Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture & Planning at University of New Mexico

Roger Schluntz, FAIA, began his tenure at the University of New Mexico in June 1999 and served as the dean of the School of Architecture and Planning for eleven years. Among other accomplishments, during this time frame the school witnessed the establishment of its now fully accredited and acclaimed Master of Landscape Architecture degree program/faculty, as well as two interdisciplinary graduate certificate programs, Town Design and Historic Preservation & Regionalism. Pearl Hall, the award winning 108,000 SF campus gateway facility designed by Antoine Predock that serves as the home of the SA+P, was completed in 2008. As the chair of the University’s Design Review Board, he was also instrumental in the adoption of the campus design guidelines.

A past member of the National Architectural Accreditation Board and its elected secretary, Schluntz has also served on over fifteen accreditation team visits for the NAAB, as well as a team member for several visits for the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB).

Schluntz moved to Albuquerque from Florida, where he was a professor and former dean of architecture at the University of Miami. Previously Professor Schluntz served as the director of the architecture program at Arizona State University (1980-89), where he also established and directed the Joint ASU.