Faculty Directory

Jen Maigret has been appointed assistant professor of architecture. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Hartwick College. She has a master’s of science in ecology and evolutionary biology as well as a master’s of architecture from the University of Michigan. She joined the Washington University-St. Louis faculty in 2006 as one of two inaugural Cynthia Weese teaching fellows and later as an assistant professor. Prior to this, she taught in the undergraduate program at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her initial education and professional experience within the field of biology informs her current interests in exploring architecture as a component of broader environmental and social ecologies. She has worked professionally as a restoration ecologist and as a designer and project manager with PLY Architecture, where she was extensively involved in a number of nationally and internationally recognized projects including the Mies van der Rohe Plaza (Detroit, Michigan) and the Robbins Elementary School Competition (Trenton, New Jersey).