Kathryn H. Anthony
Professor
Professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chair, Design Program Faculty (2002-2005)
Chair, Building Research Council (1994-1997)
Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Gender and Women's Studies Program
Ph.D. in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
B.A. in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
 
Kathryn has been teaching architecture and involved in research at the University of Illinois since joining the faculty in 1984. She is a Professor and past Chair of the Design Program Faculty at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also serves on the faculty of the Dept. of Landscape Architecture and the Gender and Women's Studies Program. She was one of the first women in architecture at her school to receive tenure and promotion to Full Professor. She is the author of over 100 publications, including three books.
 
Her courses focus on:
    •    how people relate to spaces and places
            - Arch 423  FA2006- Social and Behavioral Factors for Design
    •    how people relate to their housing environments

- Arch 372/Landscape Architecture 338 SP 2000 Collaborative East St. Louis Action Research Project Design Studio, senior level
- Arch 371 FA 1999 - East St. Louis Action Research Project Design Studio, senior level
    •    gender and racial issues in architecture

- Arch/GWS 424 FA 2004 - Gender and Race in Contemporary Architecture
- Arch/WS 324 FA 2002 - Gender and Race in Contemporary Architecture     
    •    how to apply environment-behavior research to design
           - Arch 372 FA 2000 - Learning Through Serving: Student Research and Design in Support of Architectural Practice, senior level

design studios:
- Arch 372 SP 2002 - Diversity Design Studio, senior level
    •    healthcare design studios
           - Arch 572 Health Care Design Studio - SP 2007 - sponsored by Cannon Design, grad level

- Arch 476/572 Health Care Design Studio – SP 2005 - sponsored by Cannon Design, senior/grad level (vertical studio)
- Arch 272 - SP 2004 - Health Care Design Studio sponsored by Cannon Design, junior level
- Arch 372 - SP 2003 - Health Care Design Studio sponsored by Cannon Design, senior level
 
Her courses stress the importance of:
    •    people and social and psychological issues to students in environmental design and
    •    places and spaces and environmental issues to students in the social sciences
She seeks to develop more socially responsible designers and more environmentally responsible social scientists.
 
Research interests include:
    •    environment and behavior, with a special emphasis on housing (needs of special user groups including single-parent families, persons with physical challenges, etc.)
    •    transforming architectural practice into a more humane environment, especially for those underrepresented in the profession, designing for diversity
    •    transforming architectural education into a more humane environment for students and faculty, with a special emphasis on design juries and design education
 
She is the author of:
    •    Design Juries on Trial: The Renaissance of the Design Studio (NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991, re-printed by CPS, University of Illinois), a book which unravels some of the mysteries of design education. It provides a guide for students to master the design jury and design studio both in school and in practice. It involves surveys, interviews, observations, and diaries of over 900 participants: students, faculty, and practitioners. Among those interviewed were 30 award-winning designers, including Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, E. Fay Jones, Cesar Pelli, Cynthia Weese, and others
    •    Designing for Diversity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Architectural Profession (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001). The book is based on surveys, interviews, and archival data from over 400 architects nationwide. It highlights both the turmoils and triumphs of the profession, and it offers ways to make architecture a more diverse profession, one that provides equal opportunities for all
    •    Running for Our Lives: An Odyssey with Cancer (CPS, University of Illinois, 2004). Waves of publicity about promising breakthroughs in treating cancer hit the news stands every year. Barry Riccio, struck by leiomyosarcoma at the age of 38, and his wife, Kathryn Anthony, benefited from these novel treatments. In these pages they tell their story. Running for Our Lives is one of the first books to document this new era of cancer research from multiple viewpoints of the patient, his medical team, family and friends. In gripping detail, it chronicles the authors' seven-year emotional roller coaster ride across five states and scores of doctors, nurses, and medical staff and explains how their persistence, research, and outreach helped them wage their battle
    •    Over 100 publications in journals such as Architectural Record, Architecture, The Journal of Architectural Education, Landscape, Planning, The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research; conference proceedings and elsewhere
 
She is the co-editor of:
    •    Coming of Age: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)(1990)(Oklahoma City, OK) with Robert Selby, Brian Orland, and Jaepil Choi
    •    Gender and Multiculturalism in Architectural Education, Journal of Architectural Education, (47:1, Sept. 1993)with Brad Grant
 
She is the co-designer and co-producer of:
    •    The African-American Architecture Alumni Project, an exhibit displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 2006, and at UIUC, 2005, 2004
    •    Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Gender and Race in the Architectural Profession, an exhibit of black-and-white collages displayed at the 1996 National Convention of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the 1996 National Diversity Conference of the AIA, and elsewhere. Jami Becker, Tracey Jo Hoekstra, and Melissa Worden were co-designers, and Melissa Worden was co-producer
    •    Building the Past, Present, and Future: A History of the Building Research Council, an exhibit displayed in 1996 at the I Space Gallery in Chicago and elsewhere. Selah Peterson was co-designer and co-producer
 
Her work is cited in:
    •    The Chicago Tribune
  1. •    The Los Angeles Times
  2. •    Kansas City Star
    •    US News & World Report
    •    The Wall Street Journal
    •    Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice, by Ernest Boyer and Lee Mitgang (Princeton, NJ: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996)
 
She is the recipient of:
 
    •    the 2005 Achievement Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
    •    the 2003 Collaborative Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
    •    the 1992 Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
    •    the 1992 Outstanding Faculty Award from the UIUC College of Fine and Applied Arts
 
Her photography has received national recognition:  
    •    "Building Blocks," published in Architecture 2002 , The American Architectural Foundation calendar, week of June 4, 2002
    •    "Cornucopia of Color," received a Merit Award, American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1990 Architectural Photography Competition.  Exhibited at the AIA Convention in Houston, Texas, 1990; and as part of a traveling exhibit, 1990.  Photograph published in Architecture 1992 , The 1992 AIA Calendar, week of September 28-October 4
    •    "Day Care Center, Kiev, USSR," received a Merit Award, American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1987 Architectural Photography Competition, May 1987.  Exhibited at the AIA Convention in Orlando, Florida, 1987; and as part of a traveling exhibit, 1987
    •    "Amtrak Train approaching Del Mar," color slide appeared on KTLA News at 10 Television, Los Angeles, CA, 1982
 
She has lectured at conferences/universities in the US and:
    •    Canada
    •    China
    •    France
    •    Germany
    •    Greece
    •    Mexico
    •    Scotland
    •    Sweden
    •    Thailand
 
She is listed in:
    •    Who's Who in the World
    •    Who's Who in America
    •    Who's Who of American Women
    •    Who's Who in the Midwest
    •    and elsewhere
 
She has served:
    •    as Treasurer of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
    •    on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Education
    •    on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (JAPR)
    •    as Chair of the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women at UIUC
    •    as Chair of the Campus Committee on Historic Sites at UIUC
    •    as the Membership Chair of Women, Information Technology and Scholarship (WITS) at UIUC
 
She currently serves:
    •    on the Editorial Board of Environment & Behavior (E&B)
    •    as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Restroom Association
 
 
KATHRYN H. ANTHONY
Professor, Design Program Faculty
School of Architecture
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
117 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive
Champaign IL 61820 USA
Tel: (217) 244-5520 voice mail
FAX: ( 217) 244-2900
Email: kanthony@uiuc.edu