KAE SCHWALBER
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EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY School of Architecture M.Arch candidate in Architecture 2021
Syracuse University, NY TEACHING ASSISTANT | Fall 2019 – Spring 2021 Taught 20+ students as a primary instructor or education facilitator, in charge of grading and small group support, and some class lectures of 150+ students Introduction to Architecture | Dr. Joseph Godlewski Individual essay instruction; Introduced students to diverse authors Architecture Building Systems III | Dr. Nina Sharifi Lectured on material use; aided students in project iteration Design Basics II | Professor Joel Kerner Taught Adobe, Rhino, and development of individual design languages; aided in the remote learning transition Representation I | Professor Aurelie Frolet Taught hand drawing and architectural basics remotely
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art BFA in Studio Art 2018 Minors in Biology, Design ACTIVITIES NOMAS Communications | 2018 – 2021 Rebranded the Syracuse Chapter, turned our social platforms into advocacy platforms, attended and won NOMA 2019 design competition, designed and promoted events, won chapter of the year in 2020 DEI COMMITTEE Graduate Chair | 2018 – 2019 Helped begin the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, designed new course evaluations to analyze the inclusiveness and diversity of classes, professors, students WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Managing and PR Chair | 2014 – 2018 Organized a Q&A with Maya Lin, designed a Bias + Diversity Survey for the Sam Fox School publishing books about both events, organized discussions with esteemed faculty, orchestrating guest speakers, and planned firm visits both in St. Louis and across the U.S. SKILLS Computer: Adobe Suite, Rhinoceros 3D, Arch GIS, Revit, Microsoft Office, all social media platforms, Squarespace Physical: all painting mediums, welding, blacksmithing, pottery, etching, woodcut, lithography, fashion patterning, sewing
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT | 2018–2019, 2020–2021 Lori Brown | Mapped the conditions of the US Boarders. Gathered biographic information of Women Architects for Wikipedia Hannibal Newsom | Helped research and design a rammed earth museum on Science Island in Kaunas, Lithuania. Creative Reaction Lab, St. Louis, MO MARKETING AND OUTREACH ASSOCIATE | Summer 2017 Head of website design, social media presence, and community engagement for CRX, a creative nonprofit that teaches equity centered design to the community, specifically Black/Latinx high schoolers. Utilized marketing tools, communicated with community members, taught how to limit inequality by utilizing design Washington University in St. Louis TEACHING ASSISTANT | Summer 2017 Taught classes on Human Centered Design to students under Alix Gerber to international students, and to first generation college candidates. Focused on user research techniques, ideation, and presentations of final works, fostering confidence and understanding the design process METAL, WOOD, AND PRINTMAKING MONITOR | 2015–2018 COMPETITIONS NOMAS Design Competition | First Place | October 2019 Co-lead the Syracuse University team and Co-Presented at the NOMA 2019 Conference , winning as a new chapter and first time competitors King + King Competition | Honorable Mention | 2021 Recognized for our Comprehensive studio project Work to Play Walt Disney Imagineering Competition | Semi-Finalist | 2017 Designed a “ghost town revitalization” in East St. Louis