Katherine J. Wheeler

Teaching Area:

Architectural History (specialty 19th and 20th-century European), and architectural studio

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ph.D. in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture, 2007
Major area: 1800-1950 European Architecture
Minor area: History of Architectural Drawing and Representation
University of Virginia School of Architecture. Master of Architectural History, 1997
Major area: Medieval European Architecture
Minor area: Modern European Architecture, 1750 to the present
University of Tennessee School of Architecture. Bachelor of Architecture, with honors, 1987

Teaching and Administrative Experience:

University of Miami School of Architecture. Assistant Professor in Architecture and Architectural History, 2007-2008
University of Miami School of Architecture. Lecturer in Architecture and Architectural History, 2006-2007
University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Visiting Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory, Winter Term, 2005
University of Michigan, College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Visiting Assistant Professor, 1997-1999

Licensure:

Architectural License. State of Michigan, 2002
Architectural License. State of Rhode Island, 1992

Professional Experience:

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Visiting Lecturer for the Winter Term. History of Architecture from Renaissance to Modern; Modern Architectural Theory, 2005
Bill Sherman and Peter Waldman, Architects, Charlottesville, VA., Project Coordinator, 1997
Kvell Corcoran Architects, P.C., Washington, DC, Project Architect and Interior Design Manager, 1992-1995
VISION III Architects, Providence, RI, Intern Architect, 1989-1992
McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects, Knoxville, TN, Intern Architect, 1987-1989

Academic and Professional Honors:

Scott Opler Emerging Scholar Fellowship for Membership, Society of Architectural Historians, 2007
Fellowship for travel to the November 2006 conference “Histories of British Architecture: Where Next?” at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. Society of Architectural Historians Great Britain., 2006
Renaissance Society of America Research Fellowship for archival work on the use of plaster casts of Renaissance ornament in architectural education in Great Britain
Scott Opler Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians. For travel expenses to give a paper at the national conference in April 2006, Savannah, GA
Andrew Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for Historical Research University of London, 2005-2006
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Junior Fellowship, 2004
Victorian Society in America Summer School in London Scholarship, 2004
MIT Top Teachers Discussion Panel. Nominated by the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture faculty, 2002
Robert Rettig Fellowship, New England Society of Architectural Historians; to attend the national Society of Architectural Historians Conference, April 2002
Hyzen Travel Fellowship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For travel to London for pre-defense research, 2001
Walter A. Rosenblith Fellowship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
Guest Juror. Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal Jury, University of Tennessee School of Architecture, 1998
Frederick Doveton Nichols Award. University of Virginia School of Architecture; for academic achievement, 1997
University of Virginia School of Architecture Scholarship for academic performance, 1996-1997
Alpha Rho Chi award. University of Tennessee, 1987
President, AIAS, University of Tennessee Knoxville Chapter, 1986
Honor Societies: Tau Sigma Delta and Phi Kappa Phi, 1984-1987

Publications:

“Fictive and Real Architecture. A Preliminary Drawing for Andrea Pozzo’s Vault Fresco at Sant’Ignazio, Rome,” Thresholds, vol. 28 “The Baroque,” Patrick Haughey and Virginia Nolan, eds., 2005

“Berlin Philharmonie,” “Gerrit Rietveld,” and “Schroder-Schrader House,” entries for the Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture. R. Stephen Sennott, ed. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2003

Senior editor of Thresholds, vol. 21 “Readings”; Co-editor of Thresholds, vol. 20 “Be-longing”, 2000

“Art Nouveau Architecture in Prague as an Expression of Czech Nationalism,” Dimensions, vol. 12 “The City”, 1998

“Barber McMurry Architects” and “James White Fort,” entries for The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Carroll Van West, ed., Rutlidge Hill Press, 1997

Community Service:

Weekly Volunteer at the Food Gatherers, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005