Department of Architecture Faculty

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nicholas Bruscia
    12/12/22
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    nbruscia@buffalo.edu - 319 Hayes Hall - 716-829-5926
  • Brian Carter
    7/12/23
    Professor - Department of Architecture
    bcarter@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 212 - 716-829-5886
  • Stephanie Cramer
    9/11/23
    Director of Fabrication Workshop, Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    slcramer@buffalo.edu - 2 Parker Hall - (716) 829-5923
  • Julia Czerniak
    11/28/23
    Dean and Professor
    School of Architecture and Planning
    jeczerni@buffalo.edu
    716-829-3981
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Hiroaki Hata
    2/22/24
    Associate Professor Hiroaki Hata’s research and creative work focuses on the design, history, theory and criticism of urban structures and community development.
  • Joyce Hwang
    12/12/23
    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.
  • Anahita Khodadadi
    10/30/23
    Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    akhodada@buffalo.edu - 334 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5879 
  • Conrad Kickert
    10/26/23
    Associate Professor
    Department of Architecture
    kickert@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 323 - 716-829-5330
  • Annette LeCuyer
    9/30/20
    Professor - Department of Architecture
    alecuyer@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 213 - (716) 829-5329
  • Kenneth MacKay
    3/30/23
    Clinical Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
    macka@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 223 - (716) 829-5890
  • Dennis Maher
    2/28/22
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    dmmaher@buffalo.edu - Crosby Hall 325
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Daniela Sandler
    10/30/23
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, School of Architecture and Planning
    daniela@buffalo.edu - 237 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-3705
  • Lynda Schneekloth
    12/18/23
    Professor Emerita - Department of Architecture
    lhs1@buffalo.edu - UB Downtown Gateway 302M - (716) 829-5325
  • Gregory Serweta
    11/9/23
    Adjunct Instructor | Department of Architecture
    gserweta@buffalo.edu  - 716-829-5900
  • Mark Shepard
    9/30/20
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
    shepard6@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 322 - (716) 829-5889
  • Robert Shibley
    11/28/23
    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
  • 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.
  • Jin Young Song
    10/5/23
    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.
  • Jason Sowell
    11/14/22
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
    jsowell@buffalo.edu - 332 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5895
  • Hadas Steiner
    9/30/20
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
    hsteiner@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 215 - (716) 829-5888
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Despina Stratigakos
    2/27/24
    Professor - Department of Architecture
    despina@buffalo.edu - (716) 829-5893
  • Beth Tauke
    1/25/22
    Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
    tauke@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 216 - (716) 829-5892
  • Adam Thibodeaux
    11/29/22
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    adamthib@buffalo.edu - Acheson Annex 16
  • Brad Wales
    9/30/20
    Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
    bawales@buffalo.edu - 325 Crosby Hall