Sharon Egretta Sutton Sharon Egretta Sutton is a distinguished visiting professor at Parsons School of Design and professor emerita at the University of Washington. She is the author of When Ivory Towers Were Black (Fordham), The Paradox of Urban Space <i>(co-edited with Susan P. Kemp), and Weav-ing a Tapestry of Resistance. Sutton is the twelfth African American woman in the United States to be licensed to practice architecture, a recipient of the Medal of Honor from the New York and Seattle chapters of the American Institute of Architects, and an inductee into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Read More Read Less