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Jeffrey Eley

Architectural history professor emeritus

Education

  • M.Arch., architectural history, University of Virginia
  • B.F.A., art history, Virginia Commonwealth University

Credentials

  • Professor emeritus, 2023–present
    Professor, 2015–2023
    Professor and chair, Department of Historic Preservation, 2011–2014
    Professor, 2005–2011
    Vice president for academic services, 2000–2005
    Vice president for student services, 1999–2000
    Dean of international studies and director of off-campus programs, 1997–1999
    Professor and director of off-campus programs, 1987–1997
    Professor and chair, department of historic preservation, 1983–1985
    Professor, 1983–1999, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Organizations

  • Board of Trustees, 2012–2018; executive committee, 2013–2016, US/ICOMOS
  • Board of Trustees, 2006–present; chair, 2015–17; vice chair, 2013–15; Historic Savannah Foundation
  • Local steering committee co-chair, PastForward2014, the National Preservation Conference sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
  • Chair, 2013 US/COMOS 2013 Symposium. “The Historic Center and the Next City; Envisioning Urban Heritage Evolution,” May 2013.
  • Member, SCAD Undergraduate Studies council, 2009–2011.
  • Member, SCAD General Education task force, 2010.
  • Chair, faculty/SCAD staff scholarship campaign, 2008.
  • Review board, Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ National Register of Historic Places, 2006–2010.
  • Member, SCAD e-learning and admission councils, 2005–2006; Library council 2006–2007; institutional advancement council 2007–2008.
  • Member, President’s Cabinet, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2000–2005.
  • Chair, criteria v section of the SACS self-study for the Savannah College of Art and Design for re-accreditation visit, Feb. 1999.
  • Faculty representative for accreditation, including Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, National Architectural Accrediting Board and State Board of Education review of new programs and accreditation procedures, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000–2005.
  • Faculty adviser, Art History Student Association, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1993–1995.
  • Faculty adviser, Student Preservation Association, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1984–1986.
  • Graduate program development committee, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1985, 1986
  • President, The Victorian Society in America, Savannah Chapter, 1988; Vice-president, 1987.
  • Georgia Regional Advisory Committee, 1986 Scholastic Art Awards.

Publications and presentations

Lectures and workshops

  • "The Bluffton State of Mind: Good Preservation for a Great Place." Presented at the Bluffton Historic Symposium, Bluffton, S.C., May 2016.
  • "Celebrating Good Hilton Head Design: Salt Marsh Cottages Turn 35." Presented at Bostwick Pavilion, Hilton Head, S.C., April 2015.
  • "This Place Matters." Presented during the Georgia Planning Association Conference. Sept. 2011.
  • 7th Savannah Symposium – The Spirituality of Place, co-director. Feb. 2011.
  • "A Garden for the Arts." Presented during the annual meeting of the Georgia Garden Club, April 2008.
  • "Recognizing Architectural Styles in our National Register Historic Districts." Presented as part of the Historic Savannah Foundation winter educational program series. Feb. 2008.
  • "Architectural Eclecticism and Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Savannah." Presented as part of Sotheby’s seminar Celebrating Savannah. Oct. 2000.
  • "Catherine WAS Great: Architectural Projects in Eighteenth Century St. Petersburg." Presented for the Savannah College of Art and Design 1999–2000 Architectural History lecture series, Nov. 1999.
  • "The Art of Restoration." Presented during the 52nd National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1998.
  • "Historic Southern Interiors." Presented as part of the Living with History lecture series sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, June 1998.
  • "Restoration and Imagination: A Renaissance in Savannah." Presented at the Washington Design Center, Dec. 1997.
  • "An Aesthetic Jumble: Interior Design circa 1880." Presented as part of the 1996–1997 Historic Savannah Foundation lecture series, Jan. 1997.
  • "Savannah Saved: An Overview of the Preservation Movement in Savannah." Mary Washington College historic preservation lecture, Oct. 1995.
  • "Nineteenth Century Architectural Styles in Savannah." Presented to the Philanthropic Education Organization, Sept. 1995.
  • "The Gilded Age: Great Houses Designed by Richard Morris Hunt." Presented as part of the Savannah College of Art and Design Art History/Liberal Arts Focus Week, Feb. 1995.
  • "A Utopian Dream: Oglethorpe’s Plan for Savannah." Introductory keynote address to the Southeast Association of Schools of Architecture annual meeting. Oct. 1994.
  • "Grand and Obedient: Chiswick and Syon." Lecture followed by a tour of the houses, April 1989.
  • "Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello." Presented for Savannah College of Art and Design Lecture Series, 1996–1997.
  • "E.W. Godwin and the English Aesthetic Movement." Presented for the Savannah College of Art and Design Focus on the Building Arts, Jan. 1986.
  • "Arts and Crafts Sensibilities in Nineteenth American Architecture and Design." Presented for the Savannah College of Art and Design, Focus on Historic Preservation, Nov. 1982.

Publications

  • Savannah Sketchbook, May 2000.
  • Small Gardens in Savannah Thereabouts, Foreword, Dec. 2003.
  • Making Our Mark, Feb. 2005
  • "Victorian Houses of Mississippi," Journal of Mississippi History, review, Jun 2006.
  • Building a Preservation Ethic, Georgia’s Historic Preservation Plan for 2007–2011, peer editor.
  • "Salt Marsh Cottages Turn 35," The Island Packet, Hilton Head, S.C, April 2015.