Faculty + Staff

Byron J. Mouton is an established architect, educator, New Orleans native, and alumnus of Tulane University. He now runs his practice BILD Design in conjunction with his academic role as Senior Professor of Practice at Tulane’s School of Architecture and Director of URBANbuild.

Hugh Jackson is a rising designer, builder, and educator living in New Orleans. He is co-teaching the URBANbuild Research Studio. In addition to teaching, Hugh has won multiple awards for his work in residential design at BILD design.

Emilie Taylor Welty was a member of the first URBANbuild studio and helped to lead builds two through five as well, before joining the leadership at the Small Center for Collaborative Design and running her firm Colectivo.

LiCausi received a Bachelors of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he studied motion graphics, digital fabrication, and computational design alongside architecture. In professional practice in New York City, he specialized in 3D printing, virtual reality, and other digital technologies.

After initially working in corporate finance, banking, and investments with her bachelors degree from Columbia University. Elnems returned to school to receive her MBA from University of Miami. In the time since, she has played many key roles in higher education administration, before ultimately arriving at Tulane School of Architecture in August 2022.

Prior to joining Tulane School of Architecture, Andara worked for several years in Finance & Administration at the Tulane School of Law. During this time she received a Master of Social Work from the Tulane School of Social Work. She uses this expertise to volunteer and invest in the local community.

Michael serves as the Assistant Director of Admissions for the School of Architecture. Based on his experiences in admissions, he believes in recruiting based on building relationships through honest and genuine interactions. He was previously the Senior Admissions Counselor at Loyola University New Orleans. Michael is a born-and-raised New Orleanian who received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Louisiana State University in 2017 and his Masters in Business Administration from Loyola University New Orleans in 2020.

Christy received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Missouri State University, and worked for six years as a legal secretary in Austin, Texas and New Orleans. She is currently finishing a certificate in Human Resource Management at the Tulane School of Professional Studies.

Naomi received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in communications with honors certificate and a minor in environmental studies from Loyola University New Orleans in 2006. She worked for seven years leading communications and training activities for two centers at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: the Tulane Prevention Research Center and the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health.