May Khalife

Courses Taught (past two academic years)

ARC 188 Ideas in Architecture
ARC 201 Architecture Studio
ARC 408 Interior Design Capstone Studio
ARC 634 Architecture Theory

Areas of Expertise

History, Theory, Architecture, Urban Studies

Educational Credentials

Ph.D. in Architecture, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023
Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Master of Urban Design, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017
Bachelor of Architecture, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, 2014

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2023-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2022-2023
Adjunct Faculty, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2020-2022
Adjunct Faculty, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020-2023
Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Fall 2021

Professional Experience/Licenses/Registrations

Field designer on the Rehabilitation of the Southern Souks in Tripoli, Lebanon (Phase III), JESCO Contracting Trading & Enterprising, 2018.
Architect & Urban Researcher at theOtherDada, in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 2014-2016.
Lebanese Order of Engineers and Architects (OEA syndicate), Beirut, Lebanon, 2014-present.

Significant Publications/Creative Projects/Paper Presentations

“Urban Protests Beyond the Plaza - Precarious State of Solidarity in Beirut City Center,” SAH Annual Conference, April 2024, Albuquerque, New Mexico (ongoing - part of a prospective edited volume in Routledge Series or University of Minnesota Series).

“Learning from Maya Settlements in Ancient Mesoamerica: Baking Pot and Caracol, Belize,” SECAC (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference), October 2023, Richmond, Virginia.

“From Drawing to Building: Designing the Long Island University Campus in Brooklyn,” The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) Annual Conference, September 2023, Little Rock, Arkansas.

“A Feminist and Environmentalist Figure in Architectural Modernism: Noel Phyllis Birkby,” Docomomo US National Symposium, June 2023, New Haven, Connecticut.

“The Rise and Fall of Community Architecture: Philadelphia’s South Street Corridor and 1976 Bicentennial Exposition,” The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) Annual Conference, November 2022, Memphis, Tennessee.

“Reimagining the Habitat in the 1950s: The Modern and the Regional in Postwar Europe,” Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual Conference, April 2019, Providence, Rhode Island.

Awards/Recognitions/Grants/Competitions

Ph.D. in Architecture Scholarship, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati, 2017-2019.
Urban and Sustainable Design Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2016-2017.
Dean's High Distinction Honor List and Full Merit Scholarship, 2009-2014, School of Architecture and Design, Lebanese American University.

Professional Memberships and Service

SAH (Society of Architectural Historians)
SESAH (Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians)
SECAC (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference)
CAA (College Art Association)

Graduate Committee, Department of Architecture and Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Dean’s Advisory Council, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Women in Architecture and Interior Design Group (WiAID), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Professional Development

Howe Center for Writing Excellence, Faculty Writing Fellows Program, 2023-2024.
Indigenizing the Curriculum Workshop, Myaamia Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2023-2024.
Howe Center for Writing Excellence (HCWE), Supporting Graduate Learning through Writing, Fall 2023.
New Faculty Teaching Enhancement Program (NFTEP) in the Center of Teaching Excellence at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2022-2023.