M.Arch - Meet our Faculty

Combining a depth of experience in the profession and academy, our faculty are international thought leaders and influencers in fields such as food systems planning, climate resilience, global health equity, urban design, transportation planning and policy, and historic preservation. Passionate educators and mentors, our faculty engage students directly in their research and community-engaged work. 

  • Abigail Peters
    9/30/20
  • Adam Thibodeaux
    11/29/22
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    adamthib@buffalo.edu - Acheson Annex 16
  • Anahita Khodadadi
    11/14/22
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    akhodada@buffalo.edu - 334 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5879 
  • Annette LeCuyer
    9/30/20
    Professor - Department of Architecture
     alecuyer@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 213 - (716) 829-5329
  • Beth Tauke
    1/25/22
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     tauke@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 216 - (716) 829-5892
  • Bonghwan Kim, PE, AIA
    11/4/22
    Visiting Instructor - Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Structure
  • Brad Wales
    9/30/20
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     bawales@buffalo.edu - 325 Crosby Hall
  • Brian Carter
    7/12/23
    Professor - Department of Architecture
     bcarter@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 212 - 716-829-5886
  • Chris Osterhoudt
    9/22/22
  • Christopher Romano
    9/30/20
    Christopher Romano, assistant professor of architecture, explores the relationship between design, construction and the contemporary culture of building by leveraging regional manufacturing and material processes.
  • Conrad Kickert
    3/31/21
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    kickert@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 323 - 716-829-5330
  • Dennis Maher
    2/28/22
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     dmmaher@buffalo.edu - Crosby Hall 325
  • Despina Stratigakos
    8/24/23
    Professor - Department of Architecture
    despina@buffalo.edu - (716) 829-5893
  • Edward Steinfeld
    9/30/20
    Edward Steinfeld, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture and director of the IDEA Center, has been a trailblazer in the field of inclusive design since the 1970s. He believes architecture should, first and foremost, benefit the people who use buildings, and make a positive contribution to the community.
  • Elaine Chow, AIA
    9/11/23
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    eychow@buffalo.edu
  • Erkin Özay
    9/22/23
    Erkin Özay investigates how institutional settings and urban interventions can serve as shelters from the structural inequities that burden the lives of vulnerable urban communities. He is assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Architecture.
  • Georg Rafailidis
    9/30/20
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     grafaili@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 312 - (716) 829-5896
  • Gregory Delaney
    8/2/23
    Clinical Associate Professor - Director of Recruitment and First Year Experience - Department of Architecture
     gldelane@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 317C - 716-829-5884
  • Gregory Serweta
    9/22/23
    Adjunct Instructor | Department of Architecture
    gsewetabuffalo.edu - 235 Hayes Hall - 716-829-5900
  • Hadas Steiner
    9/30/20
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     hsteiner@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 215 - (716) 829-5888
  • Hiroaki Hata
    6/7/23
    Associate Professor Hiroaki Hata’s research and creative work focuses on the design, history, theory and criticism of urban structures and community development.
  • Jin Young Song
    2/13/22
    Jin Young Song explores the possibility for more responsive, sustainable and place-based architecture through the contemporary façade. He is an associate professor of architecture and a founder of DIOINNO Architecture, a Buffalo- and Seoul-based design firm.
  • Jon Spielman
    9/30/20
    Adjunct Instructor - Department of Architecture
     spielman@buffalo.edu
  • Joyce Hwang
    1/15/22
    Joyce Hwang is associate professor and director of graduate studies with the Department of Architecture. Through her teaching, research and critical practice, she confronts contemporary ecological conditions through creative means.
  • Kenneth MacKay
    3/30/23
    Clinical Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     macka@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 223 - (716) 829-5890
  • Korydon Smith
    4/22/22
    Korydon Smith is professor and chair of architecture at UB and co-director of UB's Community for Global Health Equity. He works across disciplines to build design solutions for those who have been traditionally marginalized from decisions about the design of their built environment.
  • Kristine Stiphany
    8/25/23
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture, Director Design with Resilient Environments Lab, Director MArch / MUP Program
    stiphany@buffalo.edu - 335 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5985
  • Laura Lubniewski
    11/15/22
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    lschmitz@buffalo.edu
  • Lynda Schneekloth
    1/20/23
    Professor Emeritus - Department of Architecture
     lhs1@buffalo.edu - UB Downtown Gateway 302M - (716) 829-5325
  • Maia Peck
    9/22/23
    Adjunct Instructor - Department of Architecture
     maiapeck@buffalo.edu - 225 Hayes Hall
  • Mark Shepard
    9/30/20
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     shepard6@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 322 - (716) 829-5889
  • Martha Bohm
    9/11/23
    Martha Bohm examines the intersection of design with energy efficiency, healthy materials and ecological sensibility through research, teaching and critical practice. She is an associate professor of architecture and associate dean for academic affairs.
  • Michael Hoover
    8/22/22
  • Miguel Guitart
    9/14/22
    Miguel Guitart, assistant professor of architecture, is an architect, author, and scholar who explores architectural experience at the intersection of material narratives and sensory perception, focusing on physical boundaries, material memory, and non-material agents.
  • Nicholas Bruscia
    12/12/22
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     nbruscia@buffalo.edu - 319 Hayes Hall - 716-829-5926
  • Nicholas Rajkovich
    4/24/23
    Nicholas B. Rajkovich, assistant professor of architecture, investigates the intersection of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and adaptation to climate change. He directs UB's Resilient Buildings Lab.
  • Robert Shibley
    9/11/23
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
     Director, Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence
    Rudy Bruner Chair in Urban Excellence
    Senior Fellow, UB Regional Institute
    School of Architecture and Planning
  • Stephanie Cramer
    9/11/23
    Director of Fabrication Workshop, Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     slcramer@buffalo.edu - 2 Parker Hall - (716) 829-5923