CORE FACULTY plan and implement curriculum and curriculum policies under the coordination of the Faculty and Curriculum Chair, teach Core Curriculum offerings, serve as student advisors, and participate in student portfolio reviews.
FACULTY are instructors in a number of disciplines who are engaged with the program on an ongoing and generally long-term basis, in a part-time or full-time capacity. Faculty includes architectural practice mentors, Box Project mentors, and Independent Study mentors.
VISITING PROFESSIONALS & SCHOLARS provide key and intensive courses to students. A visiting professional or scholar is typically on-site for a period of two to eight weeks.
In addition to the faculty members listed below, the School's annual public lecture series hosts a variety of speakers who often stay at Taliesin West for several days and meet the students.
Mary L. Grow, PhD | Anthropology | Faculty & Curriculum Chair
Aris Georges, MArch | Architecture, Graphics, Box Project
Rochelle Pripstein, MArch, AIA | Architecture, Portfolio Reviews
Matthew Trzebiatowski, MArch, AIA, LEED AP | Architecture, Architectural Practice
Michael Whaley, MFA | Writing, Criticism, Capstone Thesis
Donald Aitken, PhD, LEED AP | Sustainability (On Leave)
Greg Brickey, MS, PE/SE | Structures
Effi Casey | Drawing, Representation
Elizabeth Dawsari, MLS | Library Science
David Elgin Dodge, RA | Architecture
Jim Erickson, Assoc. | Preservation Construction (Estate Mgr. Taliesin)
Ron Geren, BArch, AIA, | Arch. Practice
Barbara Harwood, LEED AP | Sustainability (On Leave)
Floyd Hamblen, MArch, RA | Architectural Practice
Frank Henry, BArch | Architecture, Representation
Kim Hurtado, JD | Contracts
Michael P. Johnson | Architecture
Terry Kerr, BA, AEA | Fine Arts
Brian Maxwell, BFA | Construction
Dan O’Brien, MFA | Drawing
Sidney K. Robinson, AIA, ArchD | History, Preservation
Victor Sidy, MArch, AIA, LEED AP | Architecture (Dean)
Chris Winters, RLA | Landscape Architecture
Tim Wright, MA | Visual Literacy
Philipe Assadi & Francesca Pulido, Santiago, Chile
Trevor Barger, MS (Planning), Espiritu Loci Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
Marlon Blackwell, Fayetteville, AR
Stephan Cassell, Architecture Research Office (A.R.O.), New York, NY
Diane Cheatham, Urban Edge Developers, Dallas, TX
Brad Cloepfil AIA, Allied Works Architecture, Portland, OR
Wallace Cunningham, San Diego, CA
Dickson Despommier, The Vertical Farm Project, New York, NY
Evan Douglis, Evan Douglis Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Austin, TX
Eric Howeler & Meejin Yoon, Howeler + Yoon, Boston, MA
Jeffrey Inaba, INABA Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Brian Johnsen & Sebastian Schmaling, Milwaukee, WI
Eddie Jones AIA, Jones Studio Architects, Phoenix, AZ
Rick Joy, Rick Joy Architects, Tucson, AZ
John Kane, ARCHITEKTON, Tempe, AZ
Katrin Klingenberg, Passive House Institute US, PHIUS - Urbana, IL
Steven Knowles, Walsh Bishop, Minneapolis, MN
Jeffrey Kovel, Skylab Architecture, Portland, OR
Wilfried Laufs PhD, P.E., Thornton Thomasetti, New York, NY
Jennifer Luce, Luce et studio, San Diego, CA
Todd MacAllen & Stephanie Forsythe, Vancouver, B.C.
Paul Mankins, Substance Architecture, Des Moines, IA
Alan Maskin, OSKA Architects, Seattle, WA
Louise Noelle, UNAM / National University of Mexico, Mexico CIty, Mexico
Jason Payne, UCLA / Hirsuta, UCLA -Los Angeles, CA
Anthony Piermarini, Studio Luz, Boston, MA
Michael Pinto AIA, Osborn Architects, Glendale, CA
Ali Rahim, Contemporary Architecture Practice, New York, NY
Diane Reicher Jacobs AIA, Holly Street Studio Architects, Phoenix, AZ
Jim Richard, Richard + Bauer, Phoenix, AZ
Michael Rotondi, Founding Principal, RoTo Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Ryan, Mark Ryan Studio, Phoenix, AZ
Josh Safdie M.Arch, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Jennifer Siegal M.Arch, AIA, Office of Mobile Design, Venice, CA
Jeff Stein AIA, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Nader Tehrani, Principal, Office dA, New York, NY
Kostas Terzidis PhD, Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA
James Trahan, 180 Degrees Design/Build, Phoenix, AZ
Jerry van Eyck, West 8, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Elizabeth Whittaker, Merge Architects, Boston, MA
Tom Wiscombe, Emergent Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Andrea Zittel, Artist, AtoZ, Joshua Tree, CA