The College of Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Douglas Appler to the Helen Edwards Abell Chair in Historic Preservation. The position is a one-year visiting appointment that begins August 2011. Professor Appler is now completing his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He will defend his dissertation, “Understanding the Community Benefits of City Archaeology Programs,” later this month, and will move to Lexington immediately thereafter. In addition to his quite impressive scholarly record, Professor Appler has worked as a county and regional planner, serving most recently as Planning and Zoning Director for Madison County, Georgia.
