Past Research Fellows
Emily Barnes is an undergraduate student majoring in American Studies at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. At Smith, Emily is an Ada Comstock Scholar, a program designed for women of a nontraditional college age. Emily's summer work with Public Architecture is supported by a grant from Praxis, Smith's summer internship program. Prior to and while attending Smith, Emily has worked as finish/surface specialist for a furniture restoration and reproduction company, which specializes in 20th century French decorative arts.
Clayton Carroll is an undergraduate student double majoring in earth/environmental sciences and studio art at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. At Vanderbilt, Clay is an Ingram Scholar, a four-year full scholarship program supporting service-driven students. With the support of a grant from the Ingram program, Clay worked for Public Architecture during the summers of 2005 and 2006. Clay is a member of Vanderbilt’s Habitat for Humanity board and also enjoys playing guitar and performing at various local benefits.
Ama Cobbina is an undergraduate architecture student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. A native of Ghana, Ama has served as the President of the UVa Organization of African Students. Ama's work with Public Architecture was made possible by UVa's "Externship Program," which places students in professional settings for one week during winter break each year. Upon graduating in May 2007, Ama hopes to work for an architecture firm that takes on local and global projects addressing social, political, and economic issues.
Zachary Heineman has divided his time between journalism, politics, and architecture. Throughout 2005 and 2006, Zach played a leading role in Public Architecture’s ScrapHouse and garage conversion ADU projects as well as the 1% Solution program. A 2003 graduate of Harvard College with majors in history and literature, Zach wrote his senior thesis on the spread of Vietnam memorials throughout the United States. He has worked for MSNBC, Wesley Clark for President, and Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners. Zach is presently pursuing his Master of Architecture and Master of Business Administration from Yale University.
Daniel Lee has worked as a television producer, in nonprofit theater, and in graphic design. He graduated magna cum laude with a major in political science from Brown University, where he was shortlisted for the History of Architecture departmental prize for his paper "Blade Runner and the Urban Dystopia: an Architectural Examination of Blade Runner’s Postmodern Critique." He is taking part in Columbia University’s architecture summer program and plans to apply to Master of Architecture programs in fall 2006.
Stephanie Smith earned her Bachelor of Arts in digital media, magna cum laude and crew All-American, from Smith College in 2005. For more than a decade, Stephanie designed visual merchandising promotions for Nordstrom. She has designed sets for theatre and feature films, run her own clothing company, and produced several independent video productions, including a documentary of a 14,000-mile cross-country road trip. Stephanie lives and works at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center in Occidental, Calif.
Kiel Schmidt earned his Bachelor of Arts in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2005. While at Berkeley, he served as editor-in-chief of Concrete: College of Environmental Design Student Journal and was a finalist in the 2005 Berkeley Prize Competition for his essay focused the Tower District of his hometown, Fresno, Calif. Kiel’s initial work with Public Architecture was supported by the Judith Lee Stonach Travel Fellowship, in which he visited day laborer gathering points throughout California and Mexico. After leaving Public Architecture, he participated in the Nicaragua Design/Build Studio.
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RESEARCH FELLOWS
From time to time, Public Architecture welcomes students and recent graduates, provided they are financially compensated by their schools or other sources.
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