BIOGRAPHY

Speaks is dean of the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. Previously, he was dean of the College of Design at the University of Kentucky from 2008-2013; director of the graduate program and founding director of the Metropolitan Research and Design post-graduate program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles from 1998-2005.He is the author of “Theory was interesting… but now we have work: No Hope no Fear” ARQ, Vol.6, no.3 (Sept 2002) and “After Theory,” Architectural Record, June 2005.