The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce June Williamson, AIA LEED-AP, as the organization’s 2026-27 president. Williamson is a Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Architecture at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture of The City College of New York (CCNY).
June Williamson is a longtime supporter of ACSA and has been elected to the ACSA Board of Directors twice: as Second Vice President in the 2024-2025 term and as a Director-At-Large from 2018-2021. “I’ve had a long association with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, going back to my very first academic paper—it was such a thrill—presented at an international conference in Copenhagen in 1996, when I was somewhat fresh out of architecture school, teaching evening studio,” she shared.
“The provision of formative entry opportunities—like mine—to aspiring and junior faculty members into academic scholarship and creative fellowship is at the core of our association.”
She’s been nominated to represent ACSA on key committees and initiatives with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). Regionally, she served as a Public Director representing academia on the Board of the American Institute of Architects New York City chapter (AIANY) and on the AIANY Oculus Committee, providing editorial input to the quarterly magazine. She is also a member of the Urban Design Academic Council (UDAC), the Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH), the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU), the Architectural League of New York, and the Urban Design Forum.
A US-licensed architect since 2003, Williamson is registered to practice in New York State. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Yale College, a Master of Architecture from MIT, and a Master of Urban Planning in Urban Design from CCNY. Williamson has taught architecture and urban design since 1995, in Boston (Boston Architectural College), Salt Lake City (University of Utah), Atlanta (Georgia Tech), Tucson (University of Arizona), and New York City (Columbia GSAPP, CUNY CityTech, and CUNY City College).
June Williamson joined the faculty of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School in 2008. She served a term as elected Architecture Department Chair and was appointed as Director of Graduate Programs in Architecture in 2022, overseeing the M.Arch and M.S.Arch programs.
“I’ve been fortunate to teach for the past 18 years at one of the most truly diverse professional architecture schools in North America, the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, a senior college of CUNY, in West Harlem, New York,” said Williamson. “Our wonderful students take many, many different paths to get here, overcoming significant personal and structural challenges.”
As an architect and urban designer, Williamson documents transformations of obsolete suburban built form. She’s delivered over 200 professional and academic papers, talks, podcasts, webinars, and workshops all across the United States and internationally, recently in Sydney, Olomouc, Calgary, and Toronto. The author/co-author of three acclaimed, award-winning books on the architecture and urban design of northern American suburbs—Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia (2021), Designing Suburban Futures (2013), and Retrofitting Suburbia (2009)—Williamson is a foremost international expert on retrofitting suburban form, and has shared her expertise on prominent forums (The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNBC, CityLab, Curbed, Governing, Next City, Politico, VICE, WNYC, and others).
Williamson and her writing and research partner, Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones, were awarded the 2025 Seaside Prize for their groundbreaking Retrofitting Suburbia series. Presented by the Seaside Institute, this accolade honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the fields of architecture, urban planning, and community development. For over 20 years, Williamson and Dunham-Jones have documented and advocated for the successful redevelopment, reinhabitation, and regreening of dead shopping malls, aging office parks, and other parking-lot-dominated real estate into more resilient, just, and community-serving places.
As president, June Williamson will advance ACSA’s work to shape the future of architecture by empowering faculty to understand and act within a dynamic world. “I look forward to our upcoming conferences: the 2026 AASA/ACSA International Conference in Brisbane, Australia; the 2026 Intersections Research Conference: URBAN DESIGN MATTERS in New York City; the 2026 Administrators Conference in Tucson; the 115th Annual Meeting: INSIDEANDOUTSIDE in Atlanta, and the 2027 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference in Riga, Latvia,” shared Williamson. “These meetings will convene architectural educators and leaders from northern America and across the world, and provide enriching venues for scholarly engagement to help strengthen the field of architectural education.”
“I know that the membership of ACSA is brimming with people who possess abundant creative talent, intelligence, and industriousness, and who care deeply about the issues at the forefront of ACSA’s values and strategic priorities,” she continued. “I’m ready to continue to contribute my energy and skills in service to them as their president.”
