About

Dr. Danielle Willkens

Danielle S. Willkens, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, FRSA, LEED AP BD+C is a practicing designer, researcher, and FAA Certified Remote Pilot who is particularly interested in bringing architectural engagement to diverse audiences through interactive projects. She was an inaugural Mellon History Teaching Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, exploring the project “From Plantation to Protest: Visualizing Cultural Landscapes of Conflict in the American South.” She currently has several research, documentation, and visualization projects in Selma, AL and Atlanta, GA, supported by National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grants. Willkens has authored the award-winning Architecture for Teens: A Beginner's Book for Aspiring Architects in addition to The Transatlantic Design Network: Thomas Jefferson, John Soane, and Agents of Architectural Exchange. She is also leading efforts on heritage documentation and sustainable tourism, alongside a number of collaborators, at the Penn Center, SC, Valencia, Spain, and Petra, Jordan.