Heather Veneziano

Heather Veneziano is the Program Director for Historic Preservation and a Teaching Professor of Practice in Historic Preservation at Tulane University. Her expertise spans cultural heritage sites, vernacular architecture, and deathscapes, with a focus on socio-economic impacts on burial practices and placemaking. She combines academic research with hands-on masonry conservation and digital documentation.

• Affiliations: Vieux Carré Commission, Louisiana Historical Society Executive Council, Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies (co-chair)
• Professional Role: Principal Architectural Historian and Cultural Heritage Advisor at Gambrel & Peak (preservation-consulting firm)

Dr. Veneziano's research examines how inequities in life influence collective memory post-death and the narrative structures of place. Her work integrates studio-based craft training with fine arts and preservation studies backgrounds. She has authored award-winning publications on cemetery studies and Gulf South architecture.

Education: BFA in Craft (University of the Arts), MFA (University of Edinburgh), MPS in Preservation Studies (Tulane University).