Historic Preservation Program - University of Oregon

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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
Professor of Historic Preservation. 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. Past 2-term 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, and Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design. He is also the Director of the Croatia Field School, an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the stone architecture of Croatia's Central Dalmaian Coast. Teaches American Building Construction History, and Identifying and Interpreting Vernacular Settings. 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 Directors

DONALD PETING
Emeritus professor and recently retired Historic Preservation Program Director. BArch, Illinois; MArch UC,Berkeley. Professor Peting co-directs the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, an annual summer program that began in 1995. Professor Peting received the 2005-2006 James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to preservation education at last year's National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Portland, Oregon. peting@uoregon.edu

SHANNON BELL

Co-director of the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, Adjunct Instructor, and preservation consultant Ms. Bell holds a Bachelor's degree in architecutre and an MS in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon. Her research interests include, preservation technologies and box construction in the Pacific Northwest. Teaches Introduction to Field Recording Methods, HABS/HAER Recordation, Preservation Technology and Historic Structures Report.

Participating Faculty

DAVID AMUNDSON
Adjunct Instructor. B.A. History, Lewis & Clark College; M.Arch and M.A. Architectural History, University of Virginia. Mr. Amundson is a LEED certified registerd architect that has completed multiple projects throughout the Northeast and Oregon. He has taught historic preservation courses and architectural design studios at the School of Architecture and Allied Arts since 1996. He specializes in preservation design issues and adaptive reuse. Teaches Adaptive Reuse Studio/Seminar.

CHRIS BELL
Adjunct Instructor. B.A. in Architectural Studies, Williams College, M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. Chris works for ODOT as the Cultural Resource Program Coordinator where he oversees the policy and program efforts statewide for cultural resource identification and evaluation. Research interests are in understanding and documenting the cultural markers of early immigrant communities in Oregon. Teaches Transportation and Preservation.

LIZ CARTER
Interim Program Director (Fall 2009), adjunct Instructor and preservation consultant. She holds a BA in Romance Languages and an MS in 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. Teaches Introduction to Historic Preservation, National Register Nomination, International Preservation.

HOWARD DAVIS
Professor of Architecture. B.S. in Physics, Cooper Union; M.S. in Physics, Northwestern; M.Arch; UC Berkeley. Extensive international experience in housing innovation, as well as regional and contextual design. Author of The Culture of Building and coauthor of The Production of Houses. Teaches Vernacular Architecture.

MARK DAVISON
Adjunct Instructor 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. Teaches Cultural Landscape Preservation and Theory , alternating springs.

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. Teaches Research Methods, Research Proposal, and Cultural Policy.

ERIC EISEMANN
Adjunct Instructor and attorney. B.A. in Anthropology and Religion, Knox College, Illinois; M.A. in Folk Studies and Historic Preservation Planning, Western Kentucky University; J.D. in Environmental Law, Lewis and Clark College. Interest in land use law and preservation advocacy. Teaches Legal Issues in Preservation.

JESSICA ENGEMAN
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. in Historic Preservation and Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Works in real estate development in Portland and specializes in historic commercial rehabilitations involving historic tax credits. Teaches Preservation Economics.

PAUL FALSETTO
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. in HIstoric Preservation and M.Arch. from the University of Oregon. Paul Falsetto is one of Portland’s foremost voices on historic preservation, particularly mid-20th Century modernism. He has taught multiple design studios for UO architecture students. He currently works for Carleton Hart Architecture in Portland, and is on the Board of Advisors for Portland’s Architectural Heritage Center. Teaches Preservation and Sustainability.

MARK GILLEM
Assistant Professor, Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Historic Preservation Committee Member, 2005. Member I.A.S.T.E. (International Association for the Society of Traditional Environments), Teaches Urban Design Use Studio, Urban Design in Theory and Practice, Human Context, and Architecture Studio.

KENNETH HELPHAND
Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A. in Politics, Brandeis University; M.L.A., Harvard. Coeditor of Landscape Journal. 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. Teaches History of Landscape Architecture II and Contemporary American Landscapes.

ROBERT Z. MELNICK
Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A.,1970, Bard; M.L.A., 1975, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Expert in cultural landscape evaluation and historic landscape preservation planning. A Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Robert has published widely on theoretical and practical issues relating to cultural and historic landscapes..Robert is former Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and was recently a Visiting Senior Program Officer at the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles Recipient of James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award in Historic Preservation. Teaches History and Theory of the National Parks and Cultural Landscape Preservation.

RICK MINOR
Adjunt Instructor. PhD Anthropology UO and co-founder of Heritage Research Associates, a consulting firm specializing in archaeological and historical research in the Pacific Northwest. Directs investigations at prehistoric sites, as well as a wide range of historical archaeological sites in Oregon and Washington, most recently at Oregon's premier industrial archaeological site, the Oswego Iron Furnace in Lake Oswego. Teaches Historical Archaeology in Historic Preservation.

DAVE PINYERD
Adjunct Instructor of Historic Preservation. B.S. in Finance, Oregon State University; M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. 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. Teaches Historic Survey and Inventory.

KIRK RANZETTA
Adjunct Instructor 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. Teaches Practicum/Internship Seminar I and Field Recordation Methods.

LELAND ROTH
Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History. B.Arch., University of Illinois; M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale. Books authored include A Concise History of American Architecture; American Architecture: A History; and McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Editor of America Builds and coeditor of Architecture in Colonial America. Teaches 19th & 20th Century Architecture, American Architecture I, II, III, Oregon Architecture, and Native American Architecture.

ROB THALLON
Associate Professor and registered Architect. He has authored two books on wood frame construction and is a skilled carpenter, having built many of his designs with his own hands. His teaching emphasizes the benefits of hands-on experience. He is Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Allied Arts. Teaches Building Construction: The Art of Building, and at the Croatia Field School.



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(Photo: David Ames, 2005) Historic Preservation Program Director KINGSTON HEATH Professor of Historic Preservation. 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. Past 2-term 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, and Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design. He is also the Director of the Croatia Field School, an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the stone architecture of Croatia's Central Dalmaian Coast. Teaches American Building Construction History, and Identifying and Interpreting Vernacular Settings. 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 Directors DONALD PETING Emeritus professor and recently retired Historic Preservation Program Director. BArch, Illinois; MArch UC,Berkeley. Professor Peting co-directs the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, an annual summer program that began in 1995. Professor Peting received the 2005-2006 James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to preservation education at last year's National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Portland, Oregon. peting@uoregon.edu SHANNON BELL Co-director of the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, Adjunct Instructor, and preservation consultant Ms. Bell holds a Bachelor's degree in architecutre and an MS in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon. Her research interests include, preservation technologies and box construction in the Pacific Northwest. Teaches Introduction to Field Recording Methods, HABS/HAER Recordation, Preservation Technology and Historic Structures Report. Participating Faculty DAVID AMUNDSON Adjunct Instructor. B.A. History, Lewis & Clark College; M.Arch and M.A. Architectural History, University of Virginia. Mr. Amundson is a LEED certified registerd architect that has completed multiple projects throughout the Northeast and Oregon. He has taught historic preservation courses and architectural design studios at the School of Architecture and Allied Arts since 1996. He specializes in preservation design issues and adaptive reuse. Teaches Adaptive Reuse Studio/Seminar. CHRIS BELL Adjunct Instructor. B.A. in Architectural Studies, Williams College, M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. Chris works for ODOT as the Cultural Resource Program Coordinator where he oversees the policy and program efforts statewide for cultural resource identification and evaluation. Research interests are in understanding and documenting the cultural markers of early immigrant communities in Oregon. Teaches Transportation and Preservation. LIZ CARTER Interim Program Director (Fall 2009), adjunct Instructor and preservation consultant. She holds a BA in Romance Languages and an MS in 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. Teaches Introduction to Historic Preservation, National Register Nomination, International Preservation. HOWARD DAVIS Professor of Architecture. B.S. in Physics, Cooper Union; M.S. in Physics, Northwestern; M.Arch; UC Berkeley. Extensive international experience in housing innovation, as well as regional and contextual design. Author of The Culture of Building and coauthor of The Production of Houses. Teaches Vernacular Architecture. MARK DAVISON Adjunct Instructor 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. Teaches Cultural Landscape Preservation and Theory , alternating springs. 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. Teaches Research Methods, Research Proposal, and Cultural Policy. ERIC EISEMANN Adjunct Instructor and attorney. B.A. in Anthropology and Religion, Knox College, Illinois; M.A. in Folk Studies and Historic Preservation Planning, Western Kentucky University; J.D. in Environmental Law, Lewis and Clark College. Interest in land use law and preservation advocacy. Teaches Legal Issues in Preservation. JESSICA ENGEMAN Adjunct Instructor. M.S. in Historic Preservation and Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Works in real estate development in Portland and specializes in historic commercial rehabilitations involving historic tax credits. Teaches Preservation Economics. PAUL FALSETTO Adjunct Instructor. M.S. in HIstoric Preservation and M.Arch. from the University of Oregon. Paul Falsetto is one of Portland’s foremost voices on historic preservation, particularly mid-20th Century modernism. He has taught multiple design studios for UO architecture students. He currently works for Carleton Hart Architecture in Portland, and is on the Board of Advisors for Portland’s Architectural Heritage Center. Teaches Preservation and Sustainability. MARK GILLEM Assistant Professor, Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Historic Preservation Committee Member, 2005. Member I.A.S.T.E. (International Association for the Society of Traditional Environments), Teaches Urban Design Use Studio, Urban Design in Theory and Practice, Human Context, and Architecture Studio. KENNETH HELPHAND Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A. in Politics, Brandeis University; M.L.A., Harvard. Coeditor of Landscape Journal. 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. Teaches History of Landscape Architecture II and Contemporary American Landscapes. ROBERT Z. MELNICK Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A.,1970, Bard; M.L.A., 1975, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Expert in cultural landscape evaluation and historic landscape preservation planning. A Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Robert has published widely on theoretical and practical issues relating to cultural and historic landscapes..Robert is former Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and was recently a Visiting Senior Program Officer at the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles Recipient of James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award in Historic Preservation. Teaches History and Theory of the National Parks and Cultural Landscape Preservation. RICK MINOR Adjunt Instructor. PhD Anthropology UO and co-founder of Heritage Research Associates, a consulting firm specializing in archaeological and historical research in the Pacific Northwest. Directs investigations at prehistoric sites, as well as a wide range of historical archaeological sites in Oregon and Washington, most recently at Oregon's premier industrial archaeological site, the Oswego Iron Furnace in Lake Oswego. Teaches Historical Archaeology in Historic Preservation. DAVE PINYERD Adjunct Instructor of Historic Preservation. B.S. in Finance, Oregon State University; M.S. in Historic Preservation, University of Oregon. 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. Teaches Historic Survey and Inventory. KIRK RANZETTA Adjunct Instructor 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. Teaches Practicum/Internship Seminar I and Field Recordation Methods. LELAND ROTH Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History. B.Arch., University of Illinois; M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale. Books authored include A Concise History of American Architecture; American Architecture: A History; and McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Editor of America Builds and coeditor of Architecture in Colonial America. Teaches 19th & 20th Century Architecture, American Architecture I, II, III, Oregon Architecture, and Native American Architecture. ROB THALLON Associate Professor and registered Architect. He has authored two books on wood frame construction and is a skilled carpenter, having built many of his designs with his own hands. His teaching emphasizes the benefits of hands-on experience. He is Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Allied Arts. Teaches Building Construction: The Art of Building, and at the Croatia Field School.