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Amber Brown

Amber Brown

Lecturer
AXP and Preceptorship Coordinator

Amber Brown is an architect and educator whose expertise lies in the intersections of sociology and architecture. She is the current Violeta Autumn Teaching Fellow at the Gibbs College of Architecture. Her professional experience has centered around resilient school designs. Brown’s pedagogical approach encourages students to learn to trust their own observations and to recognize their ability to actively shape our world.

  • University of Oklahoma
    Master of Architecture
  • University of Oklahoma
    BS, Environmental Design
  • University of Oklahoma
    BA, Sociology

  • Registered Architect (RA), State of Oklahoma.
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) member.
  • National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certified.
  • Amber Sarmiento (Co-PI, 50% credit), Loofs, C., (Co-PI, 50% credit), “Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California”: Gibbs College of Architecture’s Program for Research Enhancement (PRE),” Sponsored by University of Oklahoma, $6,500.

  • Amber Sarmiento. “In Search of a Democratic Architecture” Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California (pp. 25). Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat and Marco Piscitelli, editors. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK. October 2024.
  • Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, August 2024 – January 2025. Amber Sarmiento was the section curator of the Donald MacDonald section for the exhibit co-organized by architecture faculty Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat, and Marco Piscitelli. Outré West is the first-ever exhibition to consider the broader influence of Goff’s and Greene’s teaching and mentoring on California’s built environment.

Amber Brown was formerly known as Amber Sarmiento.