RON DULANEY, JR.
Director & Professor, School of Architecture & Community Design
Phone: (813) 974-4031
Email: rdulaney@usf.edu
Director Dulaney’s scholarship explores the history of and designs for workforce housing in the U.S; design and representation through drawing and photography; and design pedagogies and methodologies. Dulaney practiced architecture with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Pittsburgh), Smith Dalia Architects (Atlanta), Ray Huff Architects (Charleston, SC), and others. His scholarly and practice works have been disseminated in numerous regional, national, and international juried venues provided by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), the Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA), the Urban History Association (UHA), and others.
As an educator, Dulaney applies student-centered pedagogies and often conducts community-engaged projects. His students have earned regional, national, and international design recognition for competition projects completed under his guidance, and he has led students to successful completion of multiple community projects, including the Franciscan Center’s Riverside Pavilion, recognized by AIA Tampa Bay in 2009. Prior to rejoining USF’s SACD in 2024, Dulaney held faculty appointments at West Virginia University (WVU), Virginia Tech, USF, and Louisiana Tech. At WVU he was recognized as his school’s outstanding teacher multiple times.
Dulaney has effectively served communities within and beyond the universities associated with his faculty appointments. Examples include leading a WV AIA Livable Communities Committee to the completion of a Complete Streets study for the City of Parkersburg, WV and facilitating a community visioning project for Osage, WV. He has served on various city and regional boards and commissions. Dulaney was recognized at WVU with his college’s Outstanding Service Award for his architectural work that contributed to securing a $6.7 million gift for a new university equine center and by the ACSA with a service award for co-organizing an ACSA Southeast Regional Conference.
Dulaney has held several academic leadership positions and served in elected roles as a Morgantown, WV City Councilor and a Mayor. Main Street Morgantown recognized his contributions to downtown redevelopment and revitalization by naming him their Local Public Official of the Year in 2018.
Dulaney earned his bachelor’s degree in studio fine arts at Furman University and his Master of Architecture at Virginia Tech. He holds a Florida architecture license and the LEED AP BD+C credential.