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Before joining the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Michael taught at several schools of architecture across more than 25 years as an educator, including the University of Maryland, Syracuse University and Drexel University. Michael has frequently served as a guest critic at several schools of architecture, including MIT, Syracuse, Cornell, Pratt, SCAD, RISD, Kingdom University, Bahrain (جامعة المملكة) and the Catholic University of America among others. His contributions through professional, educational, and volunteer efforts reflect his commitment to excellence, diversity, and the transformative power of architecture and design.

Michael currently serves as a Director on the Board of Directors for the AIA Triangle in Raleigh, NC. He is a passionate advocate for the AIA and the profession of Architecture and the profound impact architecture and design can have on individuals and communities. He is an ardent supporter of fostering a more diverse and inclusive architectural profession, recognizing the positive roles architects can play in society.

Michael also serves as an At-Large Member of the Southern Regional Council of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). He is a strong believer in the power of bringing people together to shape a more resilient and innovative future for higher education. He values the collaborative spirit of integrated planning, where shared insights and best practices drive meaningful impact on college and university campuses. Inspired by SCUP’s commitment to community, learning, and adaptability, Michael champions an inclusive approach that prepares institutions to thrive through change.

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Kristen specializes in planning and programming to guide design decisions that support curricular objectives, operational efficiencies, as well as sustainable and resilient design principles. Kristen focuses on excellence in design and analytics utilizing digital media and data visualization. She has examined how architecture and the design process integrate benchmarks to support innovative environments through the implementation of evidence-based research to study design outcomes. A critical aspect of Kristen’s human-centered design research focuses on pre- and post-occupancy evaluations of environments that reveal opportunities to optimize design across the life-cycle for occupant health and building energy use.

She has lectured on the integration of practice-based representation and documentation methods in academia as well as the utilization of BIM across the life cycle of the project from design and construction to facilities management, including environmental evaluations.

As an educator with over ten years of teaching experience in design disciplines, Kristen teaches design to improve the performance of the built environment. She has taught Foundations of Design and Digital Design courses, including Integrated Practice at the University of Maryland.

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Lauren approaches design as a pluralist, believing that architecture is in constant dialogue with various forms of culture. Her projects explore how architecture engages with and reflects everything from contemporary fashion to cinematic storytelling, emphasizing that the built environment is shaped by a rich tapestry of inputs. She views design as a fluid process, where the boundaries between different creative disciplines dissolve, allowing for a continual reimagining of space, form, and meaning.

In both her teaching and research, Lauren encourages students to think beyond traditional architectural frameworks, positioning architecture as a practice that critically engages with the full spectrum of cultural and societal forces. Through this expansive lens, she fosters a design process that embraces experimentation, remixing, and reinterpretation, helping students craft spaces that are culturally resonant and critically engaged with the world around them.

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Since 2022, Keith has been actively exploring the tremendous capacity generative artificial intelligence (AI) holds to unlock, spark, and transmit design imagination. His work in AI has been exhibited in “Architecture After AI” at the University of Texas at Austin (2023) and “AI T.B.D.” at UTK SOA (2023); additionally, his short film “Promtuary_Zero” was presented at the 2023 Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival. Keith continues to progress with this research and experimentation through his UTK design studios and seminar, “Future ‘Flows Now!!” (ARCH 455 555); he is also part of the recently formed UTK SOA AI research group.

Keith co-founded the spatial practice KBAS with Julie Beckman upon having their design for the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial (dedicated in 2008) unanimously selected by an esteemed competition jury in 2003. Over the next decade, KBAS cultivated a diverse array of provocative proposals and advanced spatial constructs that range from permanent works of public art in Philadelphia, PA, and Salt Lake City, UT, to “TN-01”, an early large-scale 3D print in the permanent collection of Museum of Design Atlanta (MoDA, 2015) and “Grand BKLN,” a bespoke digitally fabricated building facade in Brooklyn, NY (completed 2020). Before launching KBAS, Keith was a designer and project manager for SHoP Architects (New York, NY), where he played critical roles in several of their early formative projects. Keith recently joined Sanders Pace Architects (Knoxville, TN) as a designer and special operations project manager. His most public contribution to the firm’s deep portfolio of built work to date was as a key player on the small team that designed and administered the complex fabrication, installation, and construction of the award-winning Baker Creek Pavilion at Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness Gateway Park (2024).

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In 2020, she was inducted into the AAF-Knoxville Hall of Fame for a career of excellence in advertising. As a passionate proponent of Design for Good and humanity-centered design solutions, she has worked with NASA and the Savannah Tree Foundation to develop strategic outreach initiatives addressing climate challenges. In the era of AI, Brine hopes to share and shape conversations around the intersections of design, technology, humanity, and the future of work.

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