Katherine J. Wheeler

Title:                           Lecturer in Architecture and Architectural History
Office Location:         Bldg. 35, Room 203, Bldg
Office Phone:             305-284-522
Email Address:          kjwheeler@miami.edu

Teaching Area:
Architectural History (specialty 19^th and 20^th-century European), and architectural studio

Education:
Feb. 2007     Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Ph.D. in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture
                     Major area: 1800-1950 European Architecture
                     Minor area: History of Architectural Drawing and Representation

1997             University of Virginia School of Architecture.  Master of Architectural History
                     Major area: Medieval European Architecture
                     Minor area: Modern European Architecture, 1750 to the present

1987             University of Tennessee School of Architecture.  Bachelor of Architecture, with honors

Teaching and Administrative Experience:

2007-08        University of Miami School of Architecture. Assistant Professor in Architecture and Architectural History

2006-07        University of Miami School of Architecture. Lecturer in Architecture and Architectural History

2005             University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Visiting Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory, Winter Term

1997-99        University of Michigan, College of Architecture and Urban Planning.  Visiting Assistant Professor 

Licensure:
2002             Architectural License. State of Michigan
1992             Architectural License. State of Rhode Island

Professional Experience:
2005             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
1997             Bill Sherman and Peter Waldman, Architects, Charlottesville, VA.  Project Coordinator.
1992-95        Kvell Corcoran Architects, P.C., Washington, DC, Project Architect and Interior Design Manager
1989-92        VISION III Architects, Providence, RI, Intern Architect
1987-89        McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects, Knoxville, TN, Intern Architect

Academic and Professional Honors:
2007              Scott Opler Emerging Scholar Fellowship for Membership, Society of Architectural Historians

2006              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.

                     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

2005-06        Andrew Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for Historical Research University of London

2004             The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Junior Fellowship

                     Victorian Society in America Summer School in London Scholarship

2002             MIT Top Teachers Discussion Panel. Nominated by the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture faculty

                     Robert Rettig Fellowship. New England Society of Architectural Historians; to attend the national Society of Architectural Historians Conference April 2002

2001             Hyzen Travel Fellowship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For travel to London for pre-defense research

1999             Walter A. Rosenblith Fellowship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1998             Guest Juror. Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal Jury, University of Tennessee School of Architecture

1997             Frederick Doveton Nichols Award. University of Virginia School of Architecture; for academic achievement

1996-97        University of Virginia School of Architecture Scholarship for academic performance

1987             Alpha Rho Chi award. University of Tennessee

1986             President AIAS, University of Tennessee Knoxville Chapter

1984-87        Honor Societies: Tau Sigma Delta and Phi Kappa Phi

Publications:
2005             “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.
2003             “Berlin Philharmonie,” “Gerrit Rietveld,” and “Schröder-Schräder House,” entries for the Encyclopedia of   
                    Twentieth Century Architecture. R. Stephen Sennott, ed. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis
2000             Senior editor of Thresholds, vol. 21 “Readings”
                    Co-editor of Thresholds, vol. 20 “Be-longing”
1998             “Art Nouveau Architecture in Prague as an Expression of Czech Nationalism,” Dimensions, vol. 12 “The 
                    City”
1997             “Barber McMurry Architects” and “James White Fort,” entries for The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History
                    and Culture. Carroll Van West, ed., Rutlidge Hill Press

Community Service:
2005             Weekly Volunteer at the Food Gatherers, Ann Arbor, MI