Milton S. F. Curry

Milton S. F. Curry
Milton S. F. Curry, Dean of the USC School of Architecture
Known for	Diversity, equity and inclusion, Architecture and cultural theory, Urbanism and housing
Title	Dean
Spouse(s)	Reighan A. Gillam
Academic work
Discipline	Architecture
Institutions	University of Southern California, Cornell University, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Arizona State University

Milton S. F. Curry is an American professor of architecture who became Dean of the USC School of Architecture at the University of Southern California on July 1, 2017. Curry joined USC after serving as Associate Dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Curry completed a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Cornell University and a Master of Architecture degree (architecture theory) at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Curry was an assistant professor of architecture at Arizona State University from 1992 to 1995, and an assistant professor at the Cornell University Department of Architecture, where he received tenure in 2002. In 2010, he became an associate professor with tenure at the University of Michigan. He has also taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he directed a graduate design studio in 1999. Curry has worked as a design professional with the Studio Museum in New York and designed several speculative real estate and architectural projects.

Curry founded Appendx Journal in 1993, focusing on interdisciplinary discussions of race and culture. In 2008, Curry founded CriticalProductive Journal, focused on scholarship and creative work on architecture, urbanism and cultural theory. Curry has coordinated graduate and undergraduate design studios at all levels, and has taught seminars on subjects ranging from architecture and cultural theory to urbanism and housing. At the University of Michigan, Curry directed the Michigan/Mellon Project on Egalitarianism and the Metropolis, focused on urbanization.

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