May 1997.Developed and conducted discussion sections for architectural history lecture courses. Emphasis on dynamic, innovative and interactive teaching methodology and personal student attention. Winner of multiple teaching awards.Research Intern, Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Summer 1993 and Summer 1994.Researched and prepared thesis-length essay on the life and work of Adolf Cluss, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C. architect and promoter of the writings of Karl Marx. Research utilized primary sources at the Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress and National Archives.Assistant Director of Development, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy and New Haven, Connecticut, August 1991 to May 1992.Researched and prepared proposals to charitable foundations in the United States based upon the matching of foundation with the needs of the university. Prepared mailings and planned events fostering alumni relations and client cultivation. Minor bookkeeping.ACADEMIC HONORS AND PRIZESCurricularFrederick Doveton Nichols Award in recognition of outstanding achievement for masters thesis in the Department of Architectural History. University of Virginia, May 1994. Advisor: Richard Guy Wilson.Vincent Dyckman Andrus Prize for senior thesis on the history of American painting, sculpture or decorative arts. Yale University, May 1991. Advisor: Vincent Scully.Distinction in the Major, History of Art, Yale University, May 1991.HonoraryThirteen Society, selected for membership in recognition of unselfish service to the University and outstanding achievement in respective field of activity. University of Virginia, April 1997.Raven Society, elected to membership in recognition of high scholastic attainments, of service to the University of Virginia, and of promise of future advancement in the intellectual field. University of Virginia, November 1996.FellowshipsCharlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for a dissertation which makes scholarly contribution to the study of ethical or religious values. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, April 1998.Raven Society Summer Research Fellowship for the support of academic research with potential for important contribution to scholarly knowledge. Supported summer fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, Summer 1995.Rotunda Fire Committee Research Fellowship for the support of research documenting the twentieth-century history of the University of Virginia in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the burning of the Rotunda. 1995.Teaching and Student ServiceMelissa D. Holland Award in recognition of service as academic advisor to University undergraduates. Office of the Dean of Students/Residence Life, University of Virginia, April 2000.Seven Society Graduate Teaching Fellowship for Superb Teaching in recognition of notable skill in teaching and motivating and inspiring students. University of Virginia, first annual award, May 1997.Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for high quality teaching and dedication in the School of Architecture, University of Virginia, April 1995.Class of 1985 Teaching Award in recognition of graduate student teaching with strong classroom interaction. University of Virginia, April 1995.PUBLICATIONSBooks Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, forthcoming, November 2009. Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago, Liturgy Training Publications, 2005. Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award of the Independent Booksellers Association in the category Religion and Nonfiction. Essays in Collections Image As Sacrament: Rediscovering Sacred Art, in Kenneth D. Whitehead, ed., Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Reform of the Liturgy, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars/University of Scranton Press,