Dr. Kwesi Daniels is the Department Head of the Architecture Department at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. He is currently a tenured associate professor at Tuskegee University and an adjunct professor at New York University. His professional experience ranges across various disciplines, including historic preservation, architecture, sustainability, and urban geography. His doctoral research focused on the positive and negative social impact universities can have on communities around their campuses, particularly communities of color. He also earned a Bachelor and Master of Architecture, and a Master of Sustainability Management.
Dr. Daniels is a community development thought leader who has given lectures at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), Boston Architectural College, Columbia University, and Pratt Institute, to name a few. His work has also been published in Architect Magazine, NOMA Magazine, and Veranda, in addition to being incorporated into multiple book chapters and documentaries. In 2022, Dr. Daniels was recognized as a “Game Changer” for his ground-breaking work around preservation education at Tuskegee University…
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