Cornell University, History of Architecture & Urbanism Ph.D., 1994                                            Dissertation: "Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1548-1616, A Catalogue Raisonné"                                                           (Drs. M. Kubelík and M.N. Woods, co-chairs)

Cornell University, History of Architecture/Urban Development M.A., 1985                                      Thesis: "The Public Realm in Vicenza's Civic Core, 12th to 15th Centuries"                                                    (Dr. Kubelík, chair)

University of Notre Dame, Department of Architecture B.Arch., 1981                                              Graduated with honors, 1981 Rome Studies Program in Architecture, 1978-79

COURSES TAUGHT

History of Architecture and Interiors I, II, III and IV; The Great American City;  Contemporary Architectural Theory;  Theories of Architecture Seminar; Design X for Architects - Thesis Option; Thesis Research and Preparation; Design VI for Architects - Urban Issues; Topics in Professionalism

COLLEGE SERVICE

COURSES TAUGHT

Twentieth-Century Architecture; Vernacular Architecture;  Survey of Western Art I and II                                                                                                                

HONORS AND GRANTS

2001 President's Award for Teaching Excellence, Philadelphia University

2000-01 Faculty Research and Design Grant, Philadelphia University, "Impact of the Textile Industry on the Architecture of Greater Germantown"

1999 National Endowment for the Humanities, "Marvels of Rome" Summer Seminar at the American Academy in Rome

1997 Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation Research Grant (for research in Venice)

1989-90 Martin M. McVoy, Jr. Trust Fellowship (for writing part of dissertation)

1986-87 Continuing Humanities Fellowship (for dissertation research in Italy)

1985 Northeast Association of Graduate Schools Fine Arts Prize, Best M.A. Thesis

1984 Robert James Eidlitz Fellowship (for thesis research in Vicenza)

1983 Shreve Endowment Award (for architectural student work)

PUBLICATIONS

"George Louis Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge." Dizionario dell'architettura del XX secolo. Milan: Allemandi, 2001.

"75 Years of History at St. Madeleine Sophie Parish."  Germantown Crier: A Publication of the Germantown Historical Society.  Vol. 50, no. 1 (Spring 2001).

"Scamozzi and the Completion of Venice's 'Roman' Face." Constructing Identity: Proceedings of the 86th ACSA Annual Meeting & Technology Conference. Washington, D.C.: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1998 (refereed).

Vincenzo Scamozzi (1948-1616): A Catalogue Raisonné. Diss. Cornell Univ., 1994.

Book Review of George Hersey and Richard Freedman. Possible Palladian Villas (Plus a Few Instructively Impossible Ones). Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1992, for Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture (Summer 1993).

SELECTED DESIGNATION REPORTS PREPARED, LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION

(Former) Pepsi-Cola Building, LP-1920 (1995)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Interior, LP-1774, 1775 (1990)

Seagram Building, Lobby, and The Four Seasons, LP-1664, 1665, 1666 (1989)

Stone Street Historic District, LP-1938 (1996)

Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District, LP-1834 (1993) team effort

Tribeca East and West Historic Districts, LP-1711, 1713 (1991-92) team effort

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, LP-1647 (1990) team effort

Ladies' Mile Historic District, LP-1609 (1989) team effort 

No Accidental Tourists: The Development of Roman Guidebooks for Cinquecento Architects, Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Miami, Florida, June 2000 (refereed session)

S. Nicola dei Tolentini e il Duomo di Salisburgo [The Church of St. Nicholas of Tolentine and the Cathedral of Salzburg], 16th Annual International Conference on Architectural History, sponsored by the Andrea Palladio International Center for Architectural Studies, Vicenza, Italy, June 1998 (invited speaker)

Scamozzi and the Completion of Venice's 'Roman' Face, History Session, Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1998 (refereed session and published in proceedings)

Vincenzo Scamozzi and a 'Universal Architecture', Monthly Meeting of local chapters of the Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia, September 1997; New York, February 1998

Vincenzo Scamozzi's Architectural Response to Monastic Reforms, Session on Corporate Identity in European Renaissance and Baroque Architecture, Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1997 (refereed session, national meeting)

Architectural Historian                                                                                                                                     Prepared designation reports for proposed landmarks and landmark districts; work included archival research, site visits, and photography; presented findings to commissioners at public hearings; consulted with Preservation Department on proposed alterations to landmarks; member, Reinventing Government Committee and Staff Seminar Committee

Graduate Summer Intern (1983)                                                                                                                      Conducted architectural survey, including description, photographic record, and archival research

Architectural Designer                                                                                                                                 Architectural designer for schematic plans, design development, and construction drawings in residential, commercial, and religious projects in central New Jersey

Architectural Designer                                                                                                                                   Architectural designer for condition surveys of piers and piersheds, rehabilitation studies, and preliminary drawings for industrial reuse of naval terminal in Brooklyn

Residential Architecture in Victorian America, lecture at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, Philadelphia (March 2000) 

Handmade Books in the History of Architecture and Interiors Courses, presentation and exhibit of students' work for the Book Design Workshop and Exhibition, Philadelphia University (January 2000)

Tour of East Falls campuses, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (September 1997)

Designation of the Pleasantdale Farm Estate, consultant to the Historic Preservation Commission, Township of West Orange, N.J. (1994)

Tribeca's Historic Districts and Individual Landmarks, lecture for the Historic District Tour Project of the Big Apple Greeters, co-sponsored by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (September 1994

Vernacular Architecture, lecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Presentation and Roundtable Discussion, Focus on Art History Week (March 1993)

Interior restoration of St. Francis Xavier Church, Brooklyn, consultant (1991)

Scamozzi and Context, lecture at Oldham & Seltz, architectural firm (Washington, D.C.), professional development series (July 1987)

CURRENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

The role of Rome in the education of architects

Vincenzo Scamozzi and monastic reforms, Scamozzi's theory, and his cultural context

The development of Northwest Philadelphia: Urban housing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia Chapter, President (2000-02)

Society of Architectural Historians

Vernacular Architecture Forum

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Germantown Historical Society