Fred Esenwein is an assistant professor in architecture at Mississippi State University teaching studio and history/theory courses.  He is a licensed architect in Virginia and worked through his internship on various projects for private developers in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia and Washington & Lee University.  His academic research concentrates on American architecture, and his dissertation was on simplicity in American design from the nineteenth to early twentieth century.  He taught history courses at the University of Pennsylvania and history and studio courses at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin, Wisconsin, before MSU.

Education:
Ph.D. in Architecture, 2016
University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA

M.S. in Architecture, 2011
Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Architecture, 2005
Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA

Alexis Gregory is a registered architect and assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. She has earned a master of science in Architecture with a concentration in women’s studies and history from Clemson University, as well as a bachelor of architecture from Virginia Tech. Her professional experience includes professional licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia and ten years working in various architecture firms in Washington, D.C. During this time, she worked on a variety of architectural project types such as residential, corporate interiors, shopping centers, grocery stores, speculative office buildings, environmental/sustainable design and nonprofit architecture. Her teaching and research interests include construction technology and making, design/build, low-cost/low-income housing and architecture, community design and diversity in architecture.

Education:
Master of Science in Architecture with a concentration in women’s studies and history
Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Bachelor of Architecture
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

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Hans Herrmann is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Mississippi State University focusing on Collaborative and Comprehensive Design studio education including Design | Construct as a method for improved learning. Prof. Herrmann offers seminars on building technology, site design, representation, and the adaptive Superuse of materials and sites. His teaching and research address Design | Construct Pedagogy as an element of Foundation Design and the role of Collaborative Design | Construction as a function of accountable if not sustainable development. He holds a Master of Architecture from Clemson University and is completing a Master of Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State University. As a licensed architect in the state of New York, Prof. Herrmann developed a special professional interest with issues of residential construction and the role of architectural renovation as a means of ecological practice. Before entering academia Prof. Herrmann worked with several east coast offices including Lubrano Ciavarra Design and the firm of Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects, an Architectural Digest Top 100 design firm located in New York City. While practicing in New York, Prof. Herrmann worked on projects across the US including homes in Martha’s Vineyard, Bedford, NY, San Francisco, and Miami Beach. Prof. Herrmann currently maintains his own design practice as the sole practitioner of H. Herrmann Design, a multidisciplinary practice offering design and construction logistics/supervision services. Published research and awards include areas of Community-Based Design | Construct, Landscape + Contemporary Urban Design including issues of GIS, Foundation Design Pedagogy, and Alternative Media + Architecture.

Education:
Master of Landscape Architecture (summer 2016 anticipated)
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Master of Architecture, 2003
Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Bachelor of Science in Design, 2001
Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Associate of Applied Science in Architectural Technology, 1999
State University of New York, Delhi, NY

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John Poros is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. He is the past director of the Carl Small Town Center, a community design and outreach component of the School of Architecture. The Carl Small Town Center is a nationally recognized community design center with awards from the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Architects. Work of the center has been shown at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and as far away as Berlin, Germany. Before joining the faculty at Mississippi State fifteen years ago, Prof. Poros worked with the internationally known architecture firm of Kieran Timberlake Associates in Philadelphia for seven years.

Education:
Masters of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts
Columbia University, New York, NY

Education:
PhD Candidate (ABD) in Architecture History & Theory, Estimated completion: Summer 2015
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design; Philadelphia, PA

M.S. in Architecture History & Theory, 2011
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design; Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Architecture, 2002
The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture; New York, NY