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Associate
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Education
| 1998-2001 |
Princeton University Graduate School, Department of Architecture |
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M.Arch. Thesis: Sentient Architecture. |
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| 1992-2000 |
Yale University Graduate School, Department of History of Art |
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M.A. 1993; M.Phil. 1995; Ph.D. 2000 |
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| 1990-91 |
Cambridge University, Department of History of Art |
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Visiting Scholar, Peterhouse |
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| 1986-90 |
Harvard University. Joint A. B., summa cum laude: Fine Arts and Romance Languages and Literatures. |
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Academic Experience
| 2007- |
Associate Professor, Department of Landscape
Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2001-2007 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2006- |
Affiliate Faculty Member, School of Art and Design, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Research
Research interests
include garden and landscape design in France; architecture and
landscape architecture in Europe, 1450 to present; history of cartography;
contemporary theory and practice of landscape architecture.
Awards and Honors
| Awards from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
include: |
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2007 |
Special Grant, College of Fine and Applied Arts. |
| 2006 |
Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, College of Fine and
Applied Arts. |
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Professor Excellence Award, University of Illinois Student
Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architecture. |
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Special Grant, College of Fine and Applied Arts. |
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Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent by their Students
(LA 233; LA 336/438; LA 390/590). |
| 2005 |
Professor Excellence Award, University of Illinois Student
Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architecture. |
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Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent by their Students
(LA 233; LA 336/438; LA 390/590). |
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| 2004 |
Scholar's Travel Fund Grant, Research Board. |
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Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent
by their Students (LA 233). |
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| 2003 |
Research Board Grant, Graduate College Scholars
Program. |
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Wadsworth Endowment Grant, Department of Landscape
Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. |
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Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent
by their Students (LA 133; LA 181; LA 290). |
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| 2002 |
Special Grant, College of Fine and Applied Arts. |
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Research Board Grant, Graduate College Scholars
Program. |
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Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent
by their Students (LA 133; LA 181). |
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Awards
from other sources include: |
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| 2007-2008 |
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship for Studies in Landscape Architecture. |
| 2006 |
Excellence in Studio Design Award, Council of Educators
in Landscape Architecture (CELA). |
| 2003 |
Professor of the Year, Chi Omega, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. |
| 2001 |
Alpha Ro Chi Medal, School of Architecture,
Princeton University. |
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| 1998-2001 |
Princeton University Fellowship |
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| 1997-1998 |
Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship for Studies
in Landscape Architecture |
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Josephine de Kármán Fellowship |
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| 1996-1997 |
Georges Lurcy Travelling Fellowship for Study
in France |
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| 1996 |
John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale |
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Walter Read Hovey Memorial Art Fellowship (Pittsburgh
Foundation). |
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| 1995 |
Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship |
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Samuel H. Kress Pre-Doctoral Art History Travel
Fellowship |
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| 1994 |
Robert Lehman Fund Grant |
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| 1993-1995 |
Robert Lehman Distinguished Fellow, Department
of History of Art, Yale |
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| 1992-1996 |
Yale University Fellowship |
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| 1990-1991 |
Rotary Graduate Scholarship |
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| 1990 |
Thomas Temple Hoopes, Class of 1919, Prize,
Harvard |
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James Buell Munn Prize, Harvard |
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Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha and Iota Chapter of Massachusetts |
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Pulitzer Award for Thesis Research, Harvard |
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| 1989 |
Ford Program for Undergraduate Research |
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| 1987-1990 |
John Harvard Scholarship |
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| 1986-1990 |
National Merit Scholarship, Xerox Corporation |
Publications
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| Forthcoming |
Paolo Bürgi, Cardada [Dumbarton Oaks Contemporary
Landscape Design Series] (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks). |
| In Press |
“Landscape Theory,” dialogical essay on the
state of contemporary landscape theory, co-authored with Denis
Cosgrove (UCLA), Rachael Delue (Princeton), Jess Dubow (Sheffield
University), James Elkins (University College Cork, Ireland/School
of the Art Institute of Chicago), Michael Gaudio (University
of Minnesota), Róisín Kennedy (National Gallery
of Art, Dublin), Michael Newman (School of the Art Institute
of Chicago), Rebecca Solnit (Independent Scholar), Anne Whiston
Spirn (Massachustts Institute of Technology), Minna Törmä
(University of Helsinki), and Jacob Wamberg (University of
Aarhus), in Art Seminar 6: Landscape Theory, eds. James Elkins
and Rachel Delue (Routledge; University of Cork Press). |
| In Press |
Co-authored with Dianne S. Harris, “On the Use and
Misuse of Historic Landscape Views,” in Representing
Landscape Architecture: Images, Models, Words, ed. Marc Treib
(New York: Routledge). |
| 2007 |
"Landscapes within Buildings in Late Eighteenth-Century
France," Sites Unseen: Essays on Landscape and Vision,
eds. Dianne Harris and D. Fairchild Ruggles (forthcoming,
University of Pittsburgh Press), 157-180. |
| 2006 |
“Lesson Plans: Pierre Panseron and the Pedagogy of
Garden Design in Late Eighteenth-Century France,” Studies
in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 26: 4 (October-December
2006): 275-294. |
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“Time (and Again): The Lurie Garden, Millennium Park,
Chicago,” The Senses and Society [Oxford, England: Berg]
I: 2 (Summer 2006): 263-266. |
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"Figuring the Commonplace at Ermenonville," in
Experiencing the Garden in the Eighteenth Century, ed. Martin
Calder (Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang), 87-108. |
| 2005 |
Response (invited) to keynote address delivered
by David Harvey at “Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary
Landscape” Symposium, Museum of Modern Art, New York,
NY, 15 April, “Where is the outrage?,” in L:
Newsletter of the Architectural League of New York (Summer
2005), 9-10. |
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| 2004 |
Guest Editor, 306090 07: Landscape within
Architecture (Fall 2004). |
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“Landscape within Architecture (within
Landscape),” 306090 07: Landscape within Architecture
(September 2004): 6-11. |
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| 2004 |
"Gardens and Parks" and "Picturesque," entries
in Dictionary of Early Modern Europe (Scribner's). |
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| 2002 |
"Francesco Bettini and the Pedagogy of Garden
Design in Eighteenth-Century France," chapter 6 in Tradition
and Innovation in French Garden Art, ed. John D. Hunt
(University of Pennsylvania Press), 93-120. |
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| 2001 |
"'This is not a jardin anglais:' Carmontelle,
the Jardin de Monceau, and Irregular Garden Design in Eighteenth-Century
France," chapter 11 in Villas and Gardens in Early Modern
Italy and France, eds. Mirka Benes and Dianne Harris
(Cambridge University Press), 294-326, 408-419. |
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| 1999 |
"Carmontelle's Design for the Jardin de Monceau:
a Freemasonic Garden in Late Eighteenth-Century France," Eighteenth-Century
Studies vol. 34, no. 4 (Summer 1999): 446-462. |
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| Reviews: |
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| 2007 |
Review of Marc Treib, Settings and Stray Paths: Writings
on Landscape Architecture (New York: Routledge, 2005), in
Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
27: 3 (July-September 2007): 254-255. |
| 2005 |
Review of Michel Conan, The Crazannes Quarries
by Bernard Lassus: an Essay Analyzing the Creation of a Landscape,
trans. Karen Taylor [Dumbarton Oaks Contemporary Landscape
Design Series I] (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks/Spacemaker
Press, 2004), in Studies in the History of Gardens and
Designed Landscapes, forthcoming. |
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| 2004 |
Review of Dennis Cosgrove, Apollo's Eye:
A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
(Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001),
in Cultural Geographies 11 (October 2004): 472-473. |
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Review of Claude-Henri Watelet, Essay on
Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque [Essai
sur les jardins (1774)], trans. Samuel Danon, ed. John
Dixon Hunt, intro. by Joseph Disponzio [Series: Penn Studies
in Landscape Architecture] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 2003), in Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed
Landscapes, vol. 24, no. 1 (January-March 2004): 92-93. |
| Design Work Published: |
| 2001 |
"Sentient Architecture," 306090 01 (Fall 2001):
10-15. |
Exhibits
| 2001 |
"Sentient Architecture," in Emergent [exhibition], Storefront for Architecture, New York, NY (November 9-23) |
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| 1999 |
"International Criminal Court, Archive, and Media Center," part of "11 Architectural Questions about the ICC," exhibitted at "The Hague Appeal for Peace," conference at the Nederlandse Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands. (11-15 May) |
Presentations and Lectures
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| 2007 |
Presentation and panel discussion, Landscape History Chapter
Roundtable, Annual Conference, Society of Architecture Historians,
Pittsburgh, PA (12 April). |
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Position paper and panel discussion, Where are We? New Work
in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, Topic: Caroline Jones,
ed., Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary
Art (2006), Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (12 February). |
| 2006 |
“Landscapes within Buildings in Late Eighteenth-Century
France,” seminar, Modern France Worksop, University
of Chicago (1 December). |
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Invited Participant, with Denis Cosgrove, Rachael Delue,
James Elkins, Michael Gaudio, Michael Newman, Rebecca Solnit,
Anne Whiston Spirn, Minna Törmä, and Jacob Wamberg,
Art Seminar 6: “Landscape Theory,” Co-sponsors:
University College Cork, the Burren College of Art, and the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Location: Ballyvaughan,
Ireland (16-17 June 2006). |
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“History by Design: Archaeological Fictions and the
Gardens of Late-Eighteenth-Century France,” Conference:
Society for French Historical Studies, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign (20-23 April). |
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“Picture vs. Plan in the Gardens of Late Eighteenth-Century
France,” Lamar Dodd School of Art/Georgia Museum of
Art, University of Georgia (2 March). |
| 2004 |
“Landscape within Architecture (within Landscape),”
Lecture Series: “SITEgeist: Nature, Memory, Identity,”
Architectural League of New York City (11 November). |
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"Figuring the Commonplace in Gardens of Late-Eighteenth-Century
France," Conference: "Experiencing the Garden in
the Eighteenth Century," Institute of Romance Studies,
School of Advanced Study, University of London, England (13
March). |
| 2003 |
"Sentient Architecture," Winter Lecture Series:
"Site Seeing," Knowlton School of Architecture,
Ohio State University (26 February). |
| 2002 |
"Landscapes within Buildings in Late Eighteenth-Century
France," Symposium: Landscape and Vision, Department
of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign (4 October). |
| 2000 |
"Northern Baroque Architecture," guest lecture
in Art 102, Princeton University: "Introduction to the
History of Architecture" (16 November). |
| 1998 |
"'This is not a jardin anglais:' Carmontelle, the Jardin
de Monceau, and Irregular Garden Design in Eighteenth-Century
France," The Attingham Symposium, New York, NY (17 October). |
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"Francesco Bettini and the Pedagogy of Garden Design
in Late Eighteenth-Century France," Symposium "Tradition
and Innovation in French Garden Art," Department of Landscape
Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania,
(28 February). |
| 1997 |
"Antiquarian Cartography and the Origins of the Palazzo
Barberini, Rome," Frick Collection/Institute of Fine
Arts Symposium, New York, NY (11 April). (Paper awarded Walter
W. Ristow Prize, Washington Map Society, Honorable Mention,
1996). |
| 1996 |
"Shifting Perspective in Early British Landscape,"
Yale Center for British Art, Art in Context Series (September
10). |
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"Carmontelle's Design for the Jardin de Monceau: a
Freemasonic Garden in Late Eighteenth-Century France,"
presented on panel, "Fashioning Space," Northeast
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Annual Conference
(September 27). (Awarded E. L. Steeves Prize for best paper
presented by a graduate student.) |
1995 |
"Garden and Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century
Britain and France: Approaches, Representations, Meanings",
guest lecture in Department of Art and Art Professions, New
York University: "Seminar in the Decorative Arts: The
Eighteenth Century" (October 26). |
| 1994 |
"The Place of China in Garden Discourse and Design
of Eighteenth-Century Britain and France," guest lecture
in History of Art 404b, Yale: "Chinoisierie and the Arts
of the China Trade, 1514-1912" (March 24). |
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"Jan Siberechts, Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire
(1697)," Yale Center for British Art, Art in Context
Series (September 27). |
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"Dutch Prints in the Age of Rubens and Rembrandt,"
Yale University Art Gallery (November 29, December 1). |
| 1991 |
"The Formation of the Jardin de Monceau, 1769-79,"
Cambridge University, Department of History of Art, Graduate
Student Seminar (March 13). |
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Courses |
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| 2007-Spring |
LA 336/438: Design Workshops I and II. Topic: “Performing
Space” (in collaboration with Prof. Tere O’Connor,
Dance). |
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LA 390/590: “At Risk." |
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LA 590: Independent Seminar: “Envisioning Gateway:
A Public Design Competition for Gateway National Park.” |
| 2006-Fall |
LA 233: Foundation Design Studio. |
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LA 390/590: Landscape since 2000. |
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LA 590: Independent Seminar: “Ciudades visibles: XV
Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito, Ecuador.” |
| 2006-Spring |
LA 336/438: Design Workshops I and II. Topic: “Relevant
Form.” |
| 2005-Fall |
LA
233: Foundation Design Studio |
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| 2005-Spring |
LA
336/438: Design Workshops I and II. Topic: "Test Plots" |
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390/590: Landscape since 2000 |
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| 2004-Fall |
LA
233: Foundation Design Studio |
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| 2003-Fall |
LA
133: Foundation Design Studio |
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LA
290/490: Design Lab: "Spatializing the Marvelous" |
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| 2003-Spring |
LA 181: Design Communications II |
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490: The French Garden |
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LA 490: Independent Seminar: "Graffiti in Barcelona"
(Gollnick) |
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| 2002-Fall |
LA
133: Foundation Design Studio |
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LA 290: Independent Seminar: "Ames, IA, Landmark
Challenge (Bul-lalayao; Tyler) |
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LA 490: Independent Seminar: "Contemporary Art
and the Dynamics of Global Change" (Sauter) |
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LA 490: Independent Seminar: "City in the Sun:
Philosophy and Good City Form" (Maiorano) |
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| 2002-Spring |
LA 181: Design Communications II |
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236/338: Design Workshops I and II. Topic: "The American Garden
Now" [U.S. Embassy, Cairo, Egypt] |
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| 2001-Fall |
LA
133: Foundation Design Studio. |
Professional Memberships
| 2004-present |
Member, Editorial Board, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. |
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| 2001-present |
Member, Advisory Board, 306090: A Journal of Emergent Architecture and Design |
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| 1998-2001 |
Director, American Friends of the Attingham Summer School, Inc. |
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