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Curriculum Vitae Thomas D. Visser Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Vermont Curriculum Vitae Thomas D. Visser Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Vermont Contact Address: Department of History, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 (802) 656-3180 [email protected] Professional Education Education University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, M.S. Historic Preservation, 1986 University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Durham, NH, B.Sc. Business Administration, 1973 Université de Montréal, Ecole d'Architecture, and Heritage Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Architectural Renovation and Restoration Summer School, 1985 University of California, College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, CA. Courses: Environmental Design and Computer Applications in Architecture, 1983 Professional Training National Park Service & Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA), Wood Conservation Training Course. Boston, Massachusetts, 1991 Association for Preservation Technology/ ICOMOS Canada, Professional Training Course: Masonry Conservation. Ottawa, Ontario, 1989 Association for Preservation Technology, Professional Training Courses: Historic Concrete: Investigation & Repair. Chicago, Ill., 1989 Paint Analysis and Conservation. San Francisco, California, 1985 Preservation Institute for the Building Crafts, Professional Training Courses: Structural Evaluation and Repair of Older Buildings. Windsor, VT, 1989 Fire Safety and Historic Preservation Workshop. Middlebury, VT, 1988 Slate Roof Repair Workshop, Middlebury, VT, 1986 Wood Conservation Workshop, Rutland, VT, 1985 Plaster Conservation Workshop, Windsor, VT, 1985 Professional Experience Employment Positions Department of History, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1985-present Professor of Historic Preservation, 2015 to present Associate Professor of Historic Preservation, 1998-2015 Research Associate Professor and Lecturer faculty appointment, 1995-1998 Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer faculty appointment, 1988-1995 Director, Historic Preservation Program, 2005-present Interim Director, Historic Preservation Program, 1994-2005 Coordinator, Architectural Conservation and Education Service (ACES), 1985-2003 Developed and taught graduate level courses, January 1986-present (course listings are below.) Graduate College faculty appointment, 1988-present Canadian Studies Program adjunct faculty appointment, 1990-present Center for Research on Vermont, fellow, 1992-present Awards University of Vermont, Kroepsche-Maurice Award for Teaching Excellence, 1998. Pioneer America Society, Fred B. Kniffen Book Award in the best-authored book category, for A Field Guide to New England Barns. 1998. Individual Research Grant (Individual professional contracts are listed below) National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts Program. Individual grant award to research New England barns for field guide book. 1991-1993. Institutional Research Grants National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, "Collaborative Research: Engineering Applications to Historic Preservation," funded co-operative agreement, co- principal investigator, (with Prof. Donna Rizzo, co-PI, and Prof. Jeffery Scott Marshall, project director, UVM School of Engineering), 2011–2013. Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Historic Preservation and Architectural Conservation Work at Marine Corps base, (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California. Cooperative Agreement for Historic Structures Report for Santa Margarita Rancho. Principal investigator with Douglas Porter co-principal investigator and field coordinator. 2006-2007. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (University of California). Agent Fate: Chemical and biological contaminants and the transport properties of historic building materials. Grant funded research project. Principal investigator with Douglas Porter, project coordinator, and Prof. Mandar Dewoolkar, co-investigator, UVM Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and graduate research assistants. 2003-2006. United States Marine Corps/ Porter & Associates. Maintenance manual project for Las Flores Adobe Ranch House National Landmark at United States Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California. Principal investigator with graduate student research assistant in collaboration with Douglas Porter, project coordinator. 2005. National Park Service. Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit for a program of research, training and implementation at the Las Flores Adobe Ranch House on a United States Marine Corps National Landmark site on Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California. Principal investigator with Douglas Porter, project coordinator. (Phase 5 porch repairs and Phase 6 carriage house rehabilitation) Summer 2003-Fall 2004. National Park Service. Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit for a program of research, training and implementation at the Las Flores Adobe Ranch House on a United States Marine Corps National Landmark site on Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California. Principal investigator with Douglas Porter, project coordinator. (Phases 1 through 4) Spring 2002- Fall 2003. National Park Service / Historic Windsor, Inc. National Covered Bridge Preservation Conference. Co- principal Investigator. Organized and hosted the conference at UVM, Burlington, VT. June 2003- 2004. National Park Service, Preservation Technology and Training Grant, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Natchitoches, LA. Preservation Education Skills for Building Trades Teachers Project. 1995-6. National Endowment for the Arts, Design Advancement Grant. Vermont Visual Laboratory Project. In collaboration with Chester Liebs, Principal Investigator. January 1987-1989. 2 Teaching Courses Developed and Taught at the University of Vermont Contemporary Preservation Policy and Planning, HP 304, 2005-2007, 2009-present Architectural Conservation I, HP 306 (formerly Conservation Techniques for Historic Structures, HP 203), 1989-2001, 2003-2008, 2010-present Architectural Conservation II, HP 307, 1986-2007, 2009-present Researching Historic Structures and Sites, HP 206 (formerly HP 395), 1995-2007, 2009-present Historic Preservation Internship, HP 303, 1994-present Historic Preservation Thesis, HP 391, 1997-present. See list below. Historic Preservation Practice Methods, HP 305, co-taught 2003 Conservation Leadership Seminar, HP 395B, 2003 Preservation Advocacy Project, HP 302, co-taught 1987, 2000, 2001, 2002 Historic Preservation Contemporary Practice, HP 301, co-taught 1999, 2000 Architecture, Landscape & History, HP 201, 1994 Summer Courses Developed and Taught at UVM Conservation Leadership Field Course: Reading the Landscape. HP 395A, co-taught, Summer 2003 Barns: History and Conservation, HP 202, Summer. 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 Preservation Education Skills for Building Trades Teachers, HP 202, Summer 1996 History of American Building Technology, HP 202, HIST 195, HIST 300, Summer 1993 Lead Paint Strategies for Older Buildings, HP 20, Summer 1992 Discovering the History of House and Home, HP 202, Summer 1991 Conserving Historic Farm Buildings, HP 202, Summer 1990 Restoring Old Houses, HP 202, Summer 1987-1990 Environmental Simulation Workshop, HP 202, Summer 1989-91, co-taught Architectural Conservation Workshop, HP 202, Summer 1986-1989, co-taught Student Thesis/Project Review Committees Journey’s End: African American Heritage and the Built Environment. Melissa Smith. M.S. Historic Preservation candidate, 2013. Thesis advisor. Blueprints for Progress: General Houses, Inc. and the Modern Prefabricated House, 1932-40. Douglas Royalty. M.S. Historic Preservation candidate, 2010. Thesis advisor. Conflict and Collaboration: Interactions between Historic Preservation and Sustainable Design in Academic, Government, and Nonprofit Rehabilitation Building Projects in the United States, 1992- 2005. Gregory Tisher. M.S. Historic Preservation candidate, 2007. Thesis advisor. Moveable Office Partitions and Cubicles: History, Preservation and Use in Preservation. Joseph Hofferle. M.S. Historic Preservation candidate, 2007. Thesis committee. The Future Comes Home: Modernist Residential Architecture in Chittenden County, Vermont. Devin Colman. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2006. Thesis advisor. Fire Escapes in Urban America: History and Preservation. Elizabeth André. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2006. Thesis advisor. The Current State of Historic Structure Survey Methodology and the Incorporation of Digital Technology. Phillip Barlow. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2005. Thesis advisor. The Soldier Monuments: Civil War Commemoration in Vermont, 1866-1924. M.A., History, 2000. Thesis committee. The Ecology of Land Use and Transportation, M.S., Natural Resource Planning, 2000. Graduate project committee chair. 3 Dairying in Vermont: Farming and the Changing Face of Agriculture, 1945-1992, M.A., History, 1998. Thesis committee. Effective Rural Development Strategies: A Framework for Optimizing Community-Business Matches, M.S., Community Development and Applied Economics, 1998. Thesis committee chair. Preservation Strategies for Underwater Preserves. M.S., Historic Preservation, 1998. Thesis Advisor. Moments in the Narrative Landscape of the Bishop Hill Colony 1846-1861: A Vision of Landscape as Utopia. M.A., Geography. 1998. Thesis committee chair. Testing the Energy Performance of Historic Windows in a Cold Climate. M.S., Civil and Mechanical Engineering.
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