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Tony Schuman is a registered architect and associate professor of architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he serves as Director of the Undergraduate Program . In March, 1999, he was elected to the presidency of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACSA which represents the 119 accredited schools of architecture in the U.S. and Canada. His articles on housing design and community development appear in eight books and numerous scholarly journals and conference proceedings. His writings have received awards from ACSA and the society for American City and Regional Planning History. Tony was a founding member of a series of advocacy and activist organizations in the architecture and planning professions, including Urban Deadline, The Architects' Resistance(TAR), Home front, and the Planners Network. He is past chair of the New York Chapter of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility(ADPSR).

PUBLICATIONS

"New Towns," in Encyclopedia of Housing, W. van Vliet, ed.; Sage Publications, 1998.

"The Impact of Ideology on American Town Planning: From the Garden City to Battery Park City," co-author Elliott Sclar, in Planning the American City: History, Practice and Prospects, M.C. Sies and C. Silver, eds.; Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

"Architecture and Housing," Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 46, No. 3, Feb. 1993; co-editor.

"Forms of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Architecture," in Voices in Architectural Education: Cultural Politics and Pedagogy, T. Dutton, ed.; Bergin & Garvey, 1991.

"Utopia Spurned: Ricardo Bofill and the French Ideal City Tradition", in Out of Site: A Social Criticism of Architecture, D. Ghirardo, ed.; Bay Press, 1991.

AWARDS

Theodora Kimball Hubbard Award from Society for American Planning History for best article in proceedings of 5th National Conference on American Planning History, 1995.

NJIT Excellence in Teaching Award, Upper Division Undergraduate, 1992.

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Project Grant, 1991.

ACSA Creative Achievement Award for best article in Journal of Architectural Education, 1988.

Award for "Exemplary Use of Media in Education," National Housing Video and Film Festival, 1985.

ASSOCIATIONS OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE

Vice-President, President-Elect, July, 1999 to present.

Director, Northeast Region, 1995-1999.

Editorial Board, Journal of Architectural Education, 1989-1992, 1992-1995.

NAAB Accreditation Visits, 1996 (Drexel), 1997 (Nebraska).

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

Registered Architect, State of New York, 1976.

Private Practice: 1977-present, alterations and additions to houses, apartments, lofts, and offices.

Project Architect: 1974-1978, Urban Deadline Architects, NYC.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Architecture New Jersey Institute of Technology 1988-Present

Director, Undergraduate Program NJIT School of Architecture 1997- Present

Visiting Associate Professor Columbia University GSAPP 1995, 1998

Visiting Associate Professor Rutgers University Faculty of Planning 1990

Assistant Professor of Architecture New Jersey Institute of Technology 1981-1988

EDUCATION

M. Arch  Columbia University School of Architecture, 1970

M.A Columbia University Graduate Faculties (French), 1966

B.A. Wesleyan University cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa