With the new academic year, the Weitzman School of Design welcomes endowed chairs along with other members of the standing faculty. They come to Penn from leading institutions of higher learning across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and bring expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, and historic preservation.  

In announcing the latest appointments to the Weitzman community, dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner said, “Across the five departments, we share the belief that a more equitable, sustainable, and beautiful future is not only possible—we can help realize it. To do so, we’ll need to be even more interdisciplinary in our approach, and more receptive to expertise outside our own experiences.”

Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning and Faculty Co-Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Sanya Carley joined Weitzman from Indiana University, where she served as an O’Neill Professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and associate vice provost of faculty and academic affairs. Dr. Carley’s research focuses on energy justice and policies aimed at advancing the innovation of low-carbon and efficient energy technologies in both the electricity and transportation sectors. She holds secondary appointments in the department of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School and at the School of Social Policy & Practice. Dr. Carley will begin teaching in the spring of 2024.

Rossana Hu, Miller Professor Designate and Chair Designate of Architecture

Rossana Hu will join the faculty at Weitzman on January 1, 2024. A role model for the creative vanguard, Ms. Hu has helped transform Shanghai’s design culture over the past 20 years. She co-founded Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, the widely-acclaimed interdisciplinary architecture practice based in Shanghai. Alongside her design practice, Ms. Hu has been deeply committed to architectural education and has lectured at universities and professional forums throughout Europe, Asia, and the U.S. In addition, she is currently a professor and chair of the department of architecture in the College of Architecture & Urban Planning at Tongji University.

View the Weitzman School’s non-endowed appointments also beginning this academic year here.