Andrea Wheeler
Associate Professor
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​​​​​​​​​​Scholar of dwelling, ecology, and
human flourishing
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I am an Associate Professor of Architecture and have recently completed a three-year Faculty Fellowship for Student Success in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost. A training experience in university administration. I teach a seminar on Green and Sustainable Architecture, and am a studio instructor. I completed a PhD in Architecture on the philosophy of Luce Irigaray and the theme of dwelling. After gaining tenure, I was elected by my peers to serve as Faculty Senate President in 2021. My scholarship bridges the fields of architectural theory and sustainable design and is grounded in inquiries into the nature of dwelling, including those criticisms of the philosopher Luce Irigaray. I am devoted to challenging and reshaping the discourse on sustainable architecture towards a socially and environmentally conscious future. My list of publications are available on this website with links to chapters and articles. Most recently this includes: "Irigaray's Reimagining of Dwelling, Love, and Architecture" In Thesholds, edited by Wesley Barker and Jena Jollisaint, 2026; “Inner and Outer Potentialities: A Spiritual Approach to the Problem of Regenerative Design” Special Edition, edited by Wesley Barker and Emily Holmes. Body and Religion. 2025, “About Heidegger's Dasein. Interview with Luce Irigaray” Angelaki, Journal of Critical Humanities, and “Love, Energy and the Heart in Architecture” In Approaching a Sensitive Thinking (forthcoming, 2026) am available to serve as the major professor for research Master's degrees and to mentor and coach early-career faculty.
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College of Design, Department of Architecture, Iowa State University, 50014
Tel: 515 294 3796
Short Bio
WORK​ EXPERIENCE​
​Associate Professor of Architecture,
Iowa State University, Department of Architecture, College of Design, Ames, Iowa
Provost's Faculty Fellow for Student Success (2022-2025)
Faculty Senate Past President (2022-2023)
Faculty Senate President (2021-2022)
Faculty Senate President-elect (2020-2021)
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Visiting Fellow, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (2022)
Visiting Research Fellow, CRASSH, The University of Cambridge (2019)
Big XII Visiting Research Fellow, The University of Texas, Austin (2017)
​ Senior Research Fellow (Sir Ted Happold Senior Visiting Research Fellowship), The University of Bath (2014)
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Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator (Projects)/ Research Associate
Loughborough University, Centre for Engineering and Design Education
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Senior Research Fellow. Sustainable Behaviours Unit,
DEFRA, Westminster, London
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Department of the Built Environment/ School of Education
University of Nottingham
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Research Assistant/Project Co-ordinator,
School of Architecture, University of Sheffield
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SKILLS
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Teaching experience at undergraduate and Master's level and supervision and examiner experience at post-graduate level
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Ability to manage teams and projects and achieve results
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
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Leadership experience
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Mentoring and coaching skills
EDUCATION
2005 University of Nottingham, School of Built Environment. PhD Architecture
1998 Oxford Brookes University, MPhil Mechanical Engineering
1994 Oxford Brookes University, Graduate Diploma in Architecture. Graded as First. Dissertation and Graphics Prizes. Recommended for the RIBA President's Medal.
1988 University of South West, Plymouth, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Architecture. Second Year Prize for Exceptional Performance
1992 University of Wales, Newport. National Diploma in Art and Design, Fine Art (with Distinction)
1997 Bucks New University, High Wycombe, Institute of Wood Science Certificate (with Merit)