Jennifer Dempsey

Jennifer Dempsey is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. As an architect at Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, she leads the Obama Presidential Center project in Chicago (2026 completion) and previously served as senior project architect for Dartmouth College's Hood Museum renovation. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute and Master of Architecture II from Yale University.

Her research focuses on cultural institution design and large-scale project execution. Dempsey has participated in architectural juries at Yale, Pratt, Cooper Union, and Parsons.