Professor Jay Chandler, J.D., an adjunct member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Oklahoma‐Tulsa since 1990, is now celebrating retirement after teaching his last class on December 9, 2019, with students from the OU Urban Design Studio.
Professor Chandler has practiced law for more than 40 years and has taught Legal Framework for Design as adjunct faculty at OU-Tulsa for the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture for more than 30 years. Jay plans to travel in retirement beginning later this month in Vienna. We wish him well!
Featured photo from left to right: Clay Harris, Jamie Pierson, Professor Jay Chandler, Urban Design Studio Director Shawn Schaefer, Alex O’Connell, Chris Paulsen, Tristan Fox, Samiul Haque and Virginia Paiva.
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
