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UK Design Announces New Administrative Officers

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 1, 2016) — The University of Kentucky College of Design (CoD) has announced the appointment of two new administrative officers for the college: Susan Eriksson is the new associate dean for research (ADR) and Gregory A. Luhan takes on the role of associate dean for administration (ADA).

Joining the college in November 2015, Eriksson’s role as ADR includes serving as liaison to the university's vice president for research and will represent the college at regular meetings with the Office of the Vice President for Research. She will also work with faculty to develop a research portfolio that aligns with the strategic plan of the college. Eriksson will be assisting the dean in establishing a college-wide “design research” trajectory and advancing existing research and collaborative projects.

In addition to her new position at UK, Eriksson is a research fellow in the ArtSci program at the University of Texas at Dallas. The program promotes collaborations between the art/design community and geoscience to improve both data visualization/exploration and science communication. Eriksson is a native of Lincoln County, Kentucky, and a graduate of UK.

As CoD’s new ADA, Professor Luhan will be responsible for coordinating the college's long-term planning activities, including the strategic planning process. He will also provide coordination in the development of curricula by the faculty of all three programs — architecture, historic preservation and interior design — and their review at the college level by dean, directors, chairs, faculty and other university officials.

On the CoD faculty since 1998, Luhan is the John Russell Groves Endowed Professor in the School of Architecture where he teaches digital design studios and seminars on design theory, systems thinking and design computing. Prior to teaching in Kentucky, he worked for the New York City architecture firms Edward Larrabee Barnes, Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, and Agrest and Gandelsonas after graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Princeton University.

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