Gabrielle Esperdy

Dean, Hillier College of Architecture & Design, Provost & Academic Affairs
About Me
Gabrielle Esperdy is an architectural historian and critic working on the intersection of architecture, consumerism, and modernism in urban and suburban landscapes.
Education
M.S.; CUNY Graduate School and University Center; 1999
Ph.D.; CUNY Graduate School and University Center; Art And Architectural History; 1999
B.A.; Smith College; Art History; 1987
Website
http://www.esperdy.net
2026 Fall Courses
USYS 790B - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
USYS 790E - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
USYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
USYS 790A - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
USYS 790D - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
USYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
USYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
USYS 790C - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Teaching Interests
history and theory of modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism
Past Courses
ARCH 110: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES I: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE THINKING
ARCH 210: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 211: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
ARCH 251: HISTORY OF ARCH I
ARCH 251: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 252: HISTORY OF ARCH II
ARCH 252: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
ARCH 381: HISTORY OF ARCH III
ARCH 381: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III
ARCH 382: HISTORY OF ARCH IV
Research Interests
history and theory of modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism
Journal Article
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2022. "Beginning [on Architectural History’s Racial Reckoning." SAH Archipedia/Society of Architectural Historians & University of Virginia Press, pp. 1750 words.
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2021. "On the Origins of New Jerseyism." Dense, no. 1, pp. 1000 words.
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2021. "Off-Season: Tyler Haughey's New Jersey Photographs." Places, pp. 3000 words.
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2019. ""The Twilight of Autopia"." Places, pp. 8000 words.
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2019. ""Who Needs the Top? An Ungentle Manifesto"." Platform, pp. 2226 words.
Gabrielle Esperdy. 2018. "“A Walk on the Roadside: The Radical Enthusiasm of John Margolies”." Archivio: The American Issue, no. Fall/Winter, pp. 84-93.
Book
Gabrielle Esperdy. "American Autopia: An Intellectual History of the American Roadside at MidCentury." 358 pp. University of Virginia Press, 2019. ISBN 9780813942957.
Gabrielle Esperdy. "DesignInquiry Make/Do." DesignInquiry, 2013. ISBN 0988991500.
Chapter
Gabrielle Esperdy. ""The Car and What Came of It"." In Amy L. Arnold and Brian D. Conway, eds., pp. 8 pages. Gibbs-Smith and Michigan SHIPO, 2016.
Gabrielle Esperdy. "Ugly America: A Time-Life View of the 1950s & 1960s." In Medina Lasansky, eds., Berg Publishers, 2014.
Other
"American Road Trip @ esperdy.net"
2014.
"American Road Trip @ esperdy.net"
2013.
"American Road Trip @ esperdy.net"
2012.
"American Road Trip @ esperdy.net"
2011.
Book Review
"Review of Drive, Overdrive, & Car Country"
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, June, 2014.
"Review of Greg Castillo's Cold War on the Homefront"
Buildings and Landscapes, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2011.
"Review of Andrew Shanken's 194x"
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2010.
Conference Proceeding
"The Thing Itself"
Material Evidence: New Designs for Architectural Practice, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2010.