Karen Rogers

Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture, Binghamton University (SUNY), 2005
Master of Arts in the History and Theory of Architecture, Binghamton University (SUNY), 2002
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Yale University, 1975

Karen L. Rogers recently served as Interim Dean of Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction. Prior to her role as Interim Dean, Rogers served as CADC Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, and Associate Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.

Before coming to Auburn, Rogers lived and worked in Bogotá, Colombia, where she served as Dean of the School of Architecture and Design and as Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Los Andes. She also served as the founding Director and Curator of Architecture at the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, and was an owner/partner in the professional urban design and planning firm Noriega-Restrepo & Asociados.

Interest areas in research and practice:
Her research is based on the comparative analysis of patterns of settlement and the priorities in place-making in the Americas. She is the recipient of the Henry Luce/American Council of Learned Societies dissertation fellowship in American Art and Architecture, and of a Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center Resident Scholarship in American Modernism; she has also received numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching.

National leadership positions:
Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies
Fellow, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center