For Professor Jerrod Delaine, a childhood love of drawing houses bloomed into a career in architecture. While he loved the industry, Delaine wanted a career that would bring his ideas from start to finish. So, he pivoted to real estate development. “Have an idea, raise the money, hire an architect, hire a builder, work with the community, and bring it to reality? That’s what I wanted to do,” says Delaine. To prepare for his career shift, he earned his master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the Schack Institute of Real Estate at NYU’s School of Professional Studies. Now, he teaches there.
Discovering a Love of Teaching
“I love to teach, and I love to learn,” says Delaine, whose parents always emphasized the value of education. While working at an architecture firm after college, Delaine ventured into teaching when his interior design colleagues asked for a crash course in architecture. He designed a multipart course that taught architecture fundamentals, and they were blown away. “I remember how good it felt to do that, pull everything together and teach the course,” says Delaine. [Read More.]
