The Catholic University of America

Eric J. Jenkins, AIA

Jenkins

Associate Professor

Office: 206 Crough Center
Tel: 202-319-5188
Email: jenkinse@cua.edu
Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/jenkinse

Courses

  • ARCH 216 Design Thinking (Fa 2007)
  • ARCH 302 Urban Design Barcelona Program (Sp 2008)
  • ARCH 516 Advanced Architectural Analysis (Sp 2010)
  • ARCH 543 Istanbul and Western Turkey Sketch-Analysis (Su 2010)
  • ARCH 601 Graduate Design Studio (Fa 2009)
  • ARCH 600 Thesis Research Methodologies (Fa 2006, Sp 2007)
  • ARCH 502 Graduate Design Studio-Housing (Sp 2007)
  • HUM 101 Western Literature (Fa 2009)

Education

  • M.Des., Harvard University
  • M.Arch., University of Maryland
  • B.S. Arch., University of Maryland 
Teaching Experience
  • Associate Professor (with tenure), The Catholic University of America, 2006-present
  • Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America, 2000-2006
  • Visiting Critic, The Catholic University of America, 1997-2000
  • Visiting Assistant Professor for Florida A&M University at Virginia Tech's Washington-Alexandria Consortium, 1991-1997
  • Visiting Lecturer, University of Maryland, 1995-1996
  • Adjunct Professor, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 1993
  • Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of America, 1990-1991
  • Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University, 1989-1990 
Professional Experience
  • Principal, Eric J. Jenkins Architect, 1990-present
  • Design Associate, Studio 27 Architecture, Summer 2006
  • Project Designer, Office of Erhard Schütz, Weimar, Germany, 1994
  • Project Designer/Intern Architect, Uwe Drost and Associates, Hyattsville, MD, 1991-1993 
Awards / Recognition
  • Sabbatical, 2008-2009
  • James E. Dornan Memorial Undergraduate Educator of the Year, The Catholic University of America, 2007
  • Award of Excellence, Virginia Society of the AIA, Nusonian Prototype House for Studio 27 Architecture (responsible for schematic design)
  • Jury's Mention, Design For a "Prototypal Row House" For the DC/AIA Exhibition "4 Walls"," 2004
  • Capital Hill Loft featured in HGTV's "Building Character", January 2003
  • Inform Design Award, "Loft Renovation", Washington, Dc, Inform: Journal of the Virginia AIA, September 2002
  • Certificate of Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, 1996  
Presentations
  • Speaker, Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture--A Colloquium Honoring the Teaching Career of William Bechhoefer, FAIA, School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, The University of Maryland, College Park, May 2008
  • Seminar Instructor, Freehand Analytical Sketching Course, The National Building Museum, Washington, DC, June-July 2007
  • Workshop Instructor , Freehand Analytical Sketching Workshop at “The Big Draw”, The National Building Museum, Washington, DC, June 2007
  • Speaker, “Bata Company Architecture In Zlin: Two Representative Buildings”, Hickok-Cole Architects Brownbag Presentations, Washington, DC, May 2007
  • Speaker, “Bata Company’s Elevator-Office In Zlin”, History & Theory Symposium: AIA District of Columbia Chapter, February 2007
  • Co-Presenter With Susan Piedmont-Palladino & , James Clark, AIA, “Weaving The Profession and Education”, Leadership and Best Practices Workshop, AAI National Grassroots Leadership Conference, Washington, February 2006
  • Tour Leader, SW Washington, Dc, District of Columbia Preservation League, Symposium Modernism In Washington, DC, January 2006
  • Speaker, “Making the Shoe Fit: The Bata Shoe Company's Modernist Colonies In Europe, Asia and the Americas”, Society of Architectural Historians 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, April 2005         
  • Instructor/Coordinator, “Architectural Sketching”, American Institute of Architects/District of Columbia, Washington, DC, September 2004
  • Tour Leader/ Lecturer, “Architectural Gems: Modern Houses In Washington, DC” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 2004
  • "Leadership and Best Practices Workshop: Weaving Together the Profession and Education," with Susan Piedmont-Palladino and James Clark, AIA National Grassroots Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C., February 2006.
  • Architectural Guide of Southwest Washington, D.C., Modernism in Washington Symposium, District of Columbia Preservation League, January 2006.
  • "River Park Mutual Homes," Washington Walks, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2005.
  • "Bata Town Morphologies in Europe, Asia and the Americas," Society of Architectural Historians, Vancouver, Canada, April 6, 2005.
  • "Discovering, Then Weaving Architectural Tartans," Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Ball State University, October 24-26, 2004.
Publications
  • To Scale, New York/London: Routledge, 2008 (Chinese Edition, 2009)
  • Drawing to Design: Birkhauser (forthcoming 2010)
  • "The Bata Office-Elevator," Centropa: Central European Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, September 2006 (forthcoming)
  • Interviewed in "Remodelers and Their Architects," Remodeling Magazine, by Stacey Freed, January 2006
  • "Try Your Hand at Architectural Sketching," DCArchitecture, Fall 2004, pp. 48-49.
  • Nusonian Prototype House featured in "Prefab," The Washington Times, August 2004
  • Interviewed in "Organizing Space: Modern Homes Designed In Unusual Ways," The Washington Times, 25 February 2004
  • "Principles and Pedagogy: Discovering, then Weaving Architectural Tartans," Proceedings of the ACSA Central Regional Conference W-E-A-V-I-N-G, New York: ACSA Press, 2003
  • Capital Hill Loft featured in "Design For Small Spaces", Remodeling Magazine, April 2003
Published Interviews
  • Interviewed, “Architecture's Dying Art”, The Washington Times, July 28, 2007 by Deborah K. Dietsch, July 2007
  • Interviewed, “Drawing: Things to Think About”, National Building Museum On-Line Magazine
  • June 2007, Interviewed, Course Featured, “Make a Meal of the City Around You” By Columnist John Kelly, Washington Post, Wednesday, November 15, 2006, November 2006
  • Interviewed, “Remodelers and Their Architects”, Remodeling (Author: Stacey Freed), January 2006
Exhibitions
  • "Transformation Into Three-Dimensions," Process, Vastu Furnishings/Art Gallery, Washington, DC, 2004
  • "Rowhouse Redux" in 2003 Building Virginia, Virginia Society of the AIA, Richmond, Virginia, 2003
  • "Paintings" In Environdesign 7 Conference Sponsored By ASID, IIDA and AIA Cote, Washington, DC, 2003
  • Co-Curator, "Cesar Pelli: Connections," National Building Museum, 2001 
Academic Service
  • Coordinator, Graduate Urban Design Concentration and Studios, Spring 2010-Present
  • Assistant Dean, 2001-2007
  • Member, Committee on the University Freshmen Core Curriculum
  • Member, Steering Committee for the Middle States Commission Interim Report
  • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
  • Member, Curriculum Committee
  • Member, Thesis Committee
  • Lecture Series Coordinator, Fall 2003: "Continuance: Modern Architecture in Washington, DC"
  • Lecture Series Coordinator, Fall 2001: "Drawing Toward Architecture"
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, 1999-2001 
Professional Service
  • Paper Reviewer, ACSA 98th Annual Meeting, 2009
  • Juror, ACSA Steel Competition, 2009
  • Member, American Institute of Architects, District of Columbia Chapter, 2000-2008
  • Member, Society of Architectural Historians, 1996-Present
  • Juror, Remodeling Magazine Annual Awards, 2005
  • Paper Reviewer, Summer Institute for Architecture Journal, 2005
  • Board Member, American Institute of Architects, District of Columbia Chapter, 2001-2005
  • Co-Organizer, 21:4:21 exhibition of the Work of Young Architects, sponsored by the AIA-DC, 2003