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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Francesca Hankins is a visiting assistant professor at Mississippi State University teaching studio and history/theory courses. She is also pursuing a doctorate in Architecture Research and Design at the Washington Alexandria Architectural Center of Virginia Tech. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, she held professional positions in the fields of architecture, historic preservation/cultural landscapes, engineering, and patent law. Her research interests are theories of design and creativity, applications of phenomenology and hermeneutics in the design studio and practice, architectural representation, and environmental aesthetics.

Education:
PhD Candidate, History and Theory of Architecture, 2014-Present
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AM, Architecture, 2012
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

MA, Philosophy, 2011
Boston University, Boston, MA

BArch, 2009
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

BA, Philosophy (minor, political science), 2009
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

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

Dr. Tripp is an architect and author.  He is an assistant professor of architecture at Mississippi State University, where he teaches the Foundational and Comprehensive Design Studios (Architecture 1A and 4B) and lectures on the History and Theory of Architecture.  Originally from East Aurora (Buffalo), NY, he earned a B.Arch. from the Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture (2002) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Architecture History and Theory from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design (2011/17).  He has taught courses in architecture at the Cooper Union, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has practiced professionally in New York City and Buffalo, NY.  Currently, he is the Co-Editor (along with Dr. Fred Esenwein) of Arris: The Journal of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Dr. Tripp’s research focuses on bridging professional architectural and historic preservation practices with the creation of historical and theoretical knowledge.  His interests include the interpretation and preservation of the Modern Movement in Europe and the United States but especially in the Deep South where architectural works from the 20^th c. are under significant threat of destruction.  Currently, he is working on two books: one based on his dissertation from the University of Pennsylvania, tentatively titled Les Élèves: Architecture and the Allied Arts after Perret and the other on historic preservation in Mississippi, tentatively titled Architecture, Preservation and the Experience of Modernity in the Deep South.  Dr. Tripp has exhibited drawings and presented research on architectural history, philosophical hermeneutics and architectural education at international venues.

Education:
Ph.D. in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2017

M.S. in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2011

B.Arch., The Cooper Union, 2002