Kappe Library Publication List Immortalizes Work of Black SCI-Arc Faculty and Alumni

As a reflection of SCI-Arc’s vision as the school celebrates its 50^th anniversary as an unprecedented, radical, and independent institute for architecture, it is more crucial than ever to honor the achievements and voices of those that have graced SCI-Arc’s halls.

To further expand these historical acknowledgements, as another Black History Month draws to a close, the Kappe Library has compiled a special list of noteworthy publications by Black and African American SCI-Arc faculty and alumni whose remarkable, forward-thinking work contributes indelibly to the canon of architecture—past, present, and future.

Past and Present Faculty

Brooks, LeRonn (Guest Faculty)

• “Dr. LeRonn P. Brooks: The Poetics of sanctuary and place: Paul R. Williams (July 28, 2021),” SCI-Arc Media Archive, January 24, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeV95ivedSE
• Valentine, Victoria L., “LeRonn P. Brooks Named Associate Curator at Getty Research Institute,” Culture Type, March 21, 2019 https://www.culturetype.com/2019/03/21/leronn-p-brooks-named-associate-curator-at-getty-research-institute-newly-created-position-is-part-of-african-american-art-history-initiative/

Caldwell, Ben (Guest Faculty)

• “Ben Caldwell,” SCI-Arc Live, November 3, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnUhPAGc5s
• “BLM Week of Action: 4. Intergenerational, Black Families, and Black Villages,” SCI-Arc Channel, February 4, 2021 (Caldwell begins at 1:46:13) https://channel.sciarc.edu/browse/blm-week-of-action-4-intergenerational-black-families-and-black-villages-february-4-2021
• I build the tower, directed by Edward Landler & Brad Byer, Bench Movies, 2006 (cinematographer credit). Copy held by Kappe Library. For a complete discography, please see IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129675/

Fall, Natou (M.Arch ’19, Design Studio, Liberal Arts Faculty)

• Guimapang, Katherine, “Natou Fall problematizes superficiality in architecture through the lens of self-expression and self-construction,” Archinect, December 23, 2019 https://archinect.com/features/article/150175493/thesis-review-natou-fall-problematizes-superficiality-in-architecture-through-the-lens-of-self-expression-and-self-construction
• “SCI-Arc Presents: Natou Fall (M.Arch 1),” SCI-Arc Facebook page, November 24, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/sciarc/videos/sci-arc-presents-natou-fall-march-1/1120137771479892/

Fatunde, Madebo (Guest Faculty)

• Fatunde, Madebo, “Seeding a Futures Imaginarium,” Immerse, January 23, 2020 https://immerse.news/seeding-a-futures-imaginarium-5114c6917226

Griffin, Thabisile (Liberal Arts Faculty)

• Griffin, Thabisile, “Forum Response: Creating Community,” Boston Review, March 1, 2016 https://bostonreview.net/forum_response/thabisile-griffin-taylor-kelley-black-struggle-campus-protest/
• Griffin, Thabisile, “The Unmaking of St. Vincent: Colonial Insecurity and Black Indigeneity, 1780-1797,” UCLA, 2021 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6480s6qh#main
• Woods, Jamila, et al (editors), The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic, Haymarket Books, 2018, 978-0007521159 (anthology includes Thabisile Griffin’s work)

Hartley, Jeremy (MA Fiction and Entertainment ’19, Design Studio Faculty)

• “Jeremy Kamal Hartley: Mojo,” SCI-Arc Channel, December 9, 2019 https://channel.sciarc.edu/browse/jeremy-kamal-hartley-mojo

Henry, Kordae (MA Fiction and Entertainment ’18, Visual Studies Faculty)

• “New Faculty Kordae Henry on Language, Lineage, and the Transmedia Imaginary,” SCI-Arc News, November 20, 2020 https://www.sciarc.edu/news/2020/new-faculty-kordae-henry-on-language-lineage-and-the-transmedia-imaginary
• “Rising Stars: Meet Kordae Henry,” VoyageLA, March 29, 2021 http://voyagela.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kordae-henry-los-angeles/

Henry, Mira (Design Studio, Visual Studies Faculty)

• Current Interests (with Matthew Au) https://currentinterestsla.com/Us
• Duel + Duet: Ellie Abrons and Mira Henry (September 23, 2016), SCI-Arc Media Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4Gw-HcO-4
• “’Rough Coat’ A Conversation,” SCI-Arc Channel, April 30, 2019 https://channel.sciarc.edu/browse/rough-coat-a-conversation

Joseph, Kahlil (Guest Faculty)

• Als, Hilton, “The Black Excellence of Kahlil Joseph,” The New Yorker, October 30, 2017 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/the-black-excellence-of-kahlil-joseph

Kipping, Gordon (M.Arch ’95, Design Studio Faculty)

• Broto, Carles, New Shop Design, UNKNO; Har/Psc edition, 2013, 978-8415492610 (Features Issey Miyake Tribeca store designed by Gordon Kipping / G TECTS; sculpture by Frank Gehry.)
• Kipping, Gordon, Ordinary Diagrams, Public Access Press, 1995
• Stephens, Suzanne, “Gordon Kipping delivers a powerful optical punch to Miyake Madison on New York’s Upper East Side,” Architectural Record, March 2007, p.186-188

Shaifa, Irvin (M.Arch ’20, Assistant Teacher)

• “#98 Irvin Shaifa // Architecture,” Archivo de Ideas Recibidas, January 30, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l4tOm7sjHA
• “SCI-Arc Presents: Irvin Shaifa (M.Arch 2),” SCI-Arc Facebook page, December 23, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/sciarc/videos/sci-arc-presents-irvin-shaifa-march-2/771336950010192/

Slaughter, Stephen (Adjunct Faculty, 2008-9)

• “Pratt Institute names Stephen Slaughter new Chair of Undergraduate Architecture,” Pratt Institute, 2022 https://news.pratt.edu/article/architect-stephen-slaughter-named-chair-of-undergraduate-architecture/
• “Stephen Slaughter: From Phat to Watts,” SCI-Arc Channel, March 26, 2010 https://channel.sciarc.edu/browse/stephen-slaughter-from-phat-to-watts-march-26-2010
• Yerebakan, Osman Can, “10 questions with… Stephen Slaughter,” Interior Design, February 15, 2022 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/10-questions-with-stephen-slaughter/

Virgil, William (M.Arch ’16, Making + Meaning Coordinator, Design Studio, Visual Studies Faculty)

• “M+M Coordinator William Virgil on Teaching and the Unpredictability of Objects,” SCI-Arc News, January 7, 2021 https://www.sciarc.edu/news/2021/m-m-coordinator-william-virgil
• “William Virgil: Quarantine Talk with Hernan Diaz Alonso,” SCI-Arc Live, July 1, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytBitcuQwAM

Notable Alumni

Merritt, Byron (M.Arch ’99)

• “Byron Merritt: Experience innovation,” SCI-Arc Channel, February 28, 2018 https://channel.sciarc.edu/browse/byron-merritt-experience-innovation-february-28-2018

Pollonais, Hope (M.Arch ’13)

• “Renaissance Woman Hope Pollonais Excels in Design and Architecture,” Spelman College, January 2017 https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2017/01/18/renaissance-woman-hope-pollonais-excels-in-design-and-architecture

Robson, Ainslee (MA Fiction and Entertainment ’19); Kidus Hailesilassie (MA Fiction and Entertainment ’20)

• “Ainslee Alem Ronson: Ferenj. A Graphic Memoir in VR,” SCI-Arc Channel, December 8, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUqnCITnJjY
• Martin, Rebecca, “Ainslee Robson tells her story through her VR graphic memoir ‘Ferenj,’” Cinema Femme, August 20, 2020 https://cinemafemme.com/2020/08/20/ainslee-robson-tells-her-story-through-her-vr-graphic-memoir-ferenj/
• Robson, Ainslee Alem & Kidus Hailesilassie, “ARE YOU FOR REAL,” concept film trailer, ifa (Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen), December 2020 https://www.ifa.de/en/tour/are-you-for-real/#section1

Sherrod, Kevin (B.Arch ’16)

• “A South LA Art Gallery Encourages Black Creatives to ‘Shoot for the Stars,’” UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, April 14, 2021 https://arts.ucla.edu/single/a-south-la-art-gallery-encourages-black-creatives-to-shoot-for-the-stars/

Woldemikael, Amanuel Tesfaye (M.Arch ’14)

• Woldemikael, Amanuel Tesfaye, The case of a selected public building in Addis Ababa, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, 9783659243110