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Dawn Jourdan

Dawn is the Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland in College Park.  Dr. Jourdan is a land use attorney, city planner, and academic. Operating between these disciplines, Dawn has capitalized on the opportunity to influence the planning practice through the dissemination of scholarship and technical assistance to future planners, developers, and lawyers. Dr. Jourdan is the founder of the Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education and the International Journal of Signage and Wayfinding.