CRAN Virtual Seminar Series: Black Stories in Architecture

When:  Nov 18, 2020 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM (ET)

CRAN® Virtual Seminar Series: Black Stories in Architecture

At the conclusion of each seminar, there will be a 30-minute discussion with Platinum Sponsor Andersen Windows & Doors about how they are implementing COVID-19 safety, sustainability, and social justice. This discussion does not include AIAU learning units.

Course Description

The inequities within the architectural profession have taken center stage in recent months. This has given us a new sense of urgency to critique and examine the failings of the profession to embrace and support diversity. This program will feature prominent African American female architect Joclyn Oats, who will share her experiences within the architectural profession and her journey from student to practitioner to an educator. In an interview setting, Joclyn will help us explore issues of race and inequities within her own struggles as a professional as well as strategies she used to move forward to achieve her goals. As an educator, creative thinker, and problem solver, Joclyn will help us examine paths moving forward to mentor young architects of color and give them access to architectural paths previously closed to them.

Learning Objectives

  1. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how issues of race and gender contribute to inequities within the architectural profession.
  2. Attendees will be able to identify strategies for promoting pathways of inclusivity within the profession.
  3. Attendees will learn how to actively engage diverse communities in their architectural practices.
  4. Attendees will examine paths moving forward to mentor young architects of color and give them access to architectural paths previously closed to them

Speakers

Joclyn Oats, Professor, Design Department at Columbia College Chicago


Joclyn is a tenured faculty member in the Design Department at Columbia College Chicago, where she has taught for thirty years. Professionally she has practiced architecture and interior design and served the College in an administrative capacity as coordinator and director for the BFA, Interior Architecture, MFA, Architectural Studies and the MFA, Interior Architecture Programs for over a decade.

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