Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Torrey Tracy, assistant professor of interior architecture and design, came to the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in 2017 as a visiting professor. In 2019, he became a tenure-track professor. Tracy has a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice, both from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Tracy is a licensed architect in Arkansas and Nevada. He primarily teaches first-year studio and the building systems course.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.