Dr. Armwood-Gordon is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University. She received her PhD in Architectural Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2014) and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, Tennessee State University (2007). Her technical expertise is structural engineering, with research interest in the study of the behavior of structural materials and structural performance of existing structures and structures subjected to natural disasters. She also conducts research in faculty development and engineering education. She is the Director of Student Services and Outreach for the College of Engineering. She holds the positions of TSU Regional Director for the Tennessee Science Olympiad, TSU National Summer Transportation Institute Director, Board Member of the Nashville Region Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Organization, Treasurer of the Music City Professionals of the National Society of Black Engineers, and serves on the Metro Public Schools STEM Advisory Board and Tennessee Department of Education STEM Advisory Council.