Professor Leslie Van Duzer began her five-year appointment as the Director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) in July 2010.
After completing her graduate studies in architecture at the University of California Berkeley and briefly practicing in San Francisco and Vienna, Prof. Van Duzer began her academic career at the University of MIchigan. She subsequently taught at numerous schools in the United States, Canada and Europe including: the University of Pennsylvania, Washington University, Arizona State University, University of California Berkeley, Dalhousie University, the Technical Universities in Vienna, Prague and Helsinki and the Arkitekskolen in Aarhus.
Van Duzer is co-author of four books: Adolf Loos: Works in the Czech Lands; Mies van der Rohe: Krefeld Villas; Rudolf Arnheim: Revealing Vision; and Villa Müller: A Work of Adolf Loos. The two building monographs were awarded the architects’ journal "Top Ten Books of the Year" award in London. She has published in international journals and lectured throughout Europe and North America. Her forthcoming book, The Art of Deception (co-authored with professor of education, magician, illusion designer and brother Eric Van Duzer), explores the productivity of misperception.