Gabrielle Esperdy
Dean, Hillier College of Architecture & Design, Office of the Dean - HCAD
Professor
973-596-3072
341 Weston Hall (WEST)
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
2025 Fall Courses
ARCH 110 - TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES I

USYS 790B - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 790E - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

AD 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS

USYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

USYS 790A - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 790D - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

AD 493 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

USYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

USYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

USYS 790C - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

ARCH 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS

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

ARCH 382: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IV

ARCH 464: OPTION STUDIO II

ARCH 528G: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I

ARCH 531C: HIST OF MODERN ARCH

ARCH 534: ASPECTS OF URBAN + SUBURBAN FORM

ARCH 583: ST:MANIFESTOS

ARCH 583: ST:SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT

ARCH 662: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 662: ST:

ARCH 662: ST: HISTORY OF THE GLOBAL METROPOLIS

ARCH 662: ST: MANIFESTOS

ARCH 662: ST: METHODS OF URBAN HISTORY

ARCH 662: ST: URBAN THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY CITY

ARCH 662: ST:NJ RESEARCH SEMINAR

ARCH 662: ST:SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT

URB 788: SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN SYS I

URB 788: ST:EVOL OF AMER METROPOL1S

USYS 702: EVOLUTION AMERICAN METROPOLIS

USYS 702: EVOLUTION GLOBAL METROPOLIS

USYS 788: ST:

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.

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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.