Drs. K. Meghan Wieters and C. Aujean Lee, faculty in the University of Oklahoma Regional and City Planning Program, have been invited to serve as conference track chairs for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) annual conference, with the approval of the ACSP executive committee.
Dr. Wieters has been serving as a co-track chair for “Planning Education & Pedagogy” (2019-2021) while Dr. Lee has been service as co-track chair for “Community Development” (2020-2022). Learn more about the conference tracks.
This service keeps the OU Regional and City Planning program on the map nationally and academically since ACSP is the national organization that is instrumental in accreditation and connecting international planning scholars.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
