Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning Managing Director, ArchNet

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1 Spring 2014 ANNE BEAMISH Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning Department College of Architecture, Planning, and Design Kansas State University 318 Seaton Hall, Manhattan KS RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Design of public space (public urbanism and culture, public art, public places); History of urban space, technology, and infrastructure (parks, streets, sidewalks, lighting); and Design of online environments for collaboration, learning, and communication. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2011-present Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning, and Design Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Program , School of Architecture and Planning Creative Director, ArchNet Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Wentworth Institute of Technology, College of Design Adjunct faculty University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture Community and Regional Planning Graduate Program Assistant Professor Research Director, ArchNet Courtesy Appointment, Center for Middle Eastern Studies , School of Architecture and Planning Managing Director, ArchNet EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Thesis: Creating Communities of Practice: Using Information Technology for Learning and Communication Master of City Planning (M.C.P) Thesis: Communities Online: Community-Based Computer Networks Master of Science in Architecture Studies (S.M.Arch.S.) Thesis: A Tropical Grammar: An Architectural Grammar for Hot Humid Climates Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) 1

2 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Books 2013 Introduction: Connectivity and Landscape Change In Connectivity and Landscape Change Austin: Center for Sustainable Development: (with Frederick Steiner) 2009 Technological Imagination and the Historic City: Florence / L'immaginazione Tecnologica e la Città d'arte: Firenze. Naples, Italy: Liguori Editore. (with Dennis Frenchman, William J. Mitchell, Giandomenico Amendola) 2008 Learning from Work: Designing Organizations for Learning and Communication. Stanford University Press. Book Chapters 2010 Contributors and Lurkers: Obstacles to Content Creation In Collaborative Information Behavior: User Engagement and Communication Sharing. Ed. Jonathan Foster. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, Preserving Architectural Heritage in the Digital Era: ArchNet s Lessons and Future Directions, in Lung- Hung Chang, Yu-Tung Liu, and June-Hao Hou, The Proceedings of DACH 2007: The 2007 International Conference on Digital Applications in Cultural Heritage, Tainan, Taiwan, National Center for Research and Preservation of Cultural Properties, 2007: (with William J. Mitchell and Shiraz Allibhai) 2006 Service-Learning in Texas Colónias In From the Studio to the Streets: Service-Learning in Architecture and Planning Education. Washington, DC: The American Association for Higher Education, Strategies for International Design Studios: Using Information Technologies for Collaborative Learning and Design In Architectural Education Today: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Eds. Ashraf Salama, William O Reilly, Kaj Noschis. Lausanne: Comportements Information Technology and Skill Requirements In Die Zunkunft computergestützter Kfz-Diagnose. Eds. F. Frauner, N. Schreier, G Spöttl. Bielefeld, Germany: Bertelsmann Publishers. (with Frank Levy and Richard Murnane) 2001 The City in Cyberspace In Imaging the City: Continuing Struggles and New Directions. Eds. Lawrence J. Vale and Sam Bass Warner. Newark NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research (CUPR) Press at Rutgers Approaches to Community Computing: Bringing Technology to Low- Income Groups. In High-Tech and Low-Income Communities: Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology. Eds. Donald A. Schön, Bish Sanyal, William J. Mitchell. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2

3 TEACHING KSU LAR 648-B Specialization Studio and LAR 750-B Seminar III World of Night Fall 2013 LAR 550 TechMod V Nighttime and Low-Light Photography Module Fall 2013 LAR 725 Research Methods in Landscape Architecture Fall 2011, 2012, 2013 LAR 220 Site Design I Fall 2012 LAR 320 Site Design II Spring 2012, 2013, 2014 LAR 444 Landscape Architecture Internship Planning Seminar Fall 2011 MIT MAS.961 The World of Night Fall 2009, Big Plans (undergraduate) Spring / Digital City Design Workshop Technology and the Livability of Historic Cities Florence, Italy Fall 2007 Wentworth ARCH Inventing the Boston Common: The Evolution of Boston s Urban Landscape Spring 2011 ARCH Research Methods Fall 2010 UT-Austin CRP 980z Physical Planning Workshop Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 CRP 386 Urban Public Places Fall 2003, Spring 2005, 2007 CRP 386 Visual and Planning Communication Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 CRP 390 Designing Digital Communities Fall 2002, Spring 2004, Fall 2005 CRP 386 Design for Planners Spring 2002,

4 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 2014 The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) San Francisco, CA. March Venerable Relic: The Great Elm on the Boston Common Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Baltimore, MD. March Common Canopy: Planting the Boston Common 2013 The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) Toronto, Canada. October 3 6 Light as Policeman: The Ideology of the Street Lamp s Ability to Fight Crime in American Cities Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Austin, TX. March American Vauxhall Gardens and the Emergence of Nightlife 2011 Association of American Geographers Seattle, WA. April Boston at Night: Development of an Urban Nocturnal Landscape 2010 Colour and Light in Architecture Venice, Italy, November Designing for the Urban Night: An Interdisciplinary Course on Lighting, Technology, and Urban Design Association of American Geographers Washington, D.C., April Property Rights and the Street: The Evolution of Boston Sidewalks Narrating the Visual; Visualizing Narrative History Department, North Carolina State University, March 5-6. Technology, Historical Thinking, and Visual Culture 2009 Aga Khan Development Network Institute of Islamic Studies, London, UK, March ArchNet: A Case Study 2008 Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Library of Congress, Washington, DC, November ArchNet: Lessons and Future Directions 2007 Building in the Public Realm Symposium Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, February Virtual Urbanism in Digital Worlds: Lessons from the Physical World, and Democracy, Doodads, and Design: Landing Lights Park, Queens NY. (co-authored with Lynn Osgood) 2006 Urban Communication Association, NCA San Antonio, TX, November Designing Social Interaction 2005 Center Forum, Center for American Architecture and Design, School of Architecture, UT-Austin, November 11. Tangible Memory: Memorials and Commemorative Landscapes 4

5 New York, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools: State of Play New York, October 9. Public Space and Virtual Architecture Design Jury: Virtual Public Space Design Competition, New York Center Forum, Center for American Architecture and Design, School of Architecture, UT-Austin, November 12. ArchNet: Connecting an International Design Community Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Portland, OR, October Getting to No (and Yes): Memorials and Commemorative Art Connectivity Symposium, UT-Austin, January Connecting an International Design Community 2003 Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Canada, October From the Ground Up: Designing, Building, and Connecting a Global Professional Community 2002 Chaos and the City Symposium, UT-Austin, November 2. Chaos in Virtual Cities Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Baltimore Maryland, November Globalizing Local Learning: The Challenge of Developing Transnational Community Networks (with Christina Lowery) 2001 Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK, April 5. Impact of Communication Technology on Education New Directions in Architectural Education Symposium, Mt. Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, April Long Distance Collaborative Design Studios Digital Resources for the Humanities, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK, July ArchNet: the Challenge of Creating and Supporting an International Professional and Scholarly Community Vice-President Al Gore, MIT, November 2. ArchNet: the Challenge of Creating and Supporting an International Professional and Scholarly Community Digital Communities: Cities in the Information Society, Chicago, November 4-7. The Failure of a Good Idea: Social Determinism and Information Technology 5