The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced June Williamson as the organization’s 2026–2027 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). Williamson takes the helm from José Gámez, who served in the role last term.
“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,” Williamson said.
Williamson has been a licensed architect since 2003, and joined the faculty at CCNY in 2003. She’s published three books, two of which she co-authored with Ellen Dunham-Jones, about the retrofitting and future of the suburbs.
In her role as ACSA President, Williamson will act as a liaison between architectural boards: the American Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the National Architectural Accrediting Board, the National Organization of Minority Architects, and the American Institute of Architecture Students, in addition to promoting the ACSA and affiliated conferences.
Per a press release, Williamson will “advance ACSA’s work to shape the future of architecture by empowering faculty to understand and act within a dynamic world.”
Architecture in higher education has been under the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Education since last November, when a proposal to reclassify its status as a professional degree was stipulated in the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Under its terms, eligibility for student loan borrowing limits would be changed. AN recently reported, however, that a federal judge temporarily voided the proposal, maintaining the architect’s professional status, for now.
In response to the void, the previous ACSA president José Gámez told AN the association’s plan is to “continue to work with the American Institute of Architects and the Advanced Professional Workforce Alliance to advocate for full recognition of accredited graduate architecture programs in federal student loan policies.”
