Faces of FAY: Randal Dickinson
Randal Dickinson has been the Digital Fabrication Specialist at the Fay Jones School since February 2017. Prior to joining the school, he was a career and technical education instructor at Fayetteville High School from 2011 to 2017. Dickinson also taught in Korea. He received a Bachelor of Arts in art (graphic design) and a Master of Education in career and technology education, both from the U of A.
Faces of FAY: Laura Terry
Laura Terry joined the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in 1998. Since then, she has taught primarily in the beginning design studios. She strives to foster curiosity in her students through iterative drawing and making practices. Terry also maintains an active studio art practice. Her work explores the landscape as subject and through drawing, painting and printmaking.
Faces of FAY: Tony Patterson
Tony Patterson (B.Arch. ’00) is a founding partner at Patterhn Ives in St. Louis, Missouri. Raised in Kansas and Missouri, Patterson said it was an easy decision to attend the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Following graduation, Patterson worked at Cromwell Architects Engineers and Marlon Blackwell Architects, both in Fayetteville. He completed graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Faces of FAY: Noah Billig
Noah Billig is an associate professor of landscape architecture in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, where he’s taught since 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Verna C. Garvan Distinguished Visitor in Landscape Architecture. He joined the school’s faculty in 2013. He has taught design studios and courses in public participation, urban design, environmental design and planning, the American landscape, and study abroad in Italy and Turkey. He serves as the Honors Program director for the Fay Jones School and as chair of the Urban and Regional Planning Minor. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Faces of FAY: Melissa Harlan
Melissa Harlan, AIA, has worked on historic adaptive reuse projects at Kiku Obata & Company since 2019. She graduated with a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2008, a Bachelor of Architecture from Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in 2003, and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Arkansas State University in 1999. She has served on the Fay Jones School’s Professional Advisory Board for more than a decade. She has also been involved with the AIA since 2016.
Faces of FAY: Jenny Tredway
Jenny Tredway (B.I.D. ’00) is an associate, registered interior designer at Looney & Associates. Her career has taken her across the United States, most recently to Hawaii. Tredway said stepping foot on the University of Arkansas campus felt like stepping into a new home. Although the interior design (now interior architecture and design) program wasn’t yet part of the Fay Jones School when she attended, she said she is honored to be considered an alumna of the school.
Faces of FAY: Sheri Lynn Brown
Sheri Lynn Brown joined the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design’s advising staff in 2008. She is the senior academic counselor for the Fay Jones School and manages advising for second- through fifth-year students across all three departments. Brown enjoys guiding students through their academic careers and helping them to succeed.
Faces of FAY: Jenny Burbidge
Jenny Burbidge (B.L.A. ’10) is the owner and principal landscape architect of Prism Design Studio LLC in Huntsville. Burbidge said that her career has been “love at first sight” and through all the transitions, her life right now is a dream come true.
Faces of FAY: Jennifer Webb
Jennifer Webb, associate professor of interior architecture and design and assistant dean of graduate studies, joined the interior design faculty at the University of Arkansas in 1999. The interior design program became part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in 2010. During her 25 years with the university, Webb has pursued an active research agenda focused on person-environment fit and investigated the role of privacy in living environments for older adults.
Faces of FAY: Shaina Kay Armstrong
Shaina Kay Armstrong (B.I.D. ’11) is the founder and director of design at SK Design Studio, Hospitality Architecture & Interiors. Armstrong said that her position in the industry is to bring diversity to design. In addition to working on a variety of project types, Armstrong has spoken at schools and colleges to encourage creative careers to underrepresented students.