Dean University of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design | Fayetteville, Arkansas We are pleased to announce that the University of Arkansas has selected Jim Stevens to serve as the next Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, effective August 15.Stevens comes to Arkansas from Clemson University, where he served as a professor at the School of Architecture and was the school director from 2020 to 2025. Prior to his appointment at Clemson University in 2020, Stevens was chair of the Department of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University, where he was the founding director of makeLab, the university's digital fabrication laboratory. Stevens is a licensed architect, certified by the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is the recipient of the AIA Henry Adams Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture and was a 2016 Fulbright Scholar in Albania and a 2025 Fulbright Specialist in Peru.He holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Ferrara in Italy, and he conducted his research at Polis University in Tirana, Albania. He also holds a Master of Architecture from North Carolina State University and a bachelor’s degree in historic preservation from The Savannah College of Art and Design.You can read the full press release here.Ben Tobin led this search with Nella Young and Alaine Small.
