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Craig Wilkins is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is recognized as a hip-hop architectural theorist, architect, artist, academic, and activist. His creative practice focuses on engaging communities through collaborative participatory design processes. Wilkins serves as the director of the Detroit Community Design Center and is currently the creative director of the Wilkins Project, a social justice strategic design alliance that provides architectural and urban design planning services. His work aims to develop public interest design solutions that address the needs of communities at the margins of society. Wilkins has received notable accolades for his contributions, including the 2017 National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and the A’ Design International Competition Silver Award for Social Design in 2014. As a leading scholar on African Americans in the field of architecture, he has published extensively, exploring the contributions of often-ignored practitioners of color. His books include 'Aesthetics Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music' and 'Diversity Architects: Margin Center.' Wilkins is dedicated to exploring social, cultural, political, historical, and aesthetic dimensions of architecture and its impact on society.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science