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Dr. Diana Bitz
Ph.D.

Teaching Area
History, theory, and design.



Education

PhD, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Emory University, 1992.

Master of Architecture, Virginia Tech, 1977.
Master of Business Administration, University of Virginia, 1972.
Bachelor of Arts, Smith College, 1969.

 

Teaching and Administrative Experience
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Florida, 1996-present.
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Florida, 1991-6.
Preservation Institute: Nantucket, 1995.
Teaching Assistant, Emory University, 1983-9.
Adjunct Professor, Atlanta College of Art, 1989.
Instructor, Business Department, Moorhead State University, 1978-79.
Associate Director, PhD in Architecture, 1998-99.
Coordinator, Master of Science in Architectural Studies, 1996-.
Coordinator, History and Theory of Architecture, 1996-.

 

Academic an Professional Honors
Teaching Improvement Award, University of Florida, 1995.
Teacher of the Year Award, University of Florida, 1993.
NEH Institute, Center for Vico Studies, Emory University, 1993.
NEH Seminar, The American Academy in Rome, 1992.
Fellowship, Philosophy Department, Emory University, 1983-86.
Virginia State Scholarship, Virginia Tech, 1976-77.
Phi Kappa Phi, Virginia Tech, 1976.
Lychnos Society, University of Virginia, 1976.

 

Publications
In progress: In Lodoli's Garden: A Manual for the Cultivation of Philosophers
selected
Architects, and Statesmen.
Report: Out of the Forest: Myths of Origin in Literature, Philosophy
and the Arts," New Vico Studies, 1998.
Book review: "The Monsters of Architecture" (Marco Frascari)
New Vico Studies, 1993.

 

Presentations
ACSA, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Society of Architectural Historians, 30th International Congress on the History of Art, 10th International Congress on the Enlightenment.

 

Service

Curriculum Committee, Architecture School.

Faculty Search Committee, Architecture School.
Chairman's Advisory Committee, Architecture School.
Administrative Council, College of Design, Planning and Construction.
Tenure and Promotion Policy Committee, College of Design, Planning and?Construction.
Environmental Health and Safety Committee, University of Florida.
University Libraries Committee, University of Florida.

 

Professional
Planning Department, City of Hartford, Connecticut, 1977-80.

 

Experience

Newfields Development Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, 1973-74.

 
Courses
Architectural History I & II
Architectural Theory I & II
Architectural Theory Seminar