Architecture

Linda Nolan, Ph.D. has taught art and architectural history courses with American study abroad programs in Rome, Italy, for over a decade. Trained in DEAI best practices, her dialogical and inquiry-based teaching addresses the impact of social and political change on the creation of art and architecture from antiquity to the modern period, with a focus […]

Lydmarie Ortiz Olan, Executive Assistant for the Department of Architecture, has over a decade of experience providing administrative support in the public health, social services, and higher education sectors. Her professional background includes office management, human resources support, program coordination, and community outreach. Lydmarie holds a Bachelor in Social Work from the University of Puerto […]

Will holds an M.Arch II and a B.A. in Arch. from UNC Charlotte and currently serves as Lecturer. He primarily teaches first and second year studios and seminars but has also taught at the graduate level and in the Urban Design department. His research focuses on the use of conceptual drawings as tools for architectural […]

Deborah Ryan is a registered landscape architect and a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UNC Charlotte, the only woman to achieve that rank in the School of Architecture’s almost 50-year history. She is a former adjunct faculty member in UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Real Estate program (MSRE), and a co-instructor of […]

Robby grew up in Charlotte but he also left because adventures abound. He has lived in many places and he has worked in those places doing many things for many people. Mostly he fixes what is broken, creates what doesn’t exist and generally saves your project. Robby is not an architect, but he is a […]

Cooper Schwartz is a visiting adjunct faculty member who is an alum from UNC Charlotte’s School of Architecture (M.Arch ’25) and the University of Michigan’s Taubman College (B.S.Arch ’21). He balances a highly technical mindset with rigorous design experimentation and theory rooted in a deep understanding of architectural precedent and history. His graduate work focused […]

Kirstin Sheldon is the academic advisor for students at the David R. Ravin School of Architecture. Before joining the university, she worked in college access and retention, student support services, and graduate medical education. Kirstin joined UNC Charlotte in 2022 to pursue a Master of Education in Educational Leadership, while also serving as a Graduate […]

Greg Snyder is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Program Director at the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. His research interests are in issues that arise out of acts of making and construction, and the phenomena and meaning that accrue in and around these acts. The current set of projects that he is pursuing […]

Kyle Spence is an architect, educator, and researcher dedicated to integrating cultural sustainability and resilient design principles into his work. He is the founding principal of The BAKLab, a concept-driven architectural design practice based in New York City. As an Assistant Professor of Critical Design Futures and Computation at the David R. Ravin School of […]

Matthew Steele (http://www.mtsteele.com/) is a creative professional and artist who has been an active member of Charlotte’s cultural sector since 2012. In 2018, he joined the UNC Charlotte gallery team and took the lead on implementing technology, new media, fabrication, and graphic design in the gallery spaces. Prior to this role, he served as Creative […]