Skip to content

News Center | Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology

Search

Search form

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • News Home
  • Campus Map
  • Directory
  • Offices

News Center

Menu
Close
  • Calendar
  • Categories
    • Business and Economic Development
    • Campus and Community
    • Earth and Environment
    • Health and Medicine
    • Science and Technology
    • Society and Culture
    • Feature Stories
  • Media Contacts
  • Experts
    • Find an Expert
    • Featured Expert
  • Daily Digest
  • The Whistle
    • Classifieds
    • Archives
  • Social Media
  • Subscribe
  • You are here:
  • GT Home
  • Georgia Tech NewsCenter
  • Home
  • Flowers Named Associate Vice Provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution
Campus and Community

Flowers Named Associate Vice Provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution

By Susie Ivy | October 1, 2018 • Atlanta, GA

Benjamin Flowers
Click image to enlarge

Benjamin Flowers Faculty headshot

Download Image

Benjamin Flowers, professor in the School of Architecture, has been named the associate vice provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution (AVP-ACR), effective Oct. 15, 2018.

As the AVP-ACR, Flowers will oversee the interpretation and enforcement of Georgia Tech policies and rules and the grievances, complaints, and inquiries by administrators, faculty, staff, and students, including allegations of academic, scholarly, or research misconduct, and other academic issues concerning compliance with policies and procedures.

“I am very pleased to announce Professor Flowers as our new associate vice provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution,” said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “In his 13 years of service to Georgia Tech, he has proven himself to be a committed educator, leader, and collaborator. I believe he will help move us forward and advance a proactive approach to advocacy and conflict resolution for our faculty, staff, and students.”

Flowers joined the Georgia Tech faculty as part of the School of Architecture in 2005. He has served as the chair and vice-chair of the Institute’s Graduate Curriculum Committee as well as the director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Architecture. He was selected as part of the second cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program at Georgia Tech in 2017 and is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech’s Leadership Roundtable program. He is currently a Provost Teaching and Learning Fellow in the College of Design. Flowers also received the College of Design’s Georgia Power Professor of Excellence Award in 2012 and the School of Architecture’s Dean William Fash Teaching Excellence Award in 2017.

“I am enthusiastic about accepting the position of AVP-ACR and for the opportunity to support the research, teaching, and service endeavors of our faculty, staff, and students,” said Flowers. “I thank Provost Bras and look forward to serving as an advocate and to supporting the policies and practices that will enable the continued academic and operational excellence for our Georgia Tech community.”

Flowers is an expert in architectural history, theory, and criticism. His research focuses on monumental urban projects, particularly skyscrapers and stadia. His books on the subject include: Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty (Ashgate Press, 2014), Sport and Architecture (Routledge, 2017), and Beautiful Moves: Designing Stadia (Lund Humphries, 2018). He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Wesleyan University. 

The AVP-ACR position is a 75 percent appointment in an academic faculty title and reports to the provost, operationally coordinating with the office of the vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development.

Related Links

  • Conflict Resolution and Ombuds

Contact Information

Susie Ivy
Institute Communications | Office of the Provost
404-385-3782

Categories

Campus and Community

News Categories

  • Business and Economic Development
  • Campus and Community
  • Earth and Environment
  • Health and Medicine
  • Science and Technology
  • Society and Culture

Featured Videos

Georgia Tech's Allison Noffsinger

Drones used during the Maroon 5 performance were positioned by Georgia Tech students.

Georgia Tech defeated 2-time defending champion Georgia to win the 2019 Thrasher Cup in Savannah. 

Georgia Tech Resources

  • Offices & Departments
  • News Center
  • Campus Calendar
  • Special Events
  • GreenBuzz
  • Institute Communications
  • Visitor Resources
  • Campus Visits
  • Directions to Campus
  • Visitor Parking Information
  • GTvisitor Wireless Network Information
  • Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
  • Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center
  • Barnes & Noble at Georgia Tech
  • Ferst Center for the Arts
  • Robert C. Williams Paper Museum

Colleges, Instructional Sites & Research

  • Colleges
  • College of Computing
  • College of Design
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Sciences
  • Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
  • Scheller College of Business
  • Instructional Sites
  • Georgia Tech-Lorraine
  • Georgia Tech-Savannah
  • Georgia Tech-Shenzhen
  • Georgia Tech Online
  • Professional Education
  • The Language Institute
  • Global Footprint
  • Global Engagement
  • Research
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Research at Georgia Tech
  • Executive Vice President for Research

Student & Parent Resources

  • Student Resources
  • Apply
  • BuzzPort
  • Buzzcard
  • Career Center
  • Co-ops & Internships
  • Commencement
  • Library
  • Student Affairs
  • Student Entrepreneurship
  • Study Abroad
  • T-Square
  • Parent Resources
  • Parent and Family Programs
  • Dean of Students
  • Scholarships & Financial Aid

Employee, Alumni, & Other Resources

  • Employees
  • Administration and Finance
  • Advising & Teaching
  • Faculty Affairs
  • Faculty Hiring
  • Human Resources
  • Office of the Provost
  • TechWorks
  • Alumni
  • Alumni Association
  • Alumni Career Services
  • Giving Back to Tech
  • Outreach
  • Startup Companies
  • Economic Development
  • Industry Engagement
  • Government & Community Partners
  • Professional Education
Map of News Center | Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology
North Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: (404) 894-2000

  • Contact Us
  • Site Feedback
  • Tech Lingo
  • Emergency Information
  • Legal & Privacy Information
  • Human Trafficking Notice
  • Accessibility
  • Accountability
  • Accreditation
  • Employment
Georgia Tech

© Georgia Institute of Technology