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EDUCATION  
Degree
Ph.D.
Institution
 Cornell University
Major
 History of Architecture and Urban Development
Concentration
 History of Theoretical Discourse on Architecture
History of Modern and History of American Architecture
Minor
 Cultural Anthropology
Date
 May 1988
Degree
 M.S.Arch.
Institution
 Cornell University
Major
 Architecture
Concentration
 Design Theory & Criticism
Minor
 Cultural Anthropology
Date
 August 1980
Degree
 B.Arch.
Institution
 University of California, Berkeley
Major
 Architecture
Minor
 Structural Engineering
Date
 March 1978

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Institution
 University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning, Denver, CO, 2005-
Position
 Professor
Courses Graduate Design Studio VI
  Graduate Design Studio IV
  Graduate Design Studio III
  Senior Design Studio

Architecture, In Theory (PhD seminar)
History and Theory of Architecture I
History and Theory of Architecture II
History of American Architecture
Institution
 Portland State University, Department of Architecture, Portland, OR, 2001-2005
Position
 Associate Professor
Courses
   Third Year Design Studio I
  Third Year Design Studio II
  Third Year Design Studio III
  Fourth Year Design Studio III
20th Century Architectural History and Theory I
20th Century Architectural History and Theory II
  Contemporary Architecture Theory
  Architecture and Cultural History I
  Architecture and Cultural History II

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Institution
 Cornell University, Department of Architecture, Ithaca, NY, Spring 1999
Position
 Visiting Professor
Courses
   Architecture, in Theory (Graduate Seminar)
Third Year Design Studio
Thesis Advisor

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Institution
 Parsons School of Design, New School for Social Research, Department of Architecture, New York City, NY, 1994 - 98
Position
 Director of Undergraduate Program
Courses
   Theories of Architectural Form (Graduate Seminar)
Historiography and the Digital Media (Graduate Seminar)
  History of American Architecture
  Third Year M.Arch Studio
Senior Design Studio
  Second Year M.Arch Studio
M.Arch. Design Thesis
Portfolio Design (Graduate Course), Fall 1994

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Institution
 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Architecture Program, Philadelphia, PA 1987-1994
Position
 Assistant Professor
Courses
   History of Western Architecture I
  History of Western Architecture II
History of Discourse on Architecture
History of American Architecture
History of Modern Architecture
  Fifth Year Studio
  Fourth and Third Year Vertical Studio
Third Year Studio
Second Year Studio, 1987-88, 1988-89, Fall 1992 & 93
Second Year Studio Coordinator, 1989-90
Thesis Advisor, 1987-92
Institution
 New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, 1986-87
Position
 Special Lecturer
Courses
 Survey of Architecture History I, Fall 1986
Survey of Architecture History II
 
History of American Architecture, Spring 1987

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATION
2015 Book The Architecture of the Illusive Distance, Ashgate Publishing, February 2015.
2015 Article

The Thesis, the pendulum, and the Battlefield, International Journal of Art and Design Education, Wiley-Blackwell Publications, vol.33, no.1, 121-131.
2014 Paper

A Path To Elsewhere: The Transcenium Experience. Proceedings of the 102th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Miami, 327-337.
2013 Article

Architecture of the Illusive Distance, Screen, Oxford University Press, vol.54, no.4, 439-62.
2013 Paper The Illusive Aesthetics of Architecture. Proceedings of the International Congress of Aesthetics, the International Association for Aesthetics, Krakow, Poland, 38-49.
2012 Paper On the Figure of Nature in the Aesthetics Edifice of Architecture. Proceedings of Beauty: Exploring Critical Issues Conference, Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 116-126.
2012 Paper Distant Interiors. Proceedings of The Interior: a state of Becoming, IDEA 2012 Symposium, Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association, Perth, Australia, 51-63.
2012 Paper On The Use Value of History. Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, 699-708.
2011 Book
Chapter		 The Aesthetics of Architecture: Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building. Goldblatt, David and Roger Paden editors, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 81-91
2011 Article Imaginary Placements. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, The American Society for Aesthetics,Special Issue on Architecture, vol.69, no.1, 81-91
2011 Paper

Imagining the Space and Place of the Imaginary. Proceedings of Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues Conference, Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
2011 Paper Dis/Locating the Body of Cinema. Mind, Body, Cinema, 13th Annual SFSU Film Conference, San Francisco State University, Cinema Department, San Francisco.
2010 Paper The Other Space of Cinema. The 8th international Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, annual meeting of the Association for Cultural Studies, Lingnan University Department of Cultural Studies and Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Program, Hong Kong.
2010 Paper On The Figure Of Nature In The Aesthetics Edifice Of Architecture. Diversities in Aesthetics, XVIIIth International Congress of Aesthetics, University of Beijing, Beijing, China.
2010 Paper The Culture of Imaginary Places.The Cultural Role of Architecture Conference, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England.
2009 Article Architecture Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, and Globalization. The International Journal of the Arts,Common ground Publishers, vol. 2, no. 6, 45-54.
2009 Paper A Thesis Fable. Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Oregon, Portland, 656-62
2009 Paper The Library: Books in Hetrotopia. The 7th International Conference on the Book, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
2008 Paper Architecture Pedagogy in the Information Age. Proceedings of the European Association for Architectural Education and The Architectural Research Centers Consortium Conference (EAAE/ARC), The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark, 210-225.
2008 Paper Architecture Pedagogy in the Age of Globalization. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Houston, 4-14.
2007 Article On the Artifice of Art. In.Form, the Journal of Architecture, Design, and Material Culture, University of Nebraska Press, vol. 7, 10-27.
2007 Paper Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, and Globalization. Proceedings of the Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization, the International Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR), Tunis, Tunisia, 775-90.
2007 Paper Aesthetics' Paradox. Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Aesthetics, International Association of Aesthetics, Middle-East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 436-43.
2006 Paper On the Border of the Beautiful. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 319-331.
2005 Article On the Border of the Beautiful. Architectural Theory Review, Routledge Press, vol. 10, no. 2, 12-33.
2005 Paper Encountering the Digital in the Space of Ideation. Proceedings of the 2005 International Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 451-61.
2004 Article The Spatial Dialectics of Authenticity. SubStance, A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 33, no. 2, 61-89.
2004 Paper On the Border of Architecture. Proceedings of the 2004 Northeast Regional Meeting Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Syracuse, NY, 132-45.
2003 Paper Art in Hetrotopia. Proceedings of the 2003 International Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Helsinki, Finland, 640-49.
2002 Paper On the Spatial Dialectics of Authenticity. Proceedings of the 2002 West regional Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 201-14.
1999 Article On the Exorcise of Theory. Architectural Theory Review, Taylor and Francis Publishers, vol. 4, no. 1, 8-19.
1999 Paper On the Exorcise of Theory. Sign Processes in Complex Systems, VIIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Dresden, Germany.
1998 Article On the Art of Spacing. Semiotica, Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Du Gruyter Mouton Press, vol. 121, nos. 3-4, 283-301.
1998 Paper On the Exorcise of Theory. Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Cleveland, Ohio, 256-69.
1998 Paper Architecture in Theory. The History of Theory International Conference, Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
1997 Article Housing Ideologies in the New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies, c. 1650-1700. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, University of California Press, vol. 56, no. 1, 6-15.
1997 Paper On the Role of Ecology and Ideology in the Domestic Architectural Divide of New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies. Proceedings of the VIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico, 513-26.
1997 Paper On the Exorcise of Theory. Proceedings of the VIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico, 369-81.
1996 Paper On Spatial Computations. Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, 462-66.
1996 Paper On Dwelling, The Colonial Experience. Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, 234-39.
1996 Paper Architecture in Theory. The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Louis, Missouri.
1995 Article On The Logic Of Encampment: Writing and the Library. Issues in Architecture Art and Design, vol. 4, no. 2, 118-152.
1995 Article On Life, By Analogy: Architecture and the Critical Discourse on Extrinsic Constraints: A Historic Perspective. Poetics Today, Duke University Press, vol. 16, no. 2, 651-676.
1995 Paper Architecture: Good to Live In, and Good to Think With. The 48th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Seattle, Washington.
1994 Paper On Life, By Analogy. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 298-313.
1994 Paper On the Art of Spacing. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Sponsored by University of California, Berkeley, 523-34.
1994 Paper On the Logic of Encampment. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec, 334-44.
1994 Paper On Life, By Analogy. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec, 303-313.
1993 Article Writing On, The Margins Of Architecture. Art History, the International Journal of the Association of Art Historians, Wiley-Blackwell Publications, vol. 16, no. 2, 336-348.
1993 Article On The Place Of Culture In The Theoretical Edifice Of Architecture. Architectus, the International Journal of Theory, Design, and Practice, vol. 5, 22-44.
1993 Article On Truth, in Theory, Representation and the Crisis of Signification in Theoretical Discourse on Architecture. The American Journal of Semiotics, the Semiotic Society of America, vol. 10, no.2, 155-176.
1993 Paper On the Logic of Encampment. Proceedings of the 1993 Northeast regional Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Maryland at College Park, Baltimore, Maryland, 95-109.
1992 Paper On the Place of Culture in the Theoretical edifice of Architecture. Proceedings of the Current Research in Architecture and Culture conference, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 219-28.
1992 Paper On Representation and the Crisis of Signification. Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Orlando, Florida, 104-08.
1991 Paper Writing on the Margins of Architecture. Proceedings of the Writing and the Architect conference. College of Architecture at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, and the South East Region Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 68-79.
1991 Paper On Truth, In Theory. Proceedings of the Reflections On Representation conference. the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and the School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, 193-205.
 
Invited Lectures & Juries
American University of Sharja, Studio Review, 2014
The 109th John Stewardson Memorial Scholarship Design Competition, University of Pennsylvania, Invited Juror, 2010
University of Arkansas, Studio Review, 2007
University of Cincinnati, Thesis Review, 2006
University of Texas, San Antonio, Lecture, 2005
University of New Mexico, 2005
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Lecture, 2004
Boston Architecture Center, Lecture, 2004
Pennsylvania State University, Lecture, 2001
Montana State University, Lecture, 1999
University of New Mexico, Lecture, 1998

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 University at Buffalo, Lecture, 1998
Drury College, Springfield, MO, Lecture, 1998
University of Florida, Gainsville, Lecture, 1997
University of Houston, Lecture, 1995
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lecture, 1995
California College of Arts and Crafts, Lecture, 1995
Florida international University, 1994
Florida A& M University, Lecture, 1994
Clemson University, Lecture, 1988
University of Colorado, Denver, Lecture, 1987
GRANTS
Grants   Research Grant, University of Colorado, Denver. Grant for the completion of the book: The Architecture of the Illusive Distance

Faculty Development Grant, Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado, Denver. Seed Grant for developing virtual reality images of American Architecture. 2008-09
  Travel grant, Center for International Business Education and Research, Institute for International Business, University of Colorado at Denver, 2007
  Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Grant for research on the role digital media in Architecture curriculum. 2004-05

Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Project Grant for the development of a digital visual database. 2003-2004
Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Project Grant for the development of a digital visual database. 2002-2003
Technology Initiative Grant, New School for Social Research - Project Grant for integration of the electronic media into architectural history curriculum, 1995-97

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ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Date
 2005 - 2013
Institution
 University of Colorado
Activities
 Developed a comprehensive new curriculum for the M.Arch degree program
  Developed Department policy on Multiple Modes of Teaching Evaluation
Developed a comprehensive curriculum proposal for a new undergraduate degree program in Denver
Developed Department Bylaws
Chair, Department Faculty Search Committee for 4 new faculty positions
Chair, Department Bylaws Committee
Member, Department Curriculum Committee
Chair, Department Faculty Affairs Committee
Member, Promotion and Tenure Review Committee
Chair, College Budget Priorities Committee
Member, College Academic Affairs Committee
Member, College Academic Affairs Committee
Member, College Faculty Affairs Committee
Member, University Faculty Assembly
Member, Ph.D. Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Dissertation Committees
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Representative
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Representative on National Architectural Accrediting Board Visiting Teams
Book proposal reviews, various publishers
Article reviewer, various journals
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer, various academic institutions
Paper reviewer, various conferences
Session Chair, various conferences
 
Date
 2001 - 2004
Institution
 Portland State University
Activities
 Initiation, design, and implementation of ARCH.IVE: a comprehensive digital visual database for the faculty and students of architecture. The database covered over 3200 major contemporary and historic buildings and included over 7500 images. 2002-2005
Initiation, coordination, design and construction of the Department of Architecture’s first senior design installation: SubMission I, Spring 2004
Editing, layout-design, compilation and publication of the Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student: The Predicament of Beginning held March 2002, at Department of Architecture, PSU
Design, construction and installation of the Architecture Department’s Exhibit at the Emerging Voices Exhibit sponsored by the Portland Mayor’s Office, February 2003
Design, construction and installation of two exhibit panels: A day in the life of the architecture program at PSU, November 2002
Design and installation of an exhibit panel of studio projects in Shattuck Hall, April 2003
Paper reviewer for the 2003 ACSA International Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Spring 2003
  Active contribution to the development of the new undergraduate and graduate Architecture Curriculum, 2001-2005
Member, University Assessment Resources Network, 2004-2005
  Member, Portland Center for Cultural Studies, contributions include the design and management of the Center’s web site, 2004-2005
Co-Chair, College of Fine and Performing Arts Assessment Working Group, 2003-2004
Member, College of Fine and Performing Arts Assessment Working Group, 2002-2003
Member, Portland State University and University of Oregon graduate architecture program negotiation team. Fall 2003
Architecture Workshop for minority high school students, Fall 2002
Member, University Graduate Scholarship Committee, 2001-03
Member, University Diversity Liaison Network. 2002-
Date
 1999 - 2001
Institution
 Cornish College of the Arts, Design Department, Seattle, WA
Activities
 Department Chair - responsible for all academic, administrative, and operational aspects of the Design Department, comprised of 36 faculty in four disciplines: Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, and Furniture Design. Responsibilities included:
Development and implementation of a new curriculum for the four departmental disciplines
Procurement of funds, design and oversight of the expansion and complete renovation of department facilities
Development and implementation of a new technology initiative
Faculty recruitment and development, including procurement of funds for 4 new full-time faculty positions
Initiation and organization of biannual lecture series: DIGITAL DIVIDE, IN.SIGHT, and RE:ACTION
Student advising, recruitment and retention
Budgeting and fiscal administration
Personnel Management
Academic and administrative policy development
Liaison with other academic and administrative departments of the college
Liaison with the professional community
College wide academic and administrative services
NASAD Accreditation
Date
 1994 - 1998
Institution
 Parsons School of Design, Department of Architecture, New York City, NY
Activities
 Director of Undergraduate Program - Responsible for all academic and administrative aspects of the program including:
Curriculum Reorganization, 1995-97
Reorganization of student advising and registration policies and procedures, 1995-97
Coordination and implementation of internal and external recruitment events
Coordination of Lecture Series
Coordination and oversight of Digital Design curriculum and facilities
Student Advising
Member, President’s Faculty Advisory Council, 1994-95
Member, College Council, 1994-97
Member, College Executive Committee, 1994-95
Member, Library Committee, 1994-98
Member, M.Arch Admissions Committee, 1994-98
Member, Chair Search Committee, 1995
Member, Faculty Search Committee, 1996
Member, College Curriculum Committee, 1997
Date
 1987 - 94
Institution
 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Architecture Program, Philadelphia, PA
Activities
 Coordination and Expansion of the Architecture Slide Collection (3000 to 18000 slides), 1987-93
Coordination and Expansion of the Architecture Branch Library, 1987-93
Chair, Collegial Assembly, 1992-93
Chair, Sub-Committees of College Promotion & Tenure Committee, 1990-92
Chair, College Professional & Technical Development Committee, 1991-92
Secretary, Collegial Assembly, 1991-92
Member, University Faculty Senate, 1990-92
Member, College Faculty Council, 1990-93
Member, College Promotion & Tenure Committee, 1988-92
Member, College Professional & Technical Development Committee, 1987-91
Member, Lecture/Exhibit Committee, 1993-94
Member, NAAB Report Committee, 1993-94, 1990-91
Member, Curriculum Committee, 1991-92, 1987-88
Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, 1991-92, 1987-88
Member, Faculty Search Committee, 1989-90
Member, Graduate Program Development Committee, 1988-89