2024

At Art Omi in Ghent, NY to complete an architecture residency. Thank you Julia van den Hout and Program Board for this wonderful opportunity! (June 1-17, 2024).

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At the Architectural League of New York for Latinx Coalition Chats, panel on “Allyship.” Thank you José Ibarra and Liz Gálvez for gathering us and for including me in this meaningful effort! (May 30-31, 2024).

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At American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, UAE for final reviews in Camilo Cerro’s 4th-year undergraduate studio and George Katodrytis and Roberto Castilo’s 5th-year undergraduate studios. Thank you Jason Carlow for the invitation! (May 13, 2024).

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“Worlding Anew: Rania Ghosn and Leen Katrib on Drawing Together Climate and Heritage” published in Deem Journal, Issue 5: Climate Realities and Responses. Thank you to Rania Ghosn for an insightful conversation and to Isabel Flower for facilitating the discussion and invitation! (May 2024).

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“Excavating the University Campus: A Pedagogy of Deconstructing Architecture’s Myths” published in 112th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings: Disruptors on the Edge (May 2024).

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At Texas A&M University School of Architecture in College Station, TX for final reviews in Peter Massin’s & Benjamin Ennemoser’s 4th-year undergraduate studios and James Michael Tate’s and Benjamin Ennemoser’s 2nd-year undergraduate studios. Thank you Tate, Ben, and Peter for the invitation! (April 29-30, 2024).

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At the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus, OH for final reviews in Ashley Schafer & Curtis Roth’s graduate thesis / Degree Project studio. Thank you Ashley & Curtis for the invitation! (April 22, 2024).

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Leading an ARC 405 Digital Visualization I workshop on ArcGIS, titled “Mapping Campus” (April 8 & 10, 2024).

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Delivering a lecture (virtual) to an architectural history & theory course at the University of Limerick, School of Architecture & Product Design in Limerick, Ireland. Thank you Jan Frohburg for the invite! (March 19, 2024).

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Presenting a paper at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA 112) in Vancouver, BC, Canada (March 16, 2024).

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Moderating the paper session "Pedagogy: Early Stage Design Pedagogy" at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA 112) in Vancouver, BC, Canada (March 15, 2024).

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Moderating a paper session at the 39th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS 39) in Lafayette, Louisiana (March 1, 2024).

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Presenting a paper + a project at the 39th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS 39) in Lafayette, Louisiana (February 29 - March 2, 2024).

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Accepted for a solo exhibition at Lexington Art League for their 2024 Exhibitions calendar. “Reparations: The Other Mies Archive” opens at Lexington Art League’s Loudoun House on February 9, 2024 and will be on view until March 29, 2024. Artist Reception on February 9, 2024. Exhibition photographs forthcoming (February 9 - March 29, 2024).

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Awarded a Conference & Workshop Grant from the UK Office of the Vice President for Research to organize an upcoming conference in Fall 2024 (January 22, 2024). 

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Teaching ARC 152 First-Year Undergraduate Studio and ARC 101 Architectural Visualization & Representation I; advising two graduate theses at UK School of Architecture (Spring 2024).

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2023

Leading an ARC 405 Digital Visualization I workshop on ArcGIS, titled “Mapping Campus” (November 7 and December 7, 2023).

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Presenting at the Symposium of Urban Design History and Theory (SUDHT) at TU Delft in Delft, Netherlands (November 1 - 3, 2023).

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Presenting at the Urban History Association 10th Biennial Conference "Reparations & the Right to the City" in Pittsburgh, PA (October 26 - 29, 2023).

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Presenting a Zoom talk and presentation, titled “Another Mies,” to ARC 317 Third-Year Undergraduate Studio at Syracuse University School of Architecture. Thank you Omar Ali for the invitation! (October 17, 2023).

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At the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Architecture and Planning as part of the Table Manners lecture series organized by Assistant Professor Jose Ibarra in Denver, CO. More information on Table Manners here. Thank you Jose for this wonderful invitation! (October 5, 2023).

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Presenting at the 2023 Annual Conference for the Southeast Society of Architectural Historians in Little Rock, Arkansas (September 27 - 30, 2023).

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Teaching ARC 151 First-Year Undergraduate Studio at UK School of Architecture (Fall 2023).

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Awarded matching startup funding support for research through UK’s UNITE Research Priority Area (August 2023).

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Selected as a 2022 MacDowell/National Endowment for the Arts Fellow by MacDowell’s selection committee. Thank you to the MacDowell community! (July 2023).

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Presenting at the “Designing Urban Universities” conference at the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Keynote speakers include Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects and Reinhold Martin of Columbia University GSAPP (June 22 - 24, 2023).

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Serving as a summer research mentor to junior first-year architecture student Mariana Mesa Castillo, who received a 2023 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship to research university campus expansions. (May 8, 2023).

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Received the UK College of Design New Faculty Award. Thank you UK CoD for the honor! (May 2, 2023).

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Awarded research funding through the UK College of Design CURATE Research Support Program (May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024).

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At the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus, OH for final reviews in Georgina Baronian’s third-year undergraduate studio. Thank you Georgina for the invitation! (April 21, 2023).

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At the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus, OH for final reviews in Ashley Bigham’s graduate comprehensive studio, titled “Fulfilling Architecture.” Thank you Ashley for the invitation! (April 20, 2023).

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At University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, AR for final reviews of second-year design studio. Thank you Jessica Colangelo for the invitation! (April 19, 2023).

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“Uncovering the Untold Histories of American Campus Expansions with Boghosian Fellow Leen Katrib.” My Boghosian Fellowship research, teaching, and exhibition are featured in Archinect’s Fellow Fellows Series. Thank you Katherine Guimapang! (April 10, 2023).

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Leading an ARC 405 Digital Visualization I workshop on Processing, titled “Moving Mondrian” (April 4 and 11, 2023).

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Moderating discussion and Q&A for Sekou Cooke’s insightful lecture “Mr. Morale: A Hip-Hop Architectural Journey” at UK School of Architecture (February 10, 2023).

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Teaching ARC 101 Architectural Visualization and Representation I + ARC 152 First-Year Undergraduate Studio at UK School of Architecture (Spring 2023).

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Pleased to share that I joined the faculty at University of Kentucky School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor of Architecture (tenure-track) after a semester deferral (Jan 1, 2023).

2022

At Columbia University GSAPP in NYC for final reviews in Gary Bates’s Core 3 Housing graduate studio (Dec 8, 2022).

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At Cornell University AAP in Ithaca, NY for final reviews in Gary Bates and Emma Silverblatt’s hybrid Option Studio (Dec 6, 2022).

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In Tokyo, Japan (Nov / Dec 2022).

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At MacDowell in Peterborough, New Hampshire to complete a 6-week writing residency (in Mansfield studio!). Residency supported by a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship (Sept / Oct 2022).

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“LESS IS…” the 2021-22 Harry der Boghosian Fellowship Exhibition, opened on September 8, 2022 in the Marble Room at Slocum Hall (Syracuse University), along with a Gallery Talk moderated by 2022-23 Boghosian Fellow Lily Chishan Wong. and is currently exhibiting at Slocum Hall (Syracuse University) until Dec 9, 2022. Official photographs + video forthcoming.

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Co-teaching (with Gary Bates) the Visiting Critic Studio, titled “LIVING,” and teaching ARC 508 Thesis + ARC 505 Thesis Preparation at Syracuse University School of Architecture (Summer 2022).

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Tenure-track deferred to Spring 2023 (May 2022)

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Organized and co-moderated (with Dean Michael Speaks) the Harry der Boghosian Fellowship Symposium, titled “Debris, Constellations, and Counter-Histories.” Invited presenters: Azra Akšamija, Gaston Gordillo, Sylvia Lavin, Jorge Otero-Pailos, and Salvage Art Institute (April 8, 2022).

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Teaching the ARC 500 seminar, titled “Debris: Myths, Minutes, and Materials” + the Visiting Critic Studio, titled “Counter-Mies,” at Syracuse University School of Architecture (Spring 2022).

2021

At Cornell University AAP in Ithaca, NY for final reviews in Michael Jefferson’s Second-Year Studio. Thank you Michael for the invitation! (December 3, 2021).

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Teaching the ARC 500 seminar, titled “Excavating the University Campus: Tracing Material and Immaterial Debris” at Syracuse University School of Architecture (Fall 2021).

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Pleased to share that I’m joining the faculty at Syracuse University School of Architecture as the 2021-22 Harry der Boghosian Fellow. Thank you Dean Michael Speaks for the opportunity! (Fall 2021).

2014-2016 & 2018-2021

Practicing in New York City—OMA, Peter Marino, LTL Architects, Marvel.