Mary McLeod (academic)

McLeod has a B.S., M.Arch, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.{{Cite web|title=Graham Foundation > Grantees > Mary McLeod|url=http://grahamfoundation.org/grantees/237-le-corbusier-s-urban-planning-1942-1946-the-ascoral-studies-and-the-plan-for-saint-die|access-date=2021-11-10|website=grahamfoundation.org}} As of 2021, she is a professor of architecture at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). She has also previously worked as a professor at Harvard University, the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Miami, and University of Kentucky.{{Cite web|title=Mary Mc Leod|url=https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/198-mary-mcleod|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Columbia GSAPP|language=en}}

McLeod's essays have been published in journals and anthologies such as Oppositions, Assemblage, Art Journal, Harvard Design Magazine, AA Files, [https://www.sah.org/publications/jsah JSAH], Casabella, The Sex of Architecture, Architecture in Fashion, Architecture of the Everyday, Architecture and Feminism, The Pragmatist Imagination, Architecture Theory since 1968, The State of Architecture, Fragments: Architecture and the Unfinished, Le Parole dell'Architettura, and Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite web|url=https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/mary-mcleod-architecture-and-revolution-le-corbusiers-urbanism-and-politics-1930-42|title=Mary McLeod: Architecture and Revolution: Le Corbusier's Urbanism and Politics, 1930–42 | Cornell AAP|website=aap.cornell.edu}} Her main focus is on modern architecture specially Le Corbusier{{Cite journal|date=2002-04-01|title=An Interview With Mary McLeod|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13264820209478445|journal=Architectural Theory Review|volume=7|issue=1|pages=65–78|doi=10.1080/13264820209478445|s2cid=218638380 |issn=1326-4826}} and she received the Arnold Brunner grant in 2015 which she used to research Le Corbusier's response to World War II.{{Cite web|last=Sareva|first=Martta|date=March 25, 2015|title=2015 Arnold W. Brunner Grant Winners Announced|url=https://www.aiany.org/news/2015-arnold-w-brunner-grant-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=AIA New York|language=en-US}}

In 2019, McLeod was one of three who study architecture and joined to discuss Bauhaus architecture with Architectural Record.{{Cite web|last=Stephens|first=Suzanne|date=June 1, 2019|title=Three Historians Discuss the Bauhaus|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14113-three-historians-discuss-the-bauhaus|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.architecturalrecord.com|language=en}} McLeod has also published on the English architect Alan Colquhoun{{Cite book|last=McLeod|first=Mary|url=http://catalog.bucknell.edu/title/colquhonery-alan-colquhoun-from-bricolage-to-myth/oclc/910951144|title=Colquhonery : Alan Colquhoun from bricolage to myth|date=2014|publisher=Architectural Association|isbn=978-1-907896-52-1|location=London}} and organized the 2021 colloquium celebrating his life.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=EVENT: Close Readings: Alan Colquhoun 1921–2012. A Centenary Colloquium. Online, 25 June 2021|url=https://eahn.org/2021/06/event-close-readings-alan-colquhoun-1921-2012-a-centenary-colloquium-online-25-june-2021/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=eahn|language=en-US}} McLeod and Victoria Rosner led an effort to expand knowledge about women in architecture through five years of research in the field.{{Cite web|last=Fixsen|first=Anna|date=December 15, 2017|title=New Website Spotlights America's Forgotten Female Architects|url=https://metropolismag.com/projects/pioneering-women-american-architecture-website/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Metropolis|language=en-US}} Regarding women in architecture, McLeod has been quoted in the Christian Science Monitor for her work noting that female architects "...don't have as much panache for the big glitter jobs".{{Cite news |last=Strickland |first=Carol |date=2009-08-03 |title=Mosque modern |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2009/0803/p17s01-algn.html |access-date=2021-11-10 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}} The website [https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/ Pioneering Women of American Architecture], launched by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation in 2017, continues to make visible the achievements of women's contributions to American architecture.{{Cite web|last=Voon|first=Claire|date=2018-01-01|title=A New Website Profiles Pioneering Female Architects|url=http://hyperallergic.com/418196/new-website-profiles-pioneering-female-architects/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}

• {{Cite book|last=McLeod|first=Mary|url=http://catalog.bucknell.edu/title/colquhonery-alan-colquhoun-from-bricolage-to-myth/oclc/910951144|title=Colquhonery : Alan Colquhoun from bricolage to myth|date=2014|publisher=Architectural Association|isbn=978-1-907896-52-1|location=London}}
• {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50844042|title=Charlotte Perriand : an art of living|date=2003|publisher=H.N. Abrams, in association with the Architectural League of New York|others=Charlotte Perriand, Mary Caroline McLeod, Roger Aujame, Architectural League of New York|isbn=0-8109-4503-7|location=New York|oclc=50844042}}

In 2020, McLeod was named a fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians.{{Cite web|title=Society of Architectural Historians Names 2020 Class of Fellows|url=https://www.sah.org/about-sah/news/sah-news/news-detail/2020/01/15/society-of-architectural-historians-names-2020-class-of-fellows|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.sah.org}}

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• [https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/ Pioneering women in architecture]

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