Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993, Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Studies at: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 1992-1993
Academic Experience
2007-present: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Architectural History Faculty, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004-2007: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Art History, Northern Illinois University
2003-2004: Visiting Lecturer, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara
1994-1999: Teaching Assistant, Head Teaching Assistant, Teaching Associate, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications
Essay: “Vision and the Ordered Invisible: Geometry, Space, and Architecture in Hellenistic Sanctuaries of Asia Minor and Kos,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and its Neighboring Regions, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 18-20 October 2007. Britsh Archaeological Reports. International Series (Oxford, 2008), forthcoming.
Article: “Idea and Visuality in Hellenistic Architecture: A Geometrical Analysis of Temple A of the Asklepieion at Kos,” Hesperia 76.3 (2007): 554-595.
Review: “The Architecture of Roman Temples. The Republic to the Middle Empire” by John W. Stamper, American Journal of Archaeology 111 (2007): 14-15.
Review: “Reisewege der Antike: Unterwegs im Römischen Reich” by Werner Heinz, International Journal of the Classical Tradition 12.2 (2005), 300-303.
Abstract: “The Visual and Functional Roles of the Classical Orders in Roman Urbanism,” abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Toronto (April, 2001).
Textbook: Ancient Roman Civilization (Santa Barbara: University of California at Santa Barbara Art Museum, 1994), supported with a University of California President’s Fellowship.
Research
Specialization: Greek and Roman architecture
Book in Progress:
The Shaping of Imperial Order: Hellenistic Architecture and Roman Architectural Hellenization
Articles in Progress:
“Scale Plans and the Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE): The Evidence, Nature, and Beginnings of an Architectural Practice”
“Architecture, Identity, and the Imperator: Porticus Complexes of Middle Republican Rome and Their Hellenistic Antecedents”
“Architectural Design in the Republican Period: Hellenistic and Roman Connections”
“The ‘Vitruvian Man’ in Antiquity”
“Hermodoros of Salamis: A Greek Architect in Middle Republican Rome”
Presentations and Lectures
“Architecture, Identity, and the Imperator: Porticus Complexes of Middle Republican Rome and Their Hellenistic Antecedents,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, April 2008.
“The Geometric Inscription on the ‘Dying Gaul’ in the Capitoline Museum: A Guide to Composition in Architecture and Sculpture?” Society of Architectural Historians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter, January 2008.
“Vision and the Ordered Invisible: Geometry, Space, and Architecture in Hellenistic Sanctuaries of Asia Minor and Kos,” International Symposium on Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and its Neighboring Regions, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, October 2007.
“Architectural Design in Ancient Theory and Practice,” School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2007.
“Geodesic Mathematics and Random Chaos: Buckminster Fuller and John Cage,” Transcript of a symposium roundtable discussion featuring myself and panelists Barbara Jaffee, Richard Kostelanetz, and others to be published in Art Journal, Northern Illinois University, September 2006.
“Rethinking the Architect and the Building: A Proposed Method for Analyzing the Hellenization of Roman Temples in the Second Century BCE,” Art History and Mediterranean Archaeology Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, March 2005.
“A New Look at Classical ‘Influences’ in Post Modern Architecture,” Department of History, Villanova University, April 2004.
“Accalamatio Imperatoria and the Hellenization of Ancient Rome,” University of Minnesota, April 2004.
Chaired Session: “The Visual and Functional Roles of the Classical Orders in Roman Urbanism,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Toronto, April 2001.
“The Role of the Orders in Rome’s Public Monuments,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Toronto, April 2001
“La questione degli origini della piazza porticata romana,” Università di Napoli, March 2001.
Professional Memberships
College Art Association
Society of Architectural Historians
Archaeological Institute of America
Other Activities
Director, Summer Rome Program, Northern Illinois University (2006-2007)
Evaluation of book manuscript: Penn State University Press, 2007
Awards and Honors
2006
Faculty Research Award, Northern Illinois University
2005
Faculty Research Award, Northern Illinois University
2002
Finalist, The Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome
Margarite Mallory Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara
Graduate Student Travel Grant, U.C. Santa Barbara
2001
Department of State Fellowship, American Research Institute in Turkey
The Beata Inaya R.M. Schindler Fellowship
Vidda Foundation Fellowship
2000
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, U.C. Santa Barbara
Departmental Fellowship
Murray Roman Fellowship
Santa Barbara Art Affiliates Award
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