Kwesi Daniels

Dr. Kwesi Daniels is the head of the Architecture Department and an assistant professor at Tuskegee University. His professional experience ranges across various disciplines, including historic preservation, architecture, sustainability management, and urban geography. In 2018, he began developing a historic preservation program at Tuskegee University, which has expanded the institution’s resources into African American communities in Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Tuskegee, Ala. In 2019, he developed the Legacy of Booker T. Washington course at Tuskegee, which examines the social impact, community building, economic development, national and international influence, and overall self-empowerment legacy of Dr. Washington; his “Learning to Do by Doing” educational philosophy guides much of Dr. Daniels work.Dr. Daniels earned a B.Arch. and M.Arch. from Tuskegee University and the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.S. in sustainability management from Columbia University. In 2020 he earned a Ph.D. in urban geography from Temple University. His doctoral research focused on the positive and negative social impact that universities can have on communities around the campuses, particularly communities of color.