Beth Tauke, M.A., M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture

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curriculum vitae

Beth Tauke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and former Associate Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo – State University of New York. She directs university education activities for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, and is one of the founders of Universal Design Education Online and is a principal investigator of the Universal Design Identity Program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Her scholarly research combines the areas of inclusive design, spatial and color perception, and design education. She is co-editor of Diversity and Design: The Journal of Inclusive Design Education. She has published articles in Building Material,Design Issues, Utopian Studies, Representation, Intersight, and Foundations in Art, Theory and Criticism, among others, and co-edited the book Universal Design: New York.

Professor Tauke’s major awards include a National Institute for Architectural Education Award, the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture Robert R. Taylor Award, the Lily Endowment Teaching Fellowship, an NEA Universal Design Leadership Grant, an NEA Creation and Presentation Grant, and the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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