Research

Architecture Professor Receives Gambrell Fellowship
Kyle Spence is one of six 2025 Gambrell Faculty Fellows.

Professor Chronicles History of UNC Charlotte Arts Department
Queen City Nerve feature story by Dezanii Lewis.

College Announces New Associate Dean for Research
Dean José Gámez has appointed Professor of Art History Jae Emerling the new associate dean for research in the College of Arts + Architecture. Emerling assumes the position with the start of the spring 2025 semester. The associate dean for research serves as the dean’s senior research officer and works to advance the mission of […]

Threads through Time: 60 Years of Art at Charlotte
When he first began to research the history of UNC Charlotte’s art department, the thing that struck Professor of Art History Jim Frakes the hardest was not what he found, but what had been lost. In the ephemeral digital world, links on websites and online articles often led to “page not found.” Even more distressing, […]

New Book by Architecture Faculty Amplifies Diverse Voices
“Margin & Text” was published by Princeton Architectural Press in November.

Professor Explores Repair as a Design Tool in Places Journal Essay
An essay by Assistant Professor of Architecture Kyle Spence is included in a series of “Field Notes” published this fall in Places Journal. Founded in 1983, Places Journal is a leading national platform for public scholarship on contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Spence’s “Repair as a Paradigm for Design and Community Healing,” appears in the […]

Dance Professor Brings Graham Expertise to Paris
Kim Jones taught Graham Technique classes and choreographed a new work for the Graham for Europe organization.

Professor’s New Play to Receive Staged Reading
Lynne Conner’s “Seven Sisters” is about sisterhood, love, loss, and aging.

Professors’ Art Installation Plunges Viewers into a Kelp Forest
Immersive project by artists Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis is part of a national initiative.

SoA Director to Present at Biomimetics Conference
Blaine Brownell will present research from his book, Hypernatural.