Rate My Professor Sharon Kuska

Sharon Kuska is a Professor in the Architecture Program and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Programs in the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She earned her B.S. in Architectural Studies in 1982, M.S. in Civil Engineering in 1984, and Ph.D. in Engineering in 1993, all from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with her doctoral dissertation on the seismic behavior of square high-strength concrete columns. A registered Professional Civil Engineer in Nebraska since 1992 and LEED Accredited Professional since 2003, Kuska joined the UNL faculty in fall 1986 after serving as an engineer-in-training and graduate architect at Bahr Vermeer & Haecker Architects (now BVH Architecture). She progressed from Assistant Professor to tenured Associate Professor in 1995 and full Professor in 2000. Kuska has held key leadership roles, including Interim Dean of the College of Architecture from January 2022 to January 2023, Interim Director of the Architecture Program from 2017 to 2018, Associate Dean from 1999 to 2002, Acting President of the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities in 2021-2022, H. Robert Douglass Distinguished Professorship (2004-2006), and W. Cecil Steward Distinguished Professorship (2006-2008, 2010-2012). She served as past-president of the Nebraska Society of Professional Engineers, contributed 11 years to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Exam Committee, and was a visiting professor at the Dublin Institute of Technology.