Cheryl Morgan, AIA

Cheryl is an architect and the Gresham Professor of Architecture at Auburn University. In over twenty-three years of teaching she has worked with architectural programs at Georgia Institute of Technology, Oklahoma State and California College of Arts and Crafts. She is currently the Director of Auburn’s Urban Studio in Birmingham, AL.

Morgan practiced architecture and urban design in the San Francisco Bay Area for over eight years. She worked with a number of firms including Environmental Planning and Research, Gensler, and the Gruzen Partnership. Before coming to Auburn in 1992 she was an associate with the Berkeley firm of ELS/Elbasani and Logan. Her last project at ELS was the design of new and adaptive reuse buildings along the Singapore River in five blocks of Singapore’s Clarke Quay Historic District. Professor Morgan’s professional practice now focuses on facilitation, urban design, community planning and graphic design.

Cheryl holds two degrees from Auburn University: a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology). Her Master of Architecture degree is from the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. She is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and is a member of the City of Birmingham’s Design Review Board. She is also working with the Railroad Reservation Park project in downtown Birmingham; the Red Mountain State Park; is a founding board member of the citizen leadership program * YourTownAlabama; and sits on the boards of Space One Eleven and Operation New Birmingham’s Magic City Art Connection.

The Urban Studio’s Small Town Design Initiative Program * a significant component of Auburn’s outreach agenda * has worked with over 40 small towns and neighborhoods in Alabama under Professor Morgan’s direction.

An avid traveler, Cheryl leaves the camera at home and sketches as she visits some of the great places of the world. She believes that travel is one of the most important opportunities we offer Auburn students in the programs of the School of Architecture. Professor Morgan has traveled across the US, Canada, Asia, South and Central America, the Middle East and Europe. Her last trip was to France and Spain to visit Cistercian Monasteries.