Conference Chairs

Jared Macken

Conference Chair

Jared Macken is an architectural designer and theorist who researches the intersection between architectural form, the city, and cultural production. He is the author of the award-winning book The Western Town: A Theory of Aggregation (Hatje Cantz, 2013). He received a Doctor of Science in Architecture from the ETH-Zürich and is currently Associate Professor of Architecture at Oklahoma State University. His current research uses architectural discourse on the city to dissect and understand the cultural, political, and social ideologies associated with America’s colonial urbanism.

Keith Peiffer

Conference Chair

Keith Peiffer is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University and a registered architect with an MS in Design Research from the University of Michigan. Prior to his current academic appointment, Keith was a practicing architect in Baltimore for over 10 years, contributing to award-winning projects with a diverse range of scales, construction types, materials, and programs. His current scholarly work interrogates the discipline of architecture by evaluating the stories we tell ourselves about it.