Deborah Oakley

Las Vegas, Nevada United States

Associate Professor

Real Estate/ Construction / Architecture

I have been described as an "amphibian" in that I have education, professional experience and licensure as both structural engineer and architect and thus move between these two domains. For the past 17 years I have developed and taught courses in building structures geared for architectural students. I have taught at Virginia Tech, Philadelphia University, the University of Maryland and currently at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I am a founding member and past president of the Building Technology Educators' Society (BTES) (http://www.btesonline.org), the only North American academic society solely dedicated to the advancement of pedagogy in the areas of construction and structur...