Early Academics’ Retreat
Workshop Session 1: Navigating the Tenure and Promotion Process: Part 1
Nathan Brown and Joss Kiely
Workshop Session 2: Navigating the Tenure and Promotion Process: Part 2
Nathan Brown and Joss Kiely
Workshop Session 3: Collaborative Teaching with Student Teaching Assistants
Stephanie Bunt, Lauren McQuistion, and Student Teaching Assistants
Workshop Contributors
Nathan Brown, PhD
Nathan Brown is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University, where his research and teaching seek to reveal how structural considerations interact with other performance and architectural criteria in conceptual building design, and how computation can play a role in the creative process. He holds a PhD and SM in Building Technology from MIT, and a BSE in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University. He has worked for BuroHappold in Boston as a computational designer and on building energy retrofit projects for Elevate Energy in Chicago. He was the recipient of the 2016 Structural Engineering Travel Fellowship from the SOM Foundation.
Joss Kiely, PhD
Joss Kiely is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches courses in architectural history and design studio at the undergraduate and graduate level and undertakes a robust scholarly agenda. His book, Master Plan: Soft Power and the Politics of Architectural Expertise, co-authored with Michael Abrahamson, will be published by Princeton University Press in early 2027, and which has been generously supported by the Furthermore/J.M. Kaplan Fund and the Leonard A. Lauder/Metropolitan Museum of Art Publication Grants.
Before joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in 2019, Joss taught at the University of Michigan and at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Joss currently serves as the At-Large Member of the board of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), on the Development Committee of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), and the treasurer of the U Blue Hills French-American exchange program based in Paris.
He holds a Master of Architecture, a Master of Science in Architecture, and a Ph.D. in Architecture (History and Theory) from the Taubman College at the University of Michigan, as well as a B.A. in French and Architectural Studies from Connecticut College.
Stephanie Bunt, PhD
Stephanie Bunt is an impassioned educator, researcher, and designer with a background in architecture and engineering. Her research focuses on characterizing, evaluating, and improving the multi-disciplinary design education of architects and engineers, particularly through their design strategies and digital tools. Having a robust background in both disciplines herself, she received her PhD in Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, earned her Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, and earned her Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. She has taught at Ball State University and Texas Tech University and has worked for architecture firms and contractors, serving as a project engineer on industrial job sites.
Lauren McQuistion
Lauren McQuistion is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning and PhD Candidate in the Constructed Environment at the University of Virginia. Her research examines the spatial history of institutional spaces and their entanglement with cultural identity formation through the visual and spatial regimes of art and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her scholarship has been recognized by Columbia GSAPP's Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, the Society of Architectural Historians, the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and the Constructed Environment Research Network.