Leadership, Service & Advising
LEADERSHIP & SERVICE: ACADEMIC
School of Architecture Leadership
 

Studio Curriculum Revisions: lead coordinators of studios to unify, update, and revise studio curriculum in years 1-3. 2007-present.

Memo to faculty on initiating a Thesis Studio at CMU, 2007

Memo to Faculty on initiating a “Framework” or template for documentation of all studio projects in School of Architecture, 2005. Implemented School-wide 2006.

Initiate “Highlights Review” for 2nd year studio, 2004. Implemented School-wide 2005.

Memo to Faculty on Initiating a Design-Build course or program, 2004. 

School of Architecture Committees
 

Admissions Committee, helped revise process to include interview and portfolio; interviewed prospective students and reviewed portfolios, 2006-2007.

 

Architectural History Committee, 2002-present

Lecture Series, Coordinator of departmental lecture series, 2000 & 2003.

 

NAAB Accreditation: Chair Studio Committee; History Committee, 2005

 

External Relations committee, 2002-04; coordinate lectures, website, newsletter

College of Fine Arts Committees
 

Research Committee, 2005-2007; committee to define, identify and promote research in the arts; begin process of creating an inter-disciplinary PhD program for CFA

 

CFA College Council, 2002-03, 2006-07

Center for Arts in Society (CAS)
 

2008 conference organization committee, 2007-08

 

Speakers & Fellows committee, 2005-present.

 

Archive of Controversy: contributor to timeline

University Committees
 

Library Committee of Faculty Senate, 2007-08

 

Library E-Reserves Focus Group, 2007

 

University Education Committee, 2005

LEADERSHIP & SERVICE: PROFESSIONAL
Regent, AIA Pittsburgh's Foundation for Architecture (formerly Architrave) 2000-2004

Organize Pittsburgh Architecture Lecture Series (PALS)

 

Administer Foundation's scholarships

 

Committee to create “AIA Guide to Pittsburgh”, required for AIA conference

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
 

Reader/Reviewer, ACSA Conference, Los Angeles, 1999

 

Nomination Committee for ACSA Northeast Regional Director, 2002

LEADERSHIP & SERVICE: COMMUNITY
 

Building Addition for Colfax Spanish Academy.   Successfully advised and organized PTO group on design and approval process of school addition, co-organized parent charette, 2005-2006.

ADVISING: PHD & GRADUATE
University of Pittsburgh, Department of History of Art & Architecture: PhD Orals Examiner and dissertation reader in Modern Architecture.
 

Cornelie Piok-Zanon: orals in modern architecture, Dissertation on the Temple of Demeter at Pergamon (Ancient Greece), 2002-present

 

Maria D'Annibale: orals in modern architecture, and art theory. Dissertation on Fascist planning and architecture in Verona, Italy (Modern). 2005-present

ADVISING: UNDERGRADUATE
 

“Re-Reading Peter Eisenman,” supervise 9-unit independent study reading course, 2006.

 

“Taliesin Apprentices,” supervise student research project for SURG grant, 1999.