternatives


Title: Un Intercambio Cultural Sobre el Ambiente Urbano

Description: Development and pilot of an Urban Studies curriculum

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by W.K. Kellogg Foundation and UM College of Architecture and Urban Planning


Title: CEEDS (Center for Environmental, Education, and Design Studies)

Description: Chair, Monthly Faculty Seminars, Co-editor, Working Paper Series, K-12 Program Development

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: Funding provided by the Office of Educational Partnerships, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and the College of Education.


Title: Mithun-iversity Diversity Workshop

City: Seatle

State: Michigan

Country: United States

Notes: With Mithun Partners Inc.


Title: The Gainsborough #504

Description: Condominium Renovation

City: Seattle

State: Michigan

Country: United States


Title: Manufacturers Bank

Description: Co-facilitator with B. Checkoway, focus groups with Neighborhood organizations and Bank

City: Detroit

State: Michigan

Country: United States


Title: Dumas Residence

Description: Condominium Renovation

City: Ann Arbor

State: Michigan

Country: United States


Title: UM School of Nursing

Description: Interior Design Dean's Office and Associates Dean's Office

City: Ann Arbor

State: Michigan

Country: United States


Education


Institution: City College of New York

Department: Environmental Psycology Program

Degree: M.A. and Ph.d in Psychology, Master of Philosophy


Institution: Columbia University

Department: Graduate School of Architecture and Planning

Degree: Master of Architecture


Institution: Parsons School of Design

Department: Department of Interior Design

Notes: Transferred to Columbia University


Institution: University of Hartford

Department: Hartt College of Music

Degree: Bachelor of Music (French Horn)


Institution: Manhattan School of Music

Notes: Studied with Gunther Schuller, Transferred to Hartt College


Licensing


License: Licensed Architect in Washington, New York, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio


License: Certified Architect

Organization: NCARB


Professional Affiliations


Organization: American Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Notes: ACSA/AIA Teacher's Seminar, K-12 Design Education-held at the Cranbrook Academy of ARt in Michigan, seminar Co-chair with Professor Alan Feigenberg. Theme Session Co-chair with Professor Frances Bronet at the Los Angeles Annual Meeting. Wood Council Competition juror in Washington DC. Chair of Power and Sustainability with assistance from the UM Program on Conflict Management Alternatives at the Administrators Conference in Washington DC. Panelist and Facilitator at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Teacher's Seminar Sustainability and Design.


Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Fellow

Notes: Paper reviewer at the National Convention in New Orleans, 1997. Executive Committee Member on the Committee on the Environment, 1996-1998. ACSA Vice President and President Elect candidate at 1994. Copper Development Association Competition juror for "Altering hte Current" in New Orleans, published in Crit, November 1996.


Organization: National Architectural Accrediting Board

Role: Board Member, 1995-98; President, 1997-98, Chair, Member

Notes: As President Sitton coordinated revisions of 1998 Conditions and Procedures, initiated Strategic Planning Process, initiated Visiting team Consensus-Building Procedures. Chair of Accrediting teams at Ball STate University and Tuskegee University (1996); California College of the Arts, Pratt Institute, and Prairie View A&M University (1997); Universidad de Puerto Rico and Morgan State University (1999); University of Hawaii and Philadelphia University (2000). Member Accrediting Teams, Princeton University (1998) and Savannah College of Art and Design (1994).


Organization: American Psychological Association

Role: Educational Psychology Division


Organization: American Educational Research Association


Publications By


Title: Weaving a Tapestry of Resistance: The Places, Power, and Poetry of a Sustainable Society

Co-author: Giroux and Freire (eds.)

Publication: Critical Studies and Education and Culture Series

Publisher: Bergin and Garvey Publishers

City: Westport

Notes: Book was based on a three year evaluation of the Urban Network-a K-12 urban design program she founded while at the University of Michigan


Title: The Urban NEtwork: An Urban Design Program for Elementary Schools--An Instructional Portfolio

Publisher: UM College of Architecture and Urban Planning

City: Ann Arbor


Title: Learning through the Built Environment: An Ecological Approach to Child Development

Publisher: Irvington Publishers

City: New York

Notes: Review written in the Journal of Architectural Education, by Sandra Moore (Vol. 40, No. 4 Summer 1987, p. 31)


Title: Reinventing professional privelege as inclusitvity: A proposal for a sustainable praxis of architecture

Co-author: In Piotrowski and Robinson (eds)

Publication: The Discipline of Architecture

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

City: Minneapolis


Title: African American youth as actors in community change

Notes: Unpublished review paper commissioned by the Aspen Institute


Title: Children inhabiting a land of safety

Co-author: Ellin (ed)

Publication: Architecture of Fear

Page: pp. 241-251

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

City: New York


Title: Resisting patriarchal norms in professional education

Co-author: In Conway, Agrest, Weisman (eds)

Publication: The Sex or Architecture

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

City: New York

Notes: Book awarded AIA citation for excellence in International Book Publishing, Design/Theory Category


Title: Pedagogy of community-service learning

Co-author: In Galura, Howard, Waterhouse and Ross (eds)

Publication: Praxis III: Voices in Dialogue

Page: pp. 143-149

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

City: Ann Arbor


Title: Seeing the whole of the moon

Co-author: In Frankel, Lewis, Schoem and Zuniga (eds)

Publication: Multicultural Teaching in the University

Page: pp. 161-171

Publisher: Praeger Press

City: New York


Title: The progress of architecture

Publication: Progressive Architecture

Page: pp. 76-79

Date Published: October 01, 1993

Notes: Response and rebuttal published in Progressive Architecture in February 1994, pp 10-12.


Title: The contradictions of a tempered radical's thinking

Co-author: Howard (ed)

Publication: Praxis: A Faculty Casebook on Communitty-Service Learning

Page: pp. 151-162

Publisher: University of Michigan

City: Ann Arbor


Title: Egyptian norms, women's lives: A new form and content for housing

Co-author: El-Rafey, M. and Sutton, Arias (ed.)

Publication: The meaning and use of housing: International Perspectives, Approaches and their Applications

Page: pp. 515-538

Publisher: Avebury Publisher

City: Aldershot


Title: Power knowledge and the art of leadership

Publication: Progressive Architecture

Page: pp. 65-68

Date Published: May 01, 1992

Notes: Responses (1992, September) in Progressive Architecture, pp. 51-56


Title: Enabling children to map out a more equitable society

Publication: Children's Environments

Volume: 9

Issue: No. 1

Page: pp. 37-48


Title: Finding our voice in the dominant key

Co-author: Travs (ed.)

Publication: African American Architects in Current Practice

Page: pp. 13-15

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

City: New York

Notes: Reviews: Bond, J. Max (1992, June). In Architectural Record, pp. 60-61; Grant, Brad C. (1993, March). In Progressive Architecture, pp.111, 129; Feldman, Roberta M. (1993, November). In Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 117-119.


Title: Sterwardship education through ritual

Publication: Journal of the Liturgical Conference

Volume: 9

Issue: No. 2 Winter


Title: The human contribution to architectural space

Publication: Faith & Form

Volume: XIX

Issue: Spring

Page: pp. 17-20


Title: Architectural education: Should behavioral studies be integrated into the design studio?

Publication: Architectural Record

Page: pp. 43-47

Date Published: July 30, 1984


Publications About


Title: Multi-talented women to join hall of fame

Author: Woods J. A.

Publication: Ann Arbor News

Page: pp. 1, 3

City: Ann Arbor

Date Published: October 26, 1997


Title: A salute to Shaorn Sutton

Author: Arch ed File

Publication: ACSA News

Date Published: November 01, 1996


Title: Michigan Studies Association

Author: Harley, R.B. and McDowell, B

Publication: Michigan Women: Firsts and Founders Volume II


Title: From the president's office

Author: Widom, C., FAIA

Publication: AIArchitect

Volume: 2

Page: p. 2

Date Published: January 01, 1995


Title: Projects

Author: Fishetti, L.D.

Publication: Patterns for Head Start Facilities

Page: pp.17-37


Title: Designs on real change: UM architecture professor brings a wolrd view and startling new angles to the profession

Author: Gallagher, J.

Publication: Detroit Free Press

Issue: p. 5F

Date Published: October 17, 1994


Title: AIA sponsors first diversity conference

Author: Sullivan, A.C.

Publication: Architecture

Page: p. 27

Date Published: October 01, 1994


Title: AIA conventions hails changing profession in architecture

Author: Barreneche, R. and Bierman L.

Publication: Architecture

Page: p. 25

Date Published: July 01, 1994


Title: First annual P/A awards for architectural research

Author: Crosbie, M.J.

Publication: Progressive Architecture

Page: pp. 86-95

Date Published: July 01, 1994


Title: AIA (and P/A) in LA

Author: Branch, M.A.

Publication: Progressive Architecture

Page: p. 25

Date Published: June 01, 1994


Title: Spotlight on Sharon Sutton AIA

Author: unknown

Publication: Minorities and Women in Architecture Newsletter

Page: p. 4

Date Published: May 01, 1994


Title: Facing and issue

Author: Tetlow, K.

Publication: Interiors

Page: pp. 36-38

Date Published: June 01, 1993


Title: Lecture features Sutton as a guest speaker

Author: Lockwood C.

Publication: Rennselear Polytechnic

Page: p. 2

Date Published: April 28, 1993


Title: Nineteen faculty to be honored for teaching, research service, creativity

Author: University of Michigan

Publication: For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Michigan

Volume: 48

Issue: No 5

Page: pp. 1, 7-11

Date Published: October 05, 1991


Title: Sutton: Today's architects have more to contribute

Author: Kelly, K.

Publication: Starkville Daily News

Issue: p. 1, 10

Date Published: November 10, 1992


Title: The Urban Network

Author: Thomas, P.

Publication: APA Planning

Volume: 57

Issue: No. 3

Page: p. 13

Date Published: March 01, 1991


Title: Library shows 2 artists' work: Their different--but similar

Author: Cantu, J.C.

Publication: Ann Arbor News

Date Published: March 15, 1992


Title: Urban planning for beginners

Author: Lindgren, H.

Publication: Metropolis: The Urban Magazine of Architecture and Design

Page: p. 14

Date Published: November 01, 1992


Title: Why aren't more women teaching architecture?

Author: Landecker, H.

Publication: Architecture

Page: p. 23-25

Date Published: October 01, 1991


Title: Brains vs. blight

Author: Walsh-Sarnecki, P.

Publication: Ann Arbor News

Date Published: November 26, 1991


Title: Dexter Gallery stages very impressive print exhibition

Author: Cantu, J.C.

Publication: Ann Arbor News

Page: p. E5

Date Published: December 23, 1990


Title: Weavung the Urban Network

Author: unknown

Publication: The University of Michigan's Research News

Page: p. 2-7

Date Published: January 01, 1990

Notes: January-February edition


Title: The plight of minority architects

Author: Greer, N.R.

Publication: Architecture

Page: p. 51-71

Date Published: April 01, 1985


Title: Black women architects: A blueprint for success

Author: unknown

Publication: Ebony

Page: pp.52-60

Date Published: July 30, 1984


Title: Changing Schools through the arts: The power of an idea

Author: Remer, J.

Page: pp. 68, 71

Publisher: McGraw Hill

City: New York


Title: Built by Women: A Guide to Architectrue in the New York Area

Author: Brainard, Coblin, Nachtigal, Sarlis-Morfopoulos, and Yowell


Title: Architect builds esteem in others

Author: Hawkins, J.

Publication: Intelligencer Journal

Date Published: April 28, 1981


Title: American Portfolio: Six Major Artists

Author: Lunde, K.

Publisher: London Arts

City: Detroit

Notes: Sutton appeared in the introduction


Title: Architecture: A Design for Education

Author: Board of Education of the City of New York

Page: pp. 30-36

Publisher: Board of Education the City of New York

City: New York


Title: A street museum: Transforming a vacant lot into an expression of community concern

Author: Carnabucci, K.

Publication: Intelligencer Journal

Date Published: August 01, 1978


Title: Contextures

Author: Good-Bryant, L. and Phillips, M.S.

Page: pp. 22-23

Publisher: Just-above Midtown Gallery

City: New York


Title: 15 Outstanding NOMA Women

Author: Dowdell, Kimberly N.

Publication: NOMA Magazine

Issue: Fall 2007

Publisher: NOMA

Date Published: September 01, 2007

Url: www.noma.net/local/documents/FALL08MAGAZINE.pdf