Milton S. F. Curry has been named dean of the USC School of Architecture, effective July 1. Additionally, he will be the Della and Harry MacDonald dean’s chair in architecture.

Milton S.F. Curry is the new dean of the School of Architecture.
(photo by Tafari K. Stevenson-Howard)

Curry comes to USC from the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he is associate dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives. Chosen after an extensive national search, Curry is an expert on race, architecture and urbanism and how they coincide with cultural theory and humanities research.

“We are honored and excited to welcome Professor Curry to the USC School of Architecture,” said provost Michael Quick. “Architecture has a profound impact on our culture. It is a profession and an art, local and global, and extremely creative. We know that Professor Curry will lead our students, faculty, research and practice to new heights.”

Curry is the founder of “Critical Productive Journal,” an academic journal focused on scholarship and creative work on architecture, urbanism and cultural theory. He was also was co-founder of “Appendx Journal” in the early 1990s.

As an architectural designer, he has been involved with strategic projects including an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, speculative large-scale urban real estate development and redevelopment work in Oakland. Curry’s spouse, Reighan A. Gillam, studies race and media in Brazil and will be joining USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences as assistant professor of anthropology. Curry succeeds Qingyun Ma, who served two, five-year terms as dean and will remain a member of the USC faculty.

For information, visit usc.edu.