Biography
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| :: We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us :: Winston Churchill Amber is an architectural and urban historian who recently joined the faculty of the Tulane School of Architecture as a visiting assistant professor to teach architectural history and historic preservation courses. Her research interests are centered on the social aspects of design and how it affects urban communities. Her areas of focus combine architectural theory and history with cultural issues of race, class, collective memory, city planning, and urban policy. She was the recipient of an AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research and a SRI Foundation Research Fellow Scholarship in Historic Preservation for her dissertation “Concrete Solutions: Architecture of Public High Schools During the ‘Urban Crisis’” (Richard Longstreth, committee chair). The dissertation examined the cultural and political paradigms that informed the design of fortified, yet programmatically innovative high schools built in African American communities. Amber received her Ph.D. in American Studies from George Washington University. She also holds a B.A. in Architecture from Yale University and a Master's in Architectural History and Certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Virginia School of Architecture. She has studied architecture abroad in the University of Virginia in China Summer Program and at the Syracuse University Center in Florence, Italy. Amber sits on the board of the Yale Black Alumni Association and the Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. |
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