About
Barry Ballinger is a doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Kansas, School of Architecture & Design. He holds a Master of Arts in Architecture from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Architecture from Oklahoma State University, and brings over a decade of professional design experience across the United States, including projects in healthcare, hospitality, and education.
Education:
- Bachelor of Architecture, Oklahoma State University, 2003
- Master of Arts in Architecture, University of Kansas, 2017
His research explores the interplay between culture, behavior, and the built environment, with a focus on informal settlements, urbanism, and the physical manifestations of contentious politics. He conducted fieldwork in Ankara, Turkey, as a Fulbright Student Researcher in 2018 and has presented his work internationally in the USA, Turkey, and Portugal.
The two recent publications highlight his engagement with post-disaster housing sustainability and the importance of knowledge management in socially engaged architectural scholarship. These works reflect a strong interdisciplinary orientation, bridging architecture, social science, and humanitarian design.
Barry integrates professional practice with academic inquiry, contributing to both design pedagogy and research. He is actively involved in scholarly dissemination through platforms such as Google Scholar and professional networks like LinkedIn.
He has not received any scientific awards mentioned in the text, nor is there information about advising students or securing research grants. He is part of research initiatives including the Center for Design Research and Designbuild at the University of Kansas, which support community-engaged and applied design work.
