Specialization
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture and Theory; Public Space; Critical Theory Dissertation Title: "Architecture, Sanitation, and the Public Bath: Berlin, 1896 - 1930, as Archetype"
- Major field: Modern Architecture (1780-1950)
- Minor fields: Theory and History of Modernism (1860-1975, Roman Imperial Architecture and Spectacle
Education
Ph.D., Art History . Duke University, 2007
B.A., Western Civilization and Culture, Liberal Arts College, Concordia University, Montreal (Canada)
Professional Experience
Instructor, Dept. of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University (Durham, NC)
- Introduction to Modern Architecture, Fall 2006
- Berlin: Art, Architecture and the City, Spring 2006
- Introduction to Art History (Renaissance – Modern), Summer Semesters 2000-2002
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, 1998-2002
- Provided student support, evaluation and led section discussions for courses in: Introduction to Art History (Pts I & II, Ancient & Modern), Art since 1945, Impressionism/Post-Impressionism, Modern and Postmodern Architecture
Archivist and Curatorial Assistant, Center for Documentary Studies, Literacy for Photography Program, Duke University, 2000-2003
Translator (German to English), Self-employed, Berlin, Germany. 2004 - present.
Selected Publications and Presentations
“Backstein oder Putzbau? The architectural physiognomy of Kommunale Berlin, 1890-1900.” German and Central European Studies Panel. New York City, College Art Association Annual Conference. (February, 2007)
“Figuration in Public Life: The Hygiene Exhibition and Civic Architecture, 1880 – 1930.” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Middle Atlantic Symposium in the History of Art. Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. (March, 2006)
"Walter Benjamin and the Language of Things: Art History between Aesthetics and Production” University College Cork, Ireland, (Re) Discovering Aesthetics. (July, 2004)
“Henri Lefebvre and the Architectonics of a Civil War Heritage” (2001); “Morocco, Modernism and the ‘New Picturesque,’” (1999), Duke University Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Art and Art History
The Art of Peter Weiss: Collages from the Late Period. Duke University Museum of Art, Exhibition text. (October- December 1998)
Technology Skills
- Powerpoint
- Blackboard
- Dreamweaver
