Professor Michael Halflants joined the faculty of the University of South Florida’s graduate school of architecture in 2002.  He is now the only faculty member to have earned the rank of full professor in the school’s fifty-year history.  Professor Halflants teaches graduate design studios and seminars on tropical architecture, modern housing, and real estate. He has lectured on tropical design and housing in Bogota, Singapore, Jakarta, and Bangkok, and has led student trips to Mexico City, the Yucatan, Brazil, Japan, Berlin, the Netherlands, and Spain. Over the years, he has hired top graduates from the program to join the team. In all endeavors, Professor Halflants is dedicated to maintaining parallel and mutually reinforcing creative professional activities and educational responsibilities.