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Kathryn O'Rourke is the Grace Slack McNeil Professor in American Art and Professor of Art at Wellesley College. She specializes in modern architectural and urban history of the Americas, focusing on intellectual/cultural histories of architecture, transnational influences, and the relationship between architecture and other arts. Her research examines how geographical and cultural differences shape architectural historiography, particularly in Latin America and the U.S. Southwest.
Education:
- B.A., Wellesley College
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: O'Rourke's current project explores formal archaism in mid-20th-century architecture across Uruguay, Brazil, the U.S., Israel, Japan, and Europe, linking architectural evocations of the past to liberalism's evolution. Her earlier work includes studies of Mexico City's modern architecture and Texas's architectural identity.
Awards/Grants:
- Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award (2016)
- Funding from Mellon, Graham Foundations, and Texas Institute of Letters
Teaching/Service: At Wellesley, she directs the Architecture Program and teaches courses like Seminar: The Modern Campus and Modern Architecture. She has served on the Society of Architectural Historians executive committee and Texas Historical Commission.
Labs/Teams: Engaged with urban studies interdisciplinary initiatives and campus design projects at Wellesley.
