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MSU professor named to national architecture accrediting board

MSU professor named to national architecture accrediting board

Contact: Christie McNeal

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敽=巧缜 Associate Professor Alexis Gregory will serve a three-year term as a director on the National Architectural Accrediting Board, the only accrediting institution of architecture degrees in the U.S.

Black and white headshot of Alexis Gregory
Alexis Gregory (Photo submitted)

Gregory, who has taught in MSU鈥檚 School of Architecture within the College of Architecture, Art and Design since 2011, is one of three new directors elected earlier this year to the 13-member board.

鈥淚 am humbled to be one of the academics and licensed architects on the board,鈥 Gregory said. 鈥淣AAB is an important organization that works to maintain educational standards for architecture programs that prepare students for professional licensure. It is an honor to serve on the board, and I am looking forward to learning more about the accreditation process and the organization.鈥

Gregory earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Tech and also holds a Master of Science in architecture with a concentration in women鈥檚 studies and history from Clemson University. After earning her architecture license in Virginia, she worked for 10 years in various architecture 铿乺ms in Washington, D.C. Her teaching and research interests include empathy and ethics in architecture, community engagement and service-learning, community design and diversity in architecture.

MSU鈥檚 School of Architecture offers the state鈥檚 only professional architecture degree accredited by NAAB. Learn more at聽.

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