Ellen Weiss, an architectural historian and professor emerita at Tulane University’s School of Architecture in New Orleans, lectures on and writes about American architecture and community planning. Her recent book, Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington (NewSouth Books, 2011), chronicles Taylor’s contribution to Tuskegee Institute (now University) in east central Alabama where he designed most of the campus buildings during his 40–year career, and managed the grounds and infrastructure.