LEADERSHIP
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Allan W. Shearer
ProfessorAssociate Dean for Research and TechnologyAssistant Program Director for Landscape Architecture
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Dean Almy
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Charles L. Davis II
Associate ProfessorProgram Director for Architecture Ph.D. -
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Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla
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