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CURRICULUM VITAE Paula A. Mohr, Ph.D. 7005 Horton Avenue Urbandale, Iowa 50322 (515) 783-2167 [email protected] EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D. University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Department of Architectural History, Charlottesville, Virginia Major field: nineteenth and twentieth-century American architecture Minor fields in American art and medieval architecture Dissertation: “‘Artificial Constructions’ and Object Lessons in a Sacred Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Central Park, 1858-1880” Dissertation advisor: Richard Guy Wilson 2002 Attingham Summer School for the Study of British Country Houses and Collections in Britain Giles Waterfield and Annabel Westman, Directors Full scholarship 1999 Victorian Society Summer School in London Ian Cox, Director 1987 Victorian Society Summer School in America, Newport, Rhode Island Richard Guy Wilson, Director Partial scholarship 1986 M.A. State University of New York (Oneonta)/Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstown, New York Major: Museum Studies 1983 B.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Major: History 1 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Co-Director and Scholar, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School in the Midwest, National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers, Mason City, Iowa, July-August 2013 2007 Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design, Drake University History of American Architecture, Fall 2007 2006 Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design, Drake University History of American Architecture, Spring 2006 2004 Instructor, School of Architecture, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia History of Architecture, Summer 2004 2001-2003 Teaching Assistant, School of Architecture, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia Architecture of Thomas Jefferson, Spring 2003 Nineteenth-Century American Architecture, Spring 2001 Survey of Architecture, Summer 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, and Fall 2002 OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Jan 2007-present Architectural Historian and Certified Local Government Coordinator, Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, Des Moines, Iowa Aug 2006-Jan 2007 Interim Certified Local Government Coordinator, Iowa State Historic June 1994-June 2000 Curator, Office of the Curator, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. May 1990-June 1994 Curatorial and Preservation Specialist, Office of the Curator, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. May 1989-May 1990 Museum Curator, White House Liaison, National Park Service, 2 Washington, D.C. June 1987-May 1989 Assistant Curator, Preservation Office, Old Executive Office Building, White House Office of Administration, Washington, D.C. Feb 1987-June 1987 Research Assistant, Montgomery County Historical Society, Rockville, Maryland Feb 1986-Feb 1987 Curatorial Assistant, Woodrow Wilson House Museum, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS (CO-AUTHOR) 1988 Co-author of Creating An American Masterpiece: Architectural Drawings of the Old Executive Office Building. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects Press, 1988 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS 2010 “Architecture: Early America” in Encyclopedia of Religion in America, Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, eds. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2010 2008 “Charles August Ficke” and “George Evan Roberts” in The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa, David Hudson, Marvin Bergman and Loren Horton, eds. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 2008 2006 “God in Gotham: Medievalism and Nature Worship in Central Park” in American Sanctuary: Exploring Sacred Spaces, Louis Nelson, ed. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2006 2004 “Architecture” in The South: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures, Rebecca Mark and Rob Vaughan, eds. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004 3 ARTICLES 2000 “The Treasury Fire of 1996: Protecting Cultural Resources in a Non- Museum Environment,” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 39 (2000): 57-63 NATIONAL LANDMARK/NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS 2012 National Historic Landmark nomination for Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, Michigan 2005 National Register nomination for Salisbury House, Des Moines, Iowa 1984 National Register nomination for the Benson Block, Ottumwa, Iowa 1982 National Register nomination for Meek’s Flour Mill, Bonaparte, Iowa BOOK REVIEWS 2009 Review of Historic Preservation for Professionals by Virginia O. Benson and Richard Klein (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University, 2008) in Annals of Iowa (Summer 2009) 2008 Review of Buying Time for Heritage: How to Save an Endangered Historic Property by J. Myrick Howard (Raleigh, North Carolina: Preservation North Carolina, 2007) in Annals of Iowa (Fall 2008) 2008 Review of Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century by Ryan K. Smith (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006) in Winterthur Portfolio 42.4 (Winter 2008) 2006 Review of Henry Shaw’s Victorian Landscapes: The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park by Carol Grove (Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2005) in Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes 26.4 (October-December 2006) 2004 Review of Designing the Centennial: A History of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia by Bruno Giberti (Lexington, Kentucky: The 4 University Press of Kentucky, 2002) in Vernacular Architecture Newsletter 99 (Spring 2004) 2002 Review of When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Worship in Nineteenth-Century America by Jeanne Halgren Kilde (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) in Winterthur Portfolio 37.4 (Winter 2002) 2007-present Book reviewer for the Library Journal LECTURES, CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS 2013 “Building Bridges Between Iowa Museums and the Historic Preservation Field,” panel discussion, Iowa Museum Association Conference, Sioux City, Iowa, October 2013 2013 “A History of the Historic Preservation Movement and How We Got Here,” presentation for Section 106 Workshop, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 2013 2013 State Historic Tax Credit Workshop, presenter, Le Mars, Iowa, June 2013 2013 “From Lillian Russell to Ashton Kutcher: Iowa’s Opera Houses and Movie Theatres” (with Ralph Christian), lecture at the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, May 2013 2013 “New and Improved: Modern Architecture in Des Moines,” lecture for the RaySociety, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2013 2012 “The Architecture of Downtown Des Moines,” course for the Iowa Architectural Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, October and December, 2012 2012 “But wouldn’t you like this kind of ‘modern?’: Wright’s influence through Popular Home Magazines,” paper delivered at the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Annual Conference, Mason City, Iowa, October 2012 2012 “Preservation at the State Level,” guest lecturer for historic preservation class, Art History Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 5 October 2012 2012 “Preserving a Sense of Place With Downtown Design Guidelines” (with Laura Carstens), presentation at the Iowa Downtown Summit, Keokuk, Iowa, August 2012 2012 “Hollywood in the Heartland,” lecture at the Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City, Iowa, May 2012 2012 “American, New and Improved: A History of Modern Architecture,” lecture delivered at the Restore Omaha Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, April 2012 2011 “Local Landmark Design Review and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation: The Basics” (with Jack Porter), presentations for the Spencer Historic Preservation Commission, May 2011 and the Davenport Historic Preservation Commission, December 2011 2011 “Architecture of Downtown Des Moines” (with Tom Wollan), lecture for the Iowa Architectural Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, October 2011 2011 “Nurturing Partnerships: An Action Plan That Works,” panel discussion, National Main Streets Conference/National Trust for Historic Preservation, May 2011 2011 “The Rural Church,” lecture for Architecture Month, Iowa Architectural Foundation, Warren County, Iowa, April 2011 2011 “Historic Preservation: Place and Time,” guest lecturer for public history course, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2011 2011 “What Style is My House . and Why Does It Matter?” lecture delivered at the Restore Omaha Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, April 2011 2011 “Midwestern Regionalism and the University of Iowa’s Danforth Chapel,” paper delivered at the Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 2011 2010 “Gathering, Sifting and Putting Together the Pieces: Researching Your Historic Property,” presentation for the Iowa Library Association Annual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, October 2010 6 2010 “How Historic Buildings are Green,” moderator for the Green Architecture Lecture Series, Iowa Architectural Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2010 2010 “Hollywood in the Heartland,” lecture for the RaySociety, Des Moines, Iowa, March 2010 2009 “Rehabilitation of Iowa’s Opera Houses and Movie Theatres,” panel discussion, Preservation in Progress Conference, Ottumwa, Iowa, May 2009 2004 “God in Gotham: Architecture and the Development of Sacred Space in New York's Central Park," lecture delivered at the Turpin Bannister Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Albany, New York, November 2004 2003 “God in Gotham: Medievalism and Nature Worship in Central Park,” Winterthur Seminar for graduate students from George Washington University, Winterthur,
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