Grae Prickett is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in Architectural Studies. Grae’s passion for art and architecture comes from being raised by two parents, Douglas Prickett and Eunie Baird, who received Master Degrees in Graphic Design and Industrial Design and continued to pursue careers in the art world. Grae has been a teaching assistant for Approaches to the Built Environment, and continues with other educational evolvement this semester by working as a research assistant under Professor Mina Rajagopalan. The research position includes collaborating with Professor Rajagopalan and MIT in a series of lectures called Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC). Along with educational evolvement outside the classroom Grae is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and spends her free time raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Grae also actively involves herself in an off-campus job at Athleta. After graduating from University of Pittsburgh in August, her plans are to take a year to work at a firm as an intern before heading to graduate school in the fall of 2016.
Grae will be presenting for Design Studio 2, HAA 1917, at HAAARCH this year.