Joss Kiely , PhD

Joss Kiely is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches courses in architectural history and design studio at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has a B.A. from Connecticut College in French language and literature and architectural studies and a Master of Architecture, a Master of Science in Architecture, and a Ph.D. in architectural history and theory from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. His Ph.D. dissertation examined the close relationship between commercial aviation and the rise of the postwar, global architectural practice focusing on the Detroit-based architecture firm of Minoru Yamasaki and Associates. His ongoing research agenda focuses on ideas of soft power and the Cold War master plan as produced by architecture firms after World War II as well as the rise of an “airport modern” style that ushered in a new wave of widespread commercial air travel. His research has been generously supported by the Society of Architectural Historians and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS/Luce), and his writings have been published in Arts, CLOG, the Journal of Architectural Education, Arris (Fall 2022) and in the Interior Urbanism Theory Reader (Fall 2022). In addition, he sits on the board of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH).

Ph.D.: University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Ann Arbor, MI, 2018 (Architectural History + Theory)

M.Sci. Architecture: University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Ann Arbor, MI, 2011 (Architectural History + Theory)

M.Arch.: University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Ann Arbor, MI, 2010 (Design Thesis: "The Voracious Domestic")

B.A.: Connecticut College New London, CT, 2005 (French Language + Literature, Architectural Studies)