Faculty Profile
Paula Lupkin
Title
Associate Professor
Department
Art History
College
College of Visual Arts and Design
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
Major: History of Art
Degree Specialization: Architectural History
Dissertation Title: "YMCA Architecture: Building Character in the American City, 1869-1929"
AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1989.
Major: Growth and Structure of Cities
Degree Specialization: History of Art, minor
Dissertation Title: "C.F.A. Voysey: Modern Architecture Revisited"
Current Scheduled Teaching*
ARTH 4845.001, Topics in the History of Architecture and/or Design, Summer 2024
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2024
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching*
ARTH 5849.768, Art History Research Project, Fall 2023 Syllabus
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2023
ARTH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Spring 2023 SPOT
ARTH 5801.602, Topics in Art History, Spring 2023 SPOT
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2022
AEAH 5801.026, Topics in Art History, Fall 2020
AEAH 4848.002, Art History Senior Seminar, Spring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 4815.001, History of Interiors and Furniture II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2020
AEAH 4801.001, Topics in Art History, Spring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Spring 2020 Syllabus
AEAH 5813.002, Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty First Century Art, Fall 2018 SPOT
AEAH 5813.002, Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty First Century Art, Spring 2018 SPOT
AEAH 5849.768, Art History Research Project, Spring 2017
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2016
AEAH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Fall 2016 SPOT
AEAH 5849.768, Art History Research Project, Spring 2016
AEAH 5801.002, Topics in Art History, Spring 2016 SPOT
AEAH 5849.768, Art History Research Project, Fall 2015
AEAH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Fall 2015 SPOT
AEAH 4841.001, History of Furniture, Spring 2015 Syllabus
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2015
AEAH 5801.002, Topics in Art History, Spring 2015
AEAH 5801.792, Topics in Art History, Spring 2015
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2014
AEAH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Fall 2014
AEAH 4815.001, Twentieth Century Architecture, Fall 2014 Syllabus
AEAH 4841.001, History of Furniture, Spring 2014 Syllabus
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Spring 2014
AEAH 5801.002, Topics in Art History, Spring 2014
ART 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2013
AEAH 5801.001, Topics in Art History, Fall 2013
AEAH 5801.791, Topics in Art History, Fall 2013
AEAH 4815.001, Twentieth Century Architecture, Fall 2013 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Publications
Published Intellectual Contributions
Book
Lupkin, P. R., Sparke, P. (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.
Lupkin, P. R. (2004). "Chicago YMCA" and "Places of Assembly" essays for the Newberry Library's Encyclopedia of Chicago History.
Lupkin, P. R. (2001). contributor, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Lupkin, P. R. (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.
Lupkin, P. R. (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.
Awarded Grants
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. (December 2020 – Present).
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 – May 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. (May 1, 2019 – August 1, 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. (May 2017 – August 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. (September 2020 – Present).
Lupkin, P. R. (Co-Principal), "Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Grant," Sponsored by American Culture Studies Program, Washington University, Private, $20000 Funded. (2002 – 2003).
| Overall Summative Rating |
Challenge and Engagement Index |
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out of 5 |
out of 7 |
% of students responded |
- Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
- Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was