Lee Bey

Adjunct Professor

Education

Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts '88)

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, AIADO Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2017-2020
Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Architecture, University of Illinois–Chicago 2004-2008

Professional Experience

Owner, Lee Bey Architectural Photography, 2005-Present
Editorial Board Member, Chicago Sun-Times, 2019-Present
Vice President, DuSable Museum of African American History, 2017-2018
Associate Director, Special Projects and External Affairs, University of Chicago, 2014-2015
Special Projects Manager, University of Chicago, 2013-2014
Executive Director, Chicago Central Area Committee, 2007-2013
Architecture Contributor, WBEZ, 2010-2013
Architecture Contributor, Fox News Chicago, 2010-2012
Director of Governmental Affairs, Chicago Office, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2004-2007
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago, 2001-2004
General Assignment Reporter, Special Projects Reporter, Editorial Page Columnist, and Architecture Critic, Chicago Sun-Times, 1992-2001
Metropolitan Reporter, Daily Southtown, 1990-1992
Reporter, City News Bureau of Chicago 1988-1990


Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side, Northwestern University Press, 2019

Awards

Inducted into The Historymakers archive of African-American achievers, 2006
Studs Terkel Award, 2000
American Planning Association Award, 1999
Chicago Press Veterans Award, Best Series category, 1999
Richard Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award, 1997
Chicago Press Veterans Sarah Brown Boyden Award for Outstanding Journalism, 1997
Peter Lisagor Award, Public Service category, 1994