Title
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies and Research, College of Liberal Arts

Teaching Areas
Professional Level Architectural Design Studios, Community Design, Architectural History, Architectural Theory, and Professional Practice

Education

Degrees
Kent State University, School of Architecture and Environmental Design
Master of Architecture, May 1991
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, May 1988

Study Programs
Boston Design Studio; Boston, Massachusetts; Summer 1989
European Study Program; Florence, Italy; Spring 1987

Registration
1993: Registered Architect; State of Ohio
1995: NCARB, Council Certification

Teaching and Administrative Experience

9/05 - present
College of Liberal Arts, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272
Associate Dean appointed Fall 2005
Director of Graduate Studies and Research appointed Fall 2005

9/98 - present
School of Architecture, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272
Associate Professor (tenured), 9/05 - present
Supervisor, University Design Assistance Center Fall 2004-Summer 2005, Winter 2006
Coordinator, Community Design Assistance Center appointed Fall 2000 - present
Assistant Professor of Architecture (tenure-track), 9/99 - 8/05
Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture (full-time), 9/98 - 8/99

8/95 - 6/97
College of Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture (full-time), 8/95 - 6/97

8/88 - 5/95
College of Architecture and Environmental Design (formerly the School of Architecture and Environmental Design), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Assistant Professor of Architecture (part-time), 8/93-5/95;
Assistant Professor of Architecture (full-time), 8/90-5/91;
Design Instructor (part-time), 1/90-5/90;
Teaching Assistant, 8/88-12/89

Publications, Presentations, and Papers
2005 Conference Publication, "Between People and Place: Cultural Improvisations and Ecological Thinking in the Work of Aldo van Eyck" 2005 ACSA Southwest Regional Conference Proceedings (conference canceled, proceedings forthcoming)
2005 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Settling Among Those with Little: Architectural Intervention and Cultural Improvement in Hodgetts and Mangurian's South Side Settlement House" 2005 ACSA Central Regional Conference, October 7-9, 2005
2005 Conference Publication and Presentation, (co-authored and co-presented with Chung O. Kim), "Beginnings of a Designer's Mind in Children: The Psychology of Design in Early Childhood Education" 21st National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, University of Texas San Antonio, February 24-26, 2005
2004 Conference Presentation, (co-presented with Vibhavari Jani), "Seeing from both Sides: Cultivating a Collaborative Studio Culture for Interior Design and Architecture Students" 2004 IDEC Southwest Regional Conference, October 14-16, 2004
2004 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Jung and Kahn: In Pursuit of Spirit in Architecture" 2004 ACSA Central Regional Meeting, September 30-October 3, 2004
2003 Conference Publication and Presentation (co-authored with Karl Puljak), "What We Can Do: Two Scenarios Exploring the Benefits and Drawbacks of Student-Centered Community Service" 2003 ACSA Southeast Regional Meeting, November 6-9, 2003
2003 Conference Publication and Presentation, "On Architecture and Fantasy: Spinning fairy tales, yarning myths, and weaving an architectural microcosm of wish and reality" 2003 ACSA West Central Regional Meeting, October 24-26, 2003
2003 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Reducing Our Task: Humanity, Domesticity, and Place in Stephen Atkinson’s Zachary House" 2003 ACSA International Conference, July 27-30, 2003 (Helsinki, Finland)
2003 Publication, "Between Land and Sky: Reduction in the Work of Stephen Atkinson" essay on the Zachary House by Stephen Atkinson to accompany images of the project; Oz Journal 25 (Journal of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, Kansas State University, 2003)
2002 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Language in Landscape: Connecting Wittgenstein's Private Language Argument to the Capacity for Place-making" 2002 ACSA Southwest Regional Meeting, October 31-November 2, 2002
2002 Conference Publication and Presentation, "And Time Enters the Picture: Kinesthetic Representation and the benefits of Virtual Reality Modeling" 2002 ACSA West Central Regional Meeting, October 18-19, 2002
2001 Conference Publication and Presentation, "'. . . place and occasion mean more.' -- Contested Divisions between the Inside of Occasion and the Tempo of Place" 2001 ACSA West Regional Conference, October 11-13, 2001
2001 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Where Sky Rubs Against Soil: The Metaphorical Horizon in Dom. Hans van der Laan's Architecture" 2001 ACSA West Central Regional Conference, September 28-30, 2001
2000 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Drop the 'S': The Difference between HOMELAND and homelands" 2000 ACSA Southeast Regional Meeting, October 26-29, 2000
2000 Conference Publication and Presentation, "The Architecture of J.B. Jackson: The Significance of J.B. Jackson's Design for his Rural Homestead in La Cienega, New Mexico" and "The Nascent Sense: Alvar Aalto and Preserving the Finnish Cultural Myth" 2000 ACSA Southwest Regional Meeting, September 28-30, 2000
2000 Proceedings Publication and Presentation, "On Parti: An Evaluation of the Failed Notion of Design Beginnings" 88th ACSA Annual Meeting, March 11-14, 2000
1999 Conference Publication, Electronic Publication, and Presentation , "On Parti: An Evaluation of the Failed Notion of Design Beginnings" 1999 ACSA Southwest Regional Meeting, October 29-31, 1999
1999 Conference Publication and Video Presentation, "The Nascent Sense: Alvar Aalto, Empiricism, Imagination, and the Finnish Cultural Myth" C. Calhoun Lemon Colloquium on Philosophy and Values, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, April 8-10, 1999
1997 Working Paper and Abstract, "Reactions to the Metropolis: The Modernism of Adolf Loos and His Architectural Reflection of Walter Benjamin and Georg Simmel"
1996 Electronic Publication and Conference Presentation, "The Shape of Marketplace: The Typology of Circuit City, Its Competition, and the Influence of Interstate Highways as a Teaching Device in Architectural Education" 1996 ACSA Southwest Regional Conference, November 15-17, 1996
1996 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Re-membering Homeland: A Tactical Inquiry of Charlotte, NC" 1996 ACSA Southeast Regional Conference, October 19-21, 1996
1996 Conference Publication and Presentation, "Overexposed? Making or Thinking About Making" and "Recognizing Homeland: Beginning Urban Design" 13th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, March 28-31, 1996
1993 Electronic Publication, "Founding Nietzsche in Eisenman’s Fin D’ou T Hou S" Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture, Vol. 2 No.3

Professional Experience
3/99 - present; Puljak or Willoughby, design (POWdesign),
215 East Arizona, Ruston, Louisiana 71270
Design Partnership with Karl Puljak

7/97 - 8/98; Lami· Grubb· Architects,
100 East Swissvale Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15218
Architect

5/96 - 6/96 and 3/92 - 8/95; Bucchieri Architects,
2026 Murray Hill, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Architect

5/91 - 7/92; Payto Architects,
1220 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Architectural Designer

Honors and Awards
2005 Second Place (Curricular Award for Community Service), ADP-South Regional Conference (with Karl Puljak)
2004 Best Presentation, 2004 IDEC Southwest Regional Conference (Co-presented with Vibhavari Jani)
2003 Nominee for the College of Liberal Arts, Virgil Orr Undergraduate Junior Faculty Award, Louisiana Tech University
1997 COA Seminar Instructor of the Year Award, sponsored by the COA Student Council and voted by the students of the College of Architecture, UNCC
1991 AIAS School Educator Honor Award, "Professor of the Year" for outstanding and exemplary commitment to the education and development of architecture students,
Kent State University
1990 American Institute of Architects School Medal and Certificate of Merit; for scholastic achievement, character, and promise of professional ability, Kent State University

Funded Research
2004 Principal Investigator, Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners Board Members; Project title: Proposal for a Louisiana IDP Educator Coordinator's Summit, Baton Rouge, LA -February 13-14, 2004 (with J. David Brinson, State IDP Coordinator; Jill Bambury, Southern University; Eddie Cazayoux, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Marsha Cuddeback, Louisiana State University; Ron Filson, Tulane University)
2003 Principal Investigator, Summer Research Grant sponsored by the Center for Rural Development, Summer 2003; Project Title: Inquiry and Research into Strategic Planning, Funding Sources, and Proposal Writing for the School of Architecture's Community Design Assistance Center
2003 Co-principal Investigator, Board of Regents Support Fund, 2002-2003; Project Title: The Studio for Enhanced 3-D Studies and Rapid Prototyping (with Co-Principal Investigator, Robert J. Fakelmann)
2000 Principal Investigator, Board of Regents Support Fund, 1999-2000; Project Title: A Shared Electronic Symposium on Architectural Practice Issues (with Co-principal Investigators: Guy W. Carwile and Ronald E. Dulaney, Jr.)
2000 Co-principal Investigator, Board of Regents Support Fund, 1999-2000; Project Title: The 3-D Digital Input and Output Studio (under Principal Investigator, Robert J. Fakelmann)
2000 Researcher, Summer Research Travel Grant, Louisiana Tech University; Project Title: The Architecture of J. B. Jackson: The Significance of J. B. Jackson's Design for His Own Home in La Cienega, New Mexico (funded travel to Northern New Mexico)

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