Kristine Stiphany, PhD, AIA

Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
Director Design with Resilient Environments Lab
Director MArch / MUP Program
stiphany@buffalo.edu - 335 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5985

Kristine Stiphany speaking at the Economy and the City: Housing and Urban Development symposium at the University of São Paulo in 2016.

Kristine Stiphany speaking at the Economy and the City: Housing and Urban Development symposium at the University of São Paulo in 2016. 

Kristine Stiphany, PhD, AIA, is an architect and urban planner who investigates the social, technical, and cultural dimensions that shape urban redevelopment in the Americas, with a focus on housing informality and participatory technologies in Brazil and along the U.S. – Mexico border.

Stiphany is a Fulbright Fellow, the founder of the Chapa Civic Data Lab, co-editor of the Latin American Housing Network, and recipient of several design awards, most recently from the Texas Society of Architects. Stiphany has published in Urban Studies, Journal of Architectural Education, Latin American Research Review, and the Journal of Planning Education and Research, among others.

She received a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned a Master of Architecture, and a Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from the University of Michigan.

Kristine Stiphany conducting National Science Foundation-funded research about technology-based planning and 'slum' upgrading in 2017.

Kristine Stiphany conducting National Science Foundation-funded research about technology-based planning and 'slum' upgrading in 2017. 

Kristine Stiphany leading a service-learning studio in Portoviejo, Ecuador in 2019.

Kristine Stiphany leading a service-learning studio in Portoviejo, Ecuador in 2019.