Promotions 2008

Two faculty members were granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in 2008: 

Michael Jenson, Architecture

Michael K. Jenson, Associate Professor of Architecture, teaches Architectural/Urban Design studios and theory seminars.  He received an ACSA Creative Achievement Award in 2006-07 from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, recognizing creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service that advances architectural education.  He has published in the Journal, Open House International and Drain Magazine as well as being a contributing author to the 2007 book Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future.  Michael received a PhD. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, NYC, NY, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. He has practiced in various cities including Dallas, New York, Paris, and Denver and has worked on urban design and architectural projects in China, France, Portugal, Germany, and the USA.

Ann Komara, Landscape Architecture

Ann Komara (MLA, MArch History), an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, is a licensed practitioner as well as a landscape historian.  Her work on cultural landscapes addresses the theoretical and experiential aspects of landscape reception, landscape design as a cultural product reflecting specific material and building practices, and issues of preservation for modern landscapes.

A founding member of the Center of Preservation Research, she is a member of DOCOMOMO, the Society of Architectural Historians, and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.  Of note, she has received a Graham Foundation Award and a Dumbarton Oaks Summer Fellowship for her research and publications on the Parc des Buttes Chaumont (Paris, 1867).  As the Principal Investigator for two Colorado State Historical Fund Grants, she led a team of students to produce the first Historic American Landscapes Survey in the state of Colorado; this work on Skyline Park (Denver, 1973-2003) was also the first project nationally to document a modern landscape.  That project has been recognized with a State of Colorado Stephen Hart Preservation Award.  Skyline Park and its designer Lawrence Halprin are the subject of her forthcoming book, produced in collaboration with The Cultural Landscape Foundation, slated for publication in 2009 by Princeton Architectural Press.