Education

2000 University of Florida, B.A.
2007 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, M.L.A.
2014 University of Melbourne, M.ARCH

Courses Taught

Foundations: Drawing
Foundations: 2-D Design
Foundations: Digital Arts
Foundations: Research and Practice I
Foundations: Methods and Inquiry I
Foundations: Creative Technologies I
Foundations: Creative Technologies II
Foundations: Research and Practice II
Foundations: Methods and Inquiry II
Foundations: Portfolio Review
BFA Portfolio Development
Design Thinking
Professional Seminar
Junior Portfolio Review
Graphic Design I
Graphic Design II
Special Projects

Career Specialties

Joshua Haddad is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator with a background in architecture, environmental design, and landscape urbanism. He currently serves as Foundations Coordinator at the University of Tampa and helped lead and co-author the new foundations curriculum in Art & Design.

Professional and Community Activities

Joshua Haddad serves as the Foundations Coordinator and Assistant Teaching Professor in Art + Design at the University of Tampa. Haddad teaches courses in all areas of the Foundations Program – including Research and Practice (I + II), Methods and Inquiry (I+II), and Creative Technologies (I+II). Haddad has also taught courses in Drawing, Digital Arts, 2D Design, 3D Design, Graphic Design, and Design Thinking. Before Tampa, Haddad lived in Melbourne, Australia (for nearly a decade) – working as Graduate Architect and Instructor at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and RMIT. Professionally, Haddad has experience working in multiple spatial modalities of design – including Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Art, and Urban Planning.��

Haddad (born in Aalborg, Denmark) considers himself an interdisciplinary artist and designer – who currently works with color, space, pattern, and iconography to create works about site, identity, and equality. Haddad’s degrees include a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida (BA with High Honors); Master in Architecture (M.ARCH with Highest Honors) from the University of Melbourne; and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA with Distinction) from Harvard Graduate School of Design. When not teaching, Haddad loves taking pictures of the city. In another life, Haddad worked as French-Trained Bread Baker – and continues investigating the connection between food, art, architecture, and the urban fabric.

Honors and Awards

2024–2025 Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Teaching Award, College of Arts and Letters (University of Tampa)
2014 Valedictory Speech for Melbourne School of Design [MSD] Graduating Class (University of Melbourne)
2014 Design Finalist for Wildlife Art Museum of Australia [WAMA] Thesis Project (University of Melbourne)
2010–2014 Dean’s Honours Award – Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 (University of Melbourne)
2010–2014 International Post-Graduate Coursework Scholarship (University of Melbourne)
2012 Mexico Travelling Studio & Exhibition (University of Melbourne)
2012 John Charles Lloyd Exhibition Prize (University of Melbourne)
2011 Kiribati Travelling Studio & Exhibition (University of Melbourne)
2011 Melbourne Global Mobility Scholarship (University of Melbourne)
2011 Melbourne School of Design Travel Grant (University of Melbourne)
2010 Papua New Guinea Travelling Studio (University of Melbourne)
2007 Studio Works: Boston “Big Dig” Design Studio w/ Prof. Alistair McIntosh (Harvard University, GSD)
2007 James Souverine Gallo Memorial Scholarship (Harvard University, GSD)
2007 Penny White Travel Grant: Sustainable Eco-Tourism in the Deserts of Australia (Harvard University, GSD)
2006 Penny White Travel Grant: Greenroof Research in Germany & Switzerland (Harvard University, GSD)
2000 Outstanding Male Leader of Graduating Class (University of Florida)
1998 Reitz Scholar (University of Florida)
1998 Mortar Board, National Honor Society (University of Florida)
1997 Phi Beta Kappa (University of Florida)
1997 Phi Kappa Phi (University of Florida)
1997 Golden Key, International Honour Society (University of Florida)
1996 McLaughlin Scholar (University of Florida)
1996 Anderson Scholar (University of Florida)
1996 Selby Scholar (University of Florida)
1995 Coca-Cola Scholar (University of Florida)