Lee W. Waldrep, PhD
Currently associate dean of the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the University of Maryland, Waldrep has more than 10 years of experience in the fields of architecture and career development. Previously, he served as assistant dean for academic affairs in the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) from 1994 to 2001.

Waldrep holds a doctorate in counseling and development from The American University, a master’s degree in architecture from Arizona State University, and a bachelor’s degree from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He has lectured and presented extensively about careers and architecture around the country. Currently, Waldrep is under contract with John Wiley and Sons to write Becoming an Architect as part of Wiley’s Careers in Design series.

Grace H. Kim, AIA
Kim is a principal and cofounder of Schemata Workshop, an architecture collaborative in Seattle. Previously, Kim was a principal at Place Architects and project manager for Bumgardner Architects, both also in Seattle. She began her architecture career at SOM in Chicago, where she was also an active member of the Young Architects Committee of AIA Chicago. She has also worked at the International Masonry Institute.
Kim has been actively involved with the American Institute of Architecture Students at both the national and chapter levels and also has served on the Collateral Internship Task Force and the AIA Mentorship Task Group that produced the Web site, Mentorship: A Journey in Collaborative Learning. She facilitates a mentor group in Seattle called the Laddership.

Kim received her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Washington State University and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Washington. She also served as a Washington State IDP Coordinator for two years and, in 2004, was the first to receive the Emerging Professionals Mentorship Award from the AIA National Associates Committee and Young Architects Forum. Kim is also the author of A Survival Guide for Architectural Interns and Career Development (John Wiley and Sons, 2006).