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Paula R. Lupkin

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Art History

College: College of Visual Arts and Design

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1997
    Major: History of Art
    Specialization: Architectural History
    Dissertation: "YMCA Architecture: Building Character in the American City, 1869-1929"
  • AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1989
    Major: Growth and Structure of Cities
    Specialization: History of Art, minor
    Dissertation: "C.F.A. Voysey: Modern Architecture Revisited"

Current Scheduled Teaching

ARTH 4815.00120th Century InteriorsSpring 2025
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2025
ARTH 4845.001Topics in the History of Architecture and/or DesignSpring 2025
ARTH 4841.001Historic Interiors: Design and ExperienceFall 2024 Syllabus
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsFall 2024
ARTH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ARTH 4845.001Topics in the History of Architecture and/or DesignSummer 5W1 2024 SPOT
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2024
ARTH 5849.768Art History Research ProjectFall 2023
ARTH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4845.001Topics in the History of Architecture and DesignSummer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2023
ARTH 5801.001Topics in Art HistorySpring 2023 SPOT
ARTH 5801.602Topics in Art HistorySpring 2023 SPOT
ARTH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.002Honors Art AppreciationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ARTH 5817.001Seminar in American ArtSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2022
AEAH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.001Honors Art AppreciationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4848.001Art History Senior SeminarFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2020 SPOT
AEAH 5801.026Topics in Art HistoryFall 2020
AEAH 4848.002Art History Senior SeminarSpring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2020
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistorySpring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistorySpring 2020
AEAH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5845.002Seminar in the History of Architecture and DesignFall 2019 SPOT
AEAH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.002Honors Art AppreciationSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4812.002Modernism and the Visual Arts 1890 1945Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5813.002Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty First Century ArtFall 2018 SPOT
AEAH 4848.002Art History Senior SeminarSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.003Honors Art AppreciationSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5813.002Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty First Century ArtSpring 2018 SPOT
AEAH 4614.021Art and BusinessFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.001Honors Art AppreciationFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5849.768Art History Research ProjectSpring 2017
AEAH 4815.001History of Interiors and Furniture IISpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.001Honors Art AppreciationSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ART 1301.003Honors Art AppreciationSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4841.001History of Interiors and Furniture IFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsFall 2016
AEAH 4801.002Topics in Art HistoryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2016 SPOT
AEAH 5849.768Art History Research ProjectSpring 2016
AEAH 4841.001History of FurnitureSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4801.001Topics in Art HistorySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 5801.002Topics in Art HistorySpring 2016 SPOT
AEAH 5849.768Art History Research ProjectFall 2015
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2015 SPOT
AEAH 4815.001Twentieth Century ArchitectureFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
AEAH 4841.001History of FurnitureSpring 2015 Syllabus
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2015
AEAH 5801.002Topics in Art HistorySpring 2015
AEAH 5801.792Topics in Art HistorySpring 2015
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsFall 2014
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2014
AEAH 4815.001Twentieth Century ArchitectureFall 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4841.001History of FurnitureSpring 2014 Syllabus
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsSpring 2014
AEAH 5801.002Topics in Art HistorySpring 2014
ART 5900.768Special ProblemsFall 2013
AEAH 5801.001Topics in Art HistoryFall 2013
AEAH 5801.791Topics in Art HistoryFall 2013
AEAH 4815.001Twentieth Century ArchitectureFall 2013 Syllabus

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Paula Lupkin/Penny Sparke. (2018). Shaping the American Interior: Structures, Contexts, and Practices. (1st Edition) 328. New York, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Shaping-the-American-Interior-Structures-Contexts-and-Practices/Lupkin-Sparke/p/book/9781138697706
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2010). Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture. Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture Series. 280. Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/manhood-factories
  • Book Chapter

  • Lupkin, P. (2020). The Telegraphic Interior: Networking Space for Capital Flows in the 1920s. Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/telegraphic-interior-paula-lupkin/e/10.4324/9780367816544-15
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2018). "For Men By Men: Furnishing the YMCA". Shaping the American Interior: Structures, Contexts, and Practices, Paula Lupkin and Penny Sparke, eds. Routledge 2018. New York, Routledge.
  • Lupkin, P.R., Sparke, P. (2018). "Introduction". Shaping the American Interior: Structures, Contexts, and Practices, Paula Lupkin and Penny Sparke, eds. Routledge 2018. New York, Routledge.
  • Grossman, Keating, and Rieff, eds.. (2004). "Chicago YMCA" and "Places of Assembly" essays for the Newberry Library's Encyclopedia of Chicago History.
  • James A. Wood, introduction. (2001). contributor, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Nina Mjagkij and Margaret Spratt, editors. (1997). Manhood Factories: Architecture, Business, and the Evolving Role of the YMCA, 1869-1915" in Men and Woman Adrift: The YMCA and YWCA in the City, 1869-1960.. Men and Woman Adrift: The YMCA and YWCA in the City, 1869-1960. New York, NY, New York University Press. https://nyupress.org/books/9780814755426/
  • Book Review

  • Lupkin, P. How the Working-Class Home became Modern, 1900-1940. Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. 29 (1) 108-109.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2020). Monica Penick "Tastemaker: Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 79 (1) 116-117.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2019). review, "The Politics of Furniture: Identity, Diplomacy, and Persuasion in Post-War Interiors," Fredie Flore and Cammie McAtee, eds. (Routledge, 2017). Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. 26 (2) 125-127.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2016). "A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950, by Marta Gutman". Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. 23 (1) 103-105.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2010). Book Review: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change, by Ada Louis Huxtable, Belles Lettres: A Literary Review.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2009). book review, Masonic Temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes, by William D. Moore, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2003). book review, Making Men, Making Class: The YMCA and Workingmen, 1877-1920, American Historical Review.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2000). At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture exhibition review in The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (1997). The American Country Club: its Origins and Development, by James Mayo in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
  • Journal Article

  • Lupkin, P. (2022). "High, Low, and Everything in Between" Platform: a digital venue for conversations on architecture, the built environment, and space. https://www.platformspace.net/home/paul-groth-a-festschrift.
  • Joseph Heathcott, editor. (2019). „Standard Vernacular“ – standardisierte Alltagsarchitektur. Standard Architecture, a special issue of ARCH+ Magazine. AUSGABE 233 : NORM-ARCHITEKTUR – VON DURAND ZU BIM (233) https://archplus.net/de/news/18372-standard-vernacular-standardisierte-alltagsarchitektur/. https://archplus.net/ausgabe/233
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2018). "The Wainwright Building: A Monument of St. Louis' Lager Landscape". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. also reprinted in the JSAH Virtual Issue: Skyscrapers, in October 2019. 77 (4) 428-447. http://jsah.ucpress.edu/content/77/4/428.full
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2013). "A Dallas Palimpsest: Layers of St. Louis at Commerce and Akard" in Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. 24 (2) 4-15. Dallas, Texas, Dallas Historical Society. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth308998/?q=paula%20lupkin
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2009). "Auteur or Architectural Historian: Digitally Modeling the New York YMCA" in "Digital Crossroads: New Directions in 3D Architectural Modeling in the Humanities".
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2009). "Rethinking Region Along the Railroads".
  • Lupkin, P.R. (2002). "Regional Identity and the Cultural Capital of St. Louis" in Approach 02.
  • Lupkin, P.R. (1995). "A Temple of Practical Christianity: Chicago's YMCA Skyscraper".
  • Popular Press Article

  • Lupkin, P.R. (2010). "Same as it Ever Was: Rebranding the YMCA," University of Minnesota Press Blog, July 22, 2010 http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2010/07/same-as-it-ever-was-rebranding-ymca.html.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), ""The Great Southwest: Trade, Territory, and Regional Architecture," sponsored by Clements Center for Southwestern Studies, Southern Methodist University, National, $40000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), ""The Great Southwest: Trade, Territory, and Regional Architecture"," sponsored by NEH-UCLA Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Federal, $3000 Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), ""Rethinking Region: Landscape, Cultural Economy, and the Great Southwest"," sponsored by Texas State Historical Association, State, $1000 Funded. (2008 - 2008).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture," sponsored by Warren Center, Harvard University, Private, $40000 Funded. (2004 - 2005).
  • Grant - Research

  • Lupkin, P., "Identifying an Emerging Field: History of Interiors and its Sources," sponsored by UNT Office of Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2020).
  • Lupkin, P.R., "Cornerstone Grant, Great Southwest Manuscript Image Rights Acquisition: Research Assistance and Fees," sponsored by College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Lupkin, P., "The Networked Urban Landscape: Telegraphy and Rail Links in Downtown St. Louis," sponsored by UNT Office of Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "The Telegraph in the Great Southwest: Research at the Smithsonian," sponsored by UNT Office of Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Other), "Designing the Modern Interior: An International Research, Publication, and Pedagogy Collaboration," sponsored by I-GRO Global Start-Up Grant, UNT, University of North Texas, $5850 Funded. (2014 - 2015).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "UNT Junior Faculty Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. ( - 2014).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), ""The Great Southwest: Trade, Territory and Regional Architecture," sponsored by Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, International, $7500 Funded. (2010 - 2012).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "The Great Southwest: Trade, Territory and Regional Architecture," sponsored by Ransom Center, UT Austin, State, $3000 Funded. (2009 - 2009).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture," sponsored by Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, International, $10000 Funded. (2005 - 2007).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Principal), "World Architecture Curriculum Development," sponsored by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, National, $3000 Funded. (2003 - 2003).
  • Grant - Teaching

  • Lupkin, P., ""Neiman Marcus and the Texas Fashion Collection" Special Collections Coursework Grant," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2020).
  • Lupkin, P.R. (Co-Principal), "Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Grant," sponsored by American Culture Studies Program, Washington University, Private, $20000 Funded. (2002 - 2003).
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