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Monday, March 11, 2024

IDEC Recognizes Dean with National Teaching Excellence Award

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) presented Assistant Professor Felicia Dean with the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award at the organization’s annual conference in New York City on Thursday, March 7. The award recognizes an individual…

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Dean Awarded Grant for Research in Materiality and Identity

Interior Architecture Assistant Professor Felicia Francine Dean was awarded a Research and Development Grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. The award supports her research investigation of latent stone and…

Monday, February 8, 2021

Black History Month 2021 Celebration Set

In honor of Black History Month, the college will host activities planned by students in our college and the School of Art throughout February, including a design competition, a panel discussion and more to…

graphic image for Black History Month showing MLK and John Lewis

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Students Use Patterns in Weaving to Communicate within Historical Identities

Felicia Dean, assistant professor in the School of Interior Architecture, wove a unique story. In a new course, she taught students how pattern found in weaving is a powerful communication technique. In the course, titled…

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Asst. Professor Dean Named Director of Diversity

In its continuing focus on diversity, engagement and inclusion, the College of Architecture and Design announces the appointment of Asst. Professor Felicia Francine Dean as director of Diversity Relations, the first such role in the…