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Alison Turner is an architect and a teacher and has been a Teaching Assistant Professor at the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design since 2008 where she teaches Design Studio, Environmental Technology and various elective courses revolving around issues of sustainability and housing. In 2008, she started her own practice, sitio architecture + design that focuses on residential and commercial projects with an emphasis on regional, environmentally responsive and sustainable architecture. In both her teaching and practice, she is particularly interested in regional architecture and how past models can merge with contemporary ideas about the nature of environmentally responsive architecture. In addition to teaching and practice, Turner leads community outreach programs as the Director of Community Education to teach young students about design and the profession of architecture. She also directs the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design’s summer Design Camp. Alison Turner received her Master of Architecture degree from Parsons School of Design, where she was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi medal and her Bachelor of Interior Architecture from Kansas State University, where she was the graduation speaker representing Interior Architecture. After graduating from Parsons, Turner spent several years practicing in New York City before moving to Fayetteville, where she continues to practice and design.