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 Biographical Sketch & Bibliography

Josef Stagg
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture

jstagg@uwm.edu

 

 

Education
University of Michigan, D. Arch. 1984
Yale University, Master of Environmental Design 1974
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1970

 

Teaching Area
Undergraduate and Graduate Design, Computers, Environment/Behavior Studies

 

Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Assistant Professor, 1988-present
Southern University: Assistant & Associate Professor, 1980-1987
Louisiana State University: Assistant Professor 1978-1980

 

Professional Experience
Consultant, Barton Malow Company, Milwaukee Public School Facilities Master Plan, 1992-1993
Principal, Hunt/Thurman Architects, Baton Rouge, LA. 1987-1988
Planner, Ann Arbor, MI, 1977
Architect/Planner, USA Peace Corps, 1970-1971
Draftsman, DUSAF, Brookfield, IL, 1968

 

Research Interests
Ongoing research interest focuses on the application of digital and telecommunications tools to a variety of educational, design, planning, housing, and urban or inner city problems. such tools include computer animation, virtual reality, and graphic analysis of these problems. He has focused on using these tools to improve design education and has been funded by such organizations as the National Science Foundation to develop digital and telecommunications tools that community organizations and their residents can apply to community planning and housing. His current research involves developing a World Wide-resident urban housing data base.

 

Publications (Selected)
"Places and Processes: Doing Away With the Studio," in Unstable Images: Architecture & Planning. Milwaukee: UWM Student Publication. 1993
"The Visual Excitement of Formalism, The Manifest Function of E/BS...," in Person-Environment Theory Series. Berkeley: UCB, 1992.
"Form and Function: The Enderis Hall Parti," in Academe. The Journal of the AAUP. 1991
"Parti and Human Behavior," in Archimage, the Journal of the SARUP. Milwaukee. 1991
"Computer-Aided Design and the New Advocacy," in the WSA Journal. Madison. 1990
Pending Manuscript Publications: 1) Architectural Animation: An Effective Means of Testing Design Hypotheses, 2) Digital Model-building for Architects and Planners, and 3) The Application of Digital and Telecommunications Tools to Housing and Community Planning "Harambee", in Report '91, the Annual Report of the SARUP. 1990

 

Research and Creative Activities
The Virtual Community: A Telecommunication Model for the Inner City. With Grozik, J. The National Science Foundation. Pending.
Accessing the Superhighway: A Model for the Inner City. With Private Industry firms. The UW System Applied Research Grants. Pending
The African American Male and the Middle School Environment. The UWM System Consortium. 1993
Geographic Information Systems. With Huxhold, W. UW System Faculty Development Grant. 1991-1992
Retraining in Computer Image Libraries. With Witzling, L. & Schnarsky, T. UW System Faculty Development Grant. 1991-1992
Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Transitional Housing for Single Parent Families. With Ahrentzen, S. UW Graduate School. 1991

 

Service
Member, Milwaukee Arts Board, Public Arts Sub-Committee. 1994
Member and Chair, Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission. 1992-present.
Senator, UWM Faculty Senate. 1993-1994
Member, Budget Committee of the UWM Faculty Senate. 1993-1994.
Member and Chair, Milwaukee Public School SDA-CAC. 1990-1992
Teach minority students during the summer months. UWM Outreach. 1990-Present
Member, Planning groups for several communities in Milwaukee. 1988-Present