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
Albert Chao
9/30/20
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
9/30/20
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
9/20/22
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
11/17/22
Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
eychow@buffalo.edu
Erkin Özay
12/19/22
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
3/8/23
Clinical Associate Professor - Director of Recruitment and First Year Experience - Department of Architecture
gldelane@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 317C - 716-829-5884
Gregory Serweta
9/10/21
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
1/20/23
Associate Professor Hiroaki Hata’s research and creative work focuses on the design, history, theory and criticism of urban structures and community development.
Jacobé Huet
11/14/22
Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
jhuet@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 216 - (716) 829-5928
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.
Kasia Kordas
9/30/20
Kenneth MacKay
10/7/20
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
1/26/23
Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture, 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
Lukas Fetzko
8/22/22
Lynda Schneekloth
1/20/23
Professor Emeritus - Department of Architecture
lhs1@buffalo.edu - UB Downtown Gateway 302M - (716) 829-5325
Maia Peck
8/22/22
Adjunct Instructor - Department of Architecture
maiapeck@buffalo.edu - 235 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5900
Mark Shepard
9/30/20
Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
shepard6@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 322 - (716) 829-5889
Martha Bohm
9/30/20
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.
Nathaniel Heckman
10/2/20
Nicholas Bruscia
12/12/22
Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
nbruscia@buffalo.edu - 319 Hayes Hall - 716-829-5926
Nicholas Rajkovich
11/17/22
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.
Paul Battaglia
9/21/21
Paul is a Buffalo native who received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been in full-time architectural practice since 1976 working on many of the more significant historic projects in Buffalo.
Randy Fernando
9/26/22
Randy Fernando is an emerging designer and artist, focusing on work that synergizes neuroscience, sociological behavior, and architecture.
Robert Shibley
3/20/23
Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor
School of Architecture and Planning
Senior Fellow, UB Regional Institute
Samendy Brice
9/8/21
Seth Amman
10/2/20
Adjunct Professor - Department of Architecture
scamman@buffalo.edu
Shawn Lewis
11/21/22
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture
shawnlew@buffalo.edu
Stephanie Cramer
9/26/22
Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
slcramer@buffalo.edu - Parker Hall M02 - (716) 829-5923

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