institutions nationality field article_title name alma_mater
university , berkeley of california , los angeles university of california american architectural history urban history art history dell upton
 dell upton colgate university brown university
dell upton

dell upton is an architectural historian .
he is chair of the department of art history at university of california , los angeles , and professor emeritus of architecture at university of california , berkeley .
he previously has taught at the university of virginia .
upton studied history and english as an undergraduate at colgate university .
he earned an m.a. and ph.d. in american civilization at brown university .
he taught for many years at uc berkeley , before moving in 2002 to the university of virginia , where he was david a. harrison professor of anthropology and architecture , with appointments in the school of architecture and the department of anthropology .
he now teaches at university of california , los angeles as professor of architectural history and is chair of the department of art history .
upton authored the 1998 textbook , `` architecture in the united states '' for the oxford university press ' oxford art history series .
upton has written extensively on vernacular landscapes of the american built environment .
his work on colonial and antebellum american include : `` another city : urban life and urban spaces in the new american republic '' -lrb- 2008 .
new haven : yale university press -rrb- , `` holy things and profane : anglican parish churches in colonial virginia '' -lrb- 1986 .
cambridge : mit press -rrb- , `` madaline : love and survival in antebellum new orleans '' -lrb- 1996 .
athens : university of georgia press -rrb- , and `` america 's architectural roots : ethnic groups that built america '' -lrb- washington : preservation press -rrb- .
as a founding member of the vernacular architecture forum , upton has published on materialist history and theory as separate from canonical architectural histories .
works such as `` common places : readings in american vernacular architecture '' , with john michael vlach -lrb- athens : university of georgia press -rrb- and `` architecture history or landscape history ? ''
in the journal of the society of architectural historians .
he wrote the chief essay for the metropolitan museum of art 's exhibition `` art and the empire city : new york , 1825-1861 '' in 2000 .
