jill bambury, BA, BEDS, BArch, MPhil
assistant professor & director of co-op program
 jbambury@subr.edu

Bambury teaches Architectural Design, Theory and Representation.

She came to SUSA because her main interest is in the relationship of culture to the built environment: an issue which is central to schools of architecture at HBCUs; and, an interest which she has pursued through teaching and writing which focuses on the role of storytelling and narrative literature in the making and understanding of buildings and cities.

Her practical work ranges from residential design, to Co-op Housing, and teamwork on the National Gallery of Canada competition.  Her research, entitled "Constructing critical theory  through the telling of stories" received a National Teaching Award from the Amercian Institute of Architects.  She has been awarded grants for her work on the interface of architecture and biography.  She has a passion for drawing and watercolor painting.

Bambury studied architecture at the Techincal University of Nova Scotia,  Canada, where she became professionally registered.  In addition to her professional degree in architecture, she holds degrees in Sociology and Environmental Design Studies from Dalhousie University, Canada.  Her Master of Philosophy degree in Architectural History and Theory is from the University of Cambridge, England.  She has taught at the University of Oregon (where she directed the Summer Rome Program), Louisiana State University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia.