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Gregory Caicco

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., architecture, McGill University
  • M.Phil., architecture, University of Cambridge
  • B.Arch., architecture, Carleton University

Credentials

Teaching

  • Adjunct Professor, art and architecture, 2009–present, Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, NJ
  • Adjunct Professor, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Professor, 2014–2017, Northcentral University, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Professor, 2013–2014
    Assistant Online Program Director, 2011–2013
    Lead Faculty, ethics and philosophy, 2009–2011, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Faculty Mentor, 2012–2014, Online Learning Consortium
  • Adjunct Faculty, ethics and philosophy, 2005–2014, Park University, Parkville, MO
  • Lincoln Chair of Ethics in Architecture and Environmental Design, 2001–2004
    Assistant Professor of Art and Architectural History and Theory, 2000–2004, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1999–2001, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • Lecturer and Architecture Studio Instructor/ Research Associate, 1994–1997, McGill University, Montreal

Organizations

  • International Leadership Association, 2015– present
  • International Society for Quality of Life Studies, 2015–present
  • Renaissance Society of America, 2001–2014
  • Society of Architectural Historians, 1996–2016
  • Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), Canadian Province, 1989–1993
  • Toronto Society of Architects, 1987–1999

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Architectural Ethics," Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: An International Resource (second edition of the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics), eds. J. Britt Holbrook and Carl Mitcham, Gale-Cengage/MacMillan Reference, New York, 2013.
  • “David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology” (Book Review), Environmental Ethics, vol. 34, no. 4, September 2011.
  • "An Eye for Place: Christian Norberg-Shultz: Architect, Historian and Editor" (Book Review), Arkitektur N, Norwegian Review of Architecture. Issue 8, Dec. 2009.
  • Architecture, Ethics, and the Personhood of Place. University Press of New England, 2008.
  • “The Ethical Function of Architecture by Karsten Harries” (Book Review), Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall 1998.
  • "Socrates in the Agora," Chora: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture, vol. 2, 1996.
  • “Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture by Witold Rybczynski” (Book Review), Compass Magazine, vol. 11, no. 2, 1993.
  • “Sight Lines: Looking at Architecture and Design in Canada by Adele Freedman” (Book Review), Compass Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1, 1991.
  • "Observatory, North Shore, Lake Superior." Carleton Book, vol. 2, 1988.
  • "The Generalife Gardens of the Alhambra," 10 Schools, vol. 13, 1985–86.

Presentations

  • “The Architecture, History and Thought World of the Yaqui Peoples, Guadalupe, AZ,” two-hour multimedia lecture-discussion, 60 students. ASU/CAED, Sept. 20, 2002.
  • “The Online Experience,” 20-minute interview with Professor Marc Van Horne. ASU Online Streaming Gallery, uploaded Aug. 12, 2002.
  • “Ethics in Architecture and Environmental Design: Approaches and Current Debates,” two-hour multimedia seminar. McGill University, doctoral program in History and Theory of Architecture, May 1, 2002. ASU College of Architecture and Environmental Design, April 2, 2002.
  • “Rebuilding the World Trade Center?: A Case Study in Design Ethics,” three-hour multimedia lecture-seminar. Woodsides Seminars, Phoenix, AZ, April 19, 2002.
  • “From Francis of Assisi to Le Corbusier: Shaman Architecture Theory,” two-hour lecture, University of Calgary Architecture Annual Lecture Series, Faculty of Environmental Design, April 12, 2002; University of Manitoba Annual Lecture Series, Faculty of Architecture Building, Jan. 17, 2002.
  • “The Global Studio: Distance Learning Considerations in Architecture and Design,” 90-minute multimedia lecture. ASU Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Feb. 1, 2002.
  • “Architecture, Ritual and Ethics,” two-hour talk and discussion, Spirit of the Senses, Vermillion Studios, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 24, 2002.
  •  “Current Research: Architecture and Ethics,” three-hour seminar, ASU/CAED, March 27, 2001.
  • “Zeros and Ones: Lecturing and Assessment in the Digital Age,” Showcase Faculty Symposium, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Phoenix Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ, March 3, 2001.
  • “Phenomenology and Architecture; Current Issues in Architectural Theory,” 1.5-hour lecture. ASU/CAED, Feb. 19, 2001.
  • “Introduction to Architecture and Ethics,” two-hour lecture/seminar. ASU/CAED, Jan. 28, 2001.
  • “Medieval Architectural Thinking,” one-hour lecture, ASU/CAED, Sept. 19, 2000.
  • “Trance Architecture: Shaman Construction in the Western Tradition,” one-hour lecture, ASU/CAED, April 24, 2000.