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Students with Kingston Heath

Department director Dr. Kingston Heath (far right) joins HP Graduate students and alumni in a hands-on photography project taught by visiting Professor Dr. David Ames in November of 2005. (Photo: David Ames, 2005)

Historic Preservation Program Director
Kingston Heath

M.A.in Art History from the University of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown University. Previous work experience includes State Architectural Historian for the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Supervisor of Historical Interpretation at Mystic Seaport, and Professor of Architectural History and Historic Preservation at Montana State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Member of the Board of Directors of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Areas of specialization include vernacular architecture of the American West, New England workers' housing, American building construction history, and vernacular architecture theory. Author of The Patina of Place: The Cultural Weathering of a New England Industrial Landscape, which won three national awards, and Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design. Teaches Introduction to Historic Preservation, American Building Construction History, Interpreting American Architecture from a Preservation Perspective I,II,III, and Reading Cultural Landscapes (Oira, Italy Field School). Click here for Professor Heath's Curriculum Vitae. E-mail: kwheath@uoregon.edu

Don Peting with student workers and park staff

Professor Don Peting (far left, blue shirt) poses with student workers and Park staff atop the Hexagonal Kitchen Shelter at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park in Florence, OR. The kitchen shelter served as the work project for the 2004 Pacific Northwest Field School.

Pacific Northwest Field School Director
Donald Peting

Emeritus professor and recently retired Historic Preservation Program Director. BArch, Illinois; MArch UC,Berkeley. Continues to direct the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, an annual summer program that began in 1995. He teaches Preservation Technology: Woods and Metals, Analysis Through the Recording of Historic Buildings, Building Construction Assessment, and field school courses. Professor Peting received the 2005-2006 James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to preservation education at this year's National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Portland, Oregon. peting@uoregon.edu

Liz Carter

Liz Carter is an adjunct assistant professor and preservation consultant. She holds a BA in Romance languages from the University of Oregon and a MS, Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon. Liz has held positions in the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office in Salem and served on the Eugene Historic Review Board. She currently teaches Fundamentals of Historic Preservation (Fall) and International Preservation (Spring).

Howard Davis

Professor of Architecture. BS in Physics, Cooper Union; MS in Physics, Northwestern; MArch, UC Berkeley. He has extensive international experience in housing innovation, as well as regional and contextual design. Currently serves as co-editor for the Journal, Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, and coordinated the 1997 VAF Annual Meeting held in Portland, Oregon. Professor Davis is author of The Culture of Building and co-author of The Production of Houses. He teaches Vernacular Architecture and Architectural Design. hdavis@uoregon.edu

Mark Davison

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. He has worked on numerous projects in Europe and the United States producing the Cultural Landscape Report for Dumbarton Oaks Park, published by the Department of the Interior in 2002, as well as Mapping Augustan Rome, published by the Journal of Roman Archaeology in 2004. He teaches Cultural Landscape Preservation and Theory.

Patricia Dewey

Assistant Professor, Arts and Administration Program and Associate Director for Cultural Policy, Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. B.M. in Music, Indiana University; M.A. in International Business, Webster University Vienna; M.A.S. in Arts and Media Management, ICCM Salzburg; Ph.D. in Arts Policy and Administration, Ohio State. She teaches Research Methods, Research Proposal, and Cultural Policy.

Eric Eisemann

Adjunct Assistant Professor and Attorney. BA in Anthropology / Religion, Knox College, Illinois; MA inFolk Studies / Historic Preservation Planning, Western Kentucky University; JD in Environmental Law, Lewis & Clark College. His interests include land use law and preservation advocacy. He teaches Legal Issues in Preservation.

Jessica Engeman

Adjunct Assistant Professor. M.S. in Historic Preservation and M.A. in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Currently works in real estate development in Portland and specializes in historic commercial rehabilitations involving historic tax credits. She teaches preservation economics.

Mark Gillem

Assistant Professor Mark L. Gillem holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and teaches studios and seminars in urban design and architecture. He has a Masters in Architecture and a PhD in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelors of Architecture with Highest Distinction from the University of Kansas. He is also a licensed architect and certified planner. Through his urban design practice, he has completed projects for clients worldwide that address issues of sustainability, historic preservation, and social responsibility. His current research focuses on global institutions, their land-use policies, and the resulting impacts on urban design. He has published numerous articles on the designing and planning of urban environments and presents regularly at conferences in the United States and abroad. mark@uoregon.edu

Kenneth Helphand

Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A. in Politics, Brandeis University; M.L.A., Harvard. Coeditor of Landscape Journal. His recent books include Yard, Street, Park: The Design of Suburban Open Spaces, Dreaming Gardens: Landscape Architecture and the Making of Modern Israel, which won the 2003 ASLA Communications Merit Award, and most recently, Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime, which has received numerous awards. He teaches History of Landscape Architecture II.

Michael Hibbard

Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management. BS in Social Science, California Polytechnic State University; MSW, San Diego State University; PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, UCLA. He teaches courses in planning and public policy. Dr. Hibbard's interests include social and economic aspects of communities and regions, and interpretive approaches in planning and policy analysis. He is editor of The Journal of Planning Education and Research and western U.S. correspondent for the Community Development Journal. mhibbard@uoregon.edu

Thomas Hubka

Professor Hubka will be joining the Department of Architecture as a Distinguished Visiting Professor spring term 2008. He received an M. Arch degree from the University of Oregon in 1972 and has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee architecture department since 1987. He has published many articles and two books—Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community and Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: the Connected Farm Buildings of New England. In 2006 Professor Hubka received the Henry Glassie Award for lifetime achievement in the field of vernacular architecture. He will be teaching Introduction to Field Recording Methods.

Dave Pinyerd

Adjunct assistant professor of historic preservation. B.S. in Finance, Oregon State University; M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. He is commissioner on Albany's Landmarks Advisory Commission, Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, and sole proprietor of Historic Preservation Northwest. His book Light Houses and Life-Saving on the Oregon Coast was published in 2007. He teaches Historic Survey and Inventory.

John Platz

Restoration carpenter specializing in wood structures. Owner of Pilgrim's Progress, a preservation-rehabilitation company in Boring, OR. Previously, he led a specialized team of preservation carpenters for the Forest Service, working on projects throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood. Field School Instructor. He teaches at the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School.

Kirk Ranzetta

Dr. Ranzetta is an adjunct assistant professor and preservation consultant. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware and a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington. His dissertation on tobacco culture in St. Mary's County, Maryland was recently awarded the Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize. Formerly a Review and Compliance Specialist and Survey and Registration Coordinator for the Oregon SHPO, Dr. Ranzetta is currently employed by ENTRIX, an environmental consulting firm in Portland. He teaches Practicum/Internship Seminar I and Field Recordation Methods.

Leland Roth

Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History. BArch, Illinois; M.Phil. and PhD. Yale. Books authored include A Concise History of American Architecture, and McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Editor of America Builds and co-editor of Architecture in Colonial America. He teaches 18th, 19th & 20th Century Architecture, American Architecture I, II and III, Oregon Architecture, Chicago Architecture, and Native American Architecture. leeroth@uoregon.edu



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(Photo: David Ames, 2005) Historic Preservation Program Director Kingston Heath M.A.in Art History from the University of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown University. Previous work experience includes State Architectural Historian for the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Supervisor of Historical Interpretation at Mystic Seaport, and Professor of Architectural History and Historic Preservation at Montana State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Member of the Board of Directors of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Areas of specialization include vernacular architecture of the American West, New England workers' housing, American building construction history, and vernacular architecture theory. Author of The Patina of Place: The Cultural Weathering of a New England Industrial Landscape, which won three national awards, and Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design. Teaches Introduction to Historic Preservation, American Building Construction History, Interpreting American Architecture from a Preservation Perspective I,II,III, and Reading Cultural Landscapes (Oira, Italy Field School). Click here for Professor Heath's Curriculum Vitae. E-mail: kwheath@uoregon.edu Professor Don Peting (far left, blue shirt) poses with student workers and Park staff atop the Hexagonal Kitchen Shelter at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park in Florence, OR. The kitchen shelter served as the work project for the 2004 Pacific Northwest Field School. Pacific Northwest Field School Director Donald Peting Emeritus professor and recently retired Historic Preservation Program Director. BArch, Illinois; MArch UC,Berkeley. Continues to direct the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, an annual summer program that began in 1995. He teaches Preservation Technology: Woods and Metals, Analysis Through the Recording of Historic Buildings, Building Construction Assessment, and field school courses. Professor Peting received the 2005-2006 James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to preservation education at this year's National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Portland, Oregon. peting@uoregon.edu Liz Carter Liz Carter is an adjunct assistant professor and preservation consultant. She holds a BA in Romance languages from the University of Oregon and a MS, Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon. Liz has held positions in the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office in Salem and served on the Eugene Historic Review Board. She currently teaches Fundamentals of Historic Preservation (Fall) and International Preservation (Spring). Howard Davis Professor of Architecture. BS in Physics, Cooper Union; MS in Physics, Northwestern; MArch, UC Berkeley. He has extensive international experience in housing innovation, as well as regional and contextual design. Currently serves as co-editor for the Journal, Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, and coordinated the 1997 VAF Annual Meeting held in Portland, Oregon. Professor Davis is author of The Culture of Building and co-author of The Production of Houses. He teaches Vernacular Architecture and Architectural Design. hdavis@uoregon.edu Mark Davison Adjunct Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. He has worked on numerous projects in Europe and the United States producing the Cultural Landscape Report for Dumbarton Oaks Park, published by the Department of the Interior in 2002, as well as Mapping Augustan Rome, published by the Journal of Roman Archaeology in 2004. He teaches Cultural Landscape Preservation and Theory. Patricia Dewey Assistant Professor, Arts and Administration Program and Associate Director for Cultural Policy, Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. B.M. in Music, Indiana University; M.A. in International Business, Webster University Vienna; M.A.S. in Arts and Media Management, ICCM Salzburg; Ph.D. in Arts Policy and Administration, Ohio State. She teaches Research Methods, Research Proposal, and Cultural Policy. Eric Eisemann Adjunct Assistant Professor and Attorney. BA in Anthropology / Religion, Knox College, Illinois; MA inFolk Studies / Historic Preservation Planning, Western Kentucky University; JD in Environmental Law, Lewis & Clark College. His interests include land use law and preservation advocacy. He teaches Legal Issues in Preservation. Jessica Engeman Adjunct Assistant Professor. M.S. in Historic Preservation and M.A. in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Currently works in real estate development in Portland and specializes in historic commercial rehabilitations involving historic tax credits. She teaches preservation economics. Mark Gillem Assistant Professor Mark L. Gillem holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and teaches studios and seminars in urban design and architecture. He has a Masters in Architecture and a PhD in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelors of Architecture with Highest Distinction from the University of Kansas. He is also a licensed architect and certified planner. Through his urban design practice, he has completed projects for clients worldwide that address issues of sustainability, historic preservation, and social responsibility. His current research focuses on global institutions, their land-use policies, and the resulting impacts on urban design. He has published numerous articles on the designing and planning of urban environments and presents regularly at conferences in the United States and abroad. mark@uoregon.edu Kenneth Helphand Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A. in Politics, Brandeis University; M.L.A., Harvard. Coeditor of Landscape Journal. His recent books include Yard, Street, Park: The Design of Suburban Open Spaces, Dreaming Gardens: Landscape Architecture and the Making of Modern Israel, which won the 2003 ASLA Communications Merit Award, and most recently, Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime, which has received numerous awards. He teaches History of Landscape Architecture II. Michael Hibbard Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management. BS in Social Science, California Polytechnic State University; MSW, San Diego State University; PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, UCLA. He teaches courses in planning and public policy. Dr. Hibbard's interests include social and economic aspects of communities and regions, and interpretive approaches in planning and policy analysis. He is editor of The Journal of Planning Education and Research and western U.S. correspondent for the Community Development Journal. mhibbard@uoregon.edu Thomas Hubka Professor Hubka will be joining the Department of Architecture as a Distinguished Visiting Professor spring term 2008. He received an M. Arch degree from the University of Oregon in 1972 and has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee architecture department since 1987. He has published many articles and two books—Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community and Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: the Connected Farm Buildings of New England. In 2006 Professor Hubka received the Henry Glassie Award for lifetime achievement in the field of vernacular architecture. He will be teaching Introduction to Field Recording Methods. Dave Pinyerd Adjunct assistant professor of historic preservation. B.S. in Finance, Oregon State University; M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. He is commissioner on Albany's Landmarks Advisory Commission, Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, and sole proprietor of Historic Preservation Northwest. His book Light Houses and Life-Saving on the Oregon Coast was published in 2007. He teaches Historic Survey and Inventory. John Platz Restoration carpenter specializing in wood structures. Owner of Pilgrim's Progress, a preservation-rehabilitation company in Boring, OR. Previously, he led a specialized team of preservation carpenters for the Forest Service, working on projects throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood. Field School Instructor. He teaches at the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School. Kirk Ranzetta Dr. Ranzetta is an adjunct assistant professor and preservation consultant. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware and a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington. His dissertation on tobacco culture in St. Mary's County, Maryland was recently awarded the Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize. Formerly a Review and Compliance Specialist and Survey and Registration Coordinator for the Oregon SHPO, Dr. Ranzetta is currently employed by ENTRIX, an environmental consulting firm in Portland. He teaches Practicum/Internship Seminar I and Field Recordation Methods. Leland Roth Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History. BArch, Illinois; M.Phil. and PhD. Yale. Books authored include A Concise History of American Architecture, and McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Editor of America Builds and co-editor of Architecture in Colonial America. He teaches 18th, 19th & 20th Century Architecture, American Architecture I, II and III, Oregon Architecture, Chicago Architecture, and Native American Architecture. leeroth@uoregon.edu Copyright © 2008. School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon.