May 9, 2017

The University of Arizona today announced that Dr. Nancy Pollock-Ellwand will serve as the seventh permanent dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.

Dr. Pollock-Ellwand served previously at the University of Calgary, where she has been Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design since 2010. Prior to that, she was Head and Chair (dean) of the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Adelaide, and before that she rose up the academic ranks in the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph. Dr. Pollock-Ellwand received her Ph.D. in Planning from the University of Waterloo, her Master of Architecture from the University of Manitoba, and her Bachelor in Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph.

Dr. Pollock-Ellwand brings a breadth of international expertise and insight to the UA, in her scholarly and professional work as well as in her extensive administrative experience. She has worked in several countries including two stints in Japan and she also serves in several capacities on UNESCO's International Council on Monuments and Sites for World Heritage designation. As her background shows, she integrates and values all the CAPLA disciplines and she has a strong interest in interdisciplinary initiatives. Dr. Pollock-Ellwand emphasizes the importance of "design" in the most inclusive and creative sense, and she is known as a smart, thoughtful and engaging leader.

Dr. Pollock-Ellwand will begin her duties as dean on July 31st.