Meredith Arms Bzdak

Meredith Arms Bzdak, PhD, is an architectural historian and Partner at Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC, with a concurrent academic role as Lecturer in the Department of Art History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, within the School of Arts and Sciences. She teaches graduate courses on the development of the modern American city, preservation of the recent past, and Modern Italian Architecture.

Her research interests center on architectural history and historic preservation, particularly focusing on 20th-century urban environments, public sculpture, and modern Italian architecture. She has contributed extensively to cultural resource management through Historic Structure Reports, Preservation Plans, and National Register of Historic Places Nominations, often serving as lead architectural historian.

Meredith is actively involved in major preservation organizations, having served as Chair Emeritus of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC) and as a former board member of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). She currently serves on the Board of Directors of DOCOMOMO US and DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State, reflecting her commitment to modern movement preservation.

She is the author of Public Sculpture in New Jersey: Monuments to Collective Identity, a significant scholarly contribution to regional public art history. Her professional work bridges academia and practice, collaborating with government agencies, higher education institutions, and cultural organizations on preservation and planning initiatives.

Meredith holds a BA in Art History from Mount Holyoke College and a PhD in Art History from Rutgers University. While no formal advisees are listed, her role in graduate education underscores her mentorship within the academic sphere. She does not have any scientific awards listed in the provided text.