Architect, Creative Problem Solver | Cheryl Morgan Design
Cheryl is a licensed architect and Emerita Professor of Architecture who was the Director of Auburn University’s Urban Studio in Birmingham, Alabama. Under Cheryl’s leadership, the Urban Studio’s Small-Town Design Initiative Program worked with over 75 small towns and neighborhoods in Alabama.
Morgan practiced architecture and urban design in the San Francisco Bay Area before coming to Auburn in 1992. Morgan’s professional practice now focuses on urban design, community revitalization and graphic design. She is also an experienced facilitator.
In 2012 she received one of Auburn University’s highest awards for Achievement in Outreach and in 2017 the Alabama State Council on the Arts named Cheryl one of the recipients of their bi-annual Governor’s Award. In 2018 she gave a TEDx talk at TEDx Birmingham titled “Place Matters.”
She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Courses
Disaster Recovery: Reflections on Neighborhood Resilience
In 2020, the cumulative costs of disaster events in the US reached $95 billion - more than double the previous year. In 2021, the costs from disasters reached $145 billion. In fact, between 2012-2021 it was estimated that 142 separate billion-dollar disaster events had cost the nation over $1 trillion. This National Preparedness Month, join in conversation with two communities who have experienced major tornado disasters and are now over a decade past the events, allowing for a long-term perspective on how we think about disaster recovery, resilience and the future of our communities in an era of climate change vulnerability.
Hosted by AIA Center for Communities by Design.
Course expires 09/1/2025