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. 

  • Anahita Khodadadi
    9/3/24
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    akhodada@buffalo.edu - 320 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5879 
  • Annette LeCuyer
    9/3/24
    Professor - Department of Architecture
     alecuyer@buffalo.edu - Crosby Hall 126 - 716-829-5329
  • Beth Tauke
    9/4/24
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     tauke@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 318 - (716) 829-5892
  • Brad Wales
    9/4/24
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     bawales@buffalo.edu
  • Brian Carter
    9/3/24
    Professor - Department of Architecture
     bcarter@buffalo.edu - Crosby 125 - 716-829-5886
  • Christopher Romano
    9/4/24
    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
    9/3/24
    Associate Professor,
    Department of Architecture
    Director of Programs,
    Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence
    kickert@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 213 - 716-829-5330
  • Daniela Sandler
    9/4/24
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, School of Architecture and Planning
    daniela@buffalo.edu - 216 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-3705
  • Dennis Maher
    9/3/24
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     dmmaher@buffalo.edu
  • Despina Stratigakos
    9/4/24
    Professor - Department of Architecture
    despina@buffalo.edu -  323 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5893
  • Edward Steinfeld
    9/4/24
    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
    9/3/24
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    eychow@buffalo.edu - 124 Hayes Hall
  • Erkin Özay
    9/3/24
    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.
  • Gregory Delaney
    9/3/24
    Clinical Associate Professor - Director of Recruitment and First Year Experience - Department of Architecture
     gldelane@buffalo.edu - Crosby Hall 128
  • Hadas Steiner
    9/4/24
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     hsteiner@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 215 - (716) 829-5888
  • Hiroaki Hata
    9/3/24
    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
    9/4/24
    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.
  • Joyce Hwang
    8/29/24
    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.
  • Julia Czerniak
    4/3/24
    Dean and Professor
    School of Architecture and Planning
    jeczerni@buffalo.edu
    716-829-3981
  • Kenneth MacKay
    9/3/24
    Clinical Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     macka@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 223 - (716) 829-5890
  • Korydon Smith
    9/4/24
    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
    9/4/24
    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
    9/3/24
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    lschmitz@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 317C
  • Lynda Schneekloth
    12/18/23
    Professor Emerita - Department of Architecture
     lhs1@buffalo.edu - UB Downtown Gateway 302M - (716) 829-5325
  • Mark Shepard
    9/4/24
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
     shepard6@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 322 - (716) 829-5889
  • Martha Bohm
    9/3/24
    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
    4/2/24
  • Miguel Guitart
    9/3/24
    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
    9/3/24
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     nbruscia@buffalo.edu - 319 Hayes Hall - 716-829-5926
  • Nicholas Rajkovich
    9/4/24
    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
    2/22/24
    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.
  • Robert Shibley
    9/4/24
    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
    9/3/24
    Director of Fabrication Workshop, Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
     slcramer@buffalo.edu - M2 Parker Hall - (716) 829-5923