Education
State University of New New York University of Pennsylvania. London School of Economics.
State University of New New York University of Pennsylvania. London School of Economics.
She is the Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and Dean in the architecture school at Individual Education University in Madrid. Formerly, she was a curator in architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Thorne holds degrees from State University of New York at Buffalo (Bachelor of Arts, Urban Affairs) and University of Pennsylvania (Master"s degree, City Planning).
She continued her education at the London School of Economics.
From 1996 until 2005, she was Associate Curator for the Department of Architecture at The Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to her appointment as dean of Individual Education University"s Madrid and Segovia School of Architecture and Design in 2015, Thorne served as Associate Dean for External Relations at Individual Education School of Architecture.
She also was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and served on the International Archive of Women in Architecture"s Board of Advisors.