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Associate Research Professor
Auburn University Rural Studio
Auburn, Alabama
Mackenzie Stagg is an Associate Research Professor in Auburn University’s School of Architecture and manages the Rural Studio Front Porch Initiative. Established in 1993, Rural Studio gives architecture students a hands-on educational experience while assisting the underserved communities of Alabama’s Black Belt region. The Front Porch Initiative aims to extend the impact of Rural Studio’s applied research in housing access and affordability by cultivating scalable, sustainable, and resilient processes for developing homes in under-resourced communities. A graduate of Auburn University, Mackenzie has collaborated with Rural Studio in a variety of capacities over the course of the past twenty years: as student, instructor, and faculty member. Mackenzie’s work at Rural Studio has been intertwined with design work at both architecture offices and design-focused not-for-profit organizations in Alabama, Virginia, and Louisiana. Through her research at Auburn University Rural Studio, Mackenzie works directly with local housing provider partners, regional organizations, and national stakeholders to comprehensively address the challenges of providing equitable access to homeownership opportunities through collaboration, education, and applied research.
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