The Master of Arts in Historic Preservation (M.A.H.P.) Annual Assembly

Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 10:00 AM until 2:30 PMEastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00

The M.A. in Historic Preservation Assembly is the annual gathering of Goucher’s M.A.H.P. community to honor their students’ prize- and award-winning work, recognize a distinguished alumnus/a, and discuss timely and consequential issues of historic preservation practice and policy. This year’s assembly will also launch the program’s yearlong 25th anniversary celebrations to conclude next summer with a forum, Preserving Place in Rapidly Changing Place.

It is our honor to announce the 2020 M.A.H.P. prize and award recipients:

McCullough Award: Nancy LiPira for her thesis, Protecting Our History Underfoot: Filling in the Regulatory Gaps Through Local Archaeological Review, in which she identifies the regulatory gap created when federal and state cultural resource management laws do not apply to local or private development actions, resulting in the loss of significant archaeological resources in municipalities across the United States.
Lee Prize: Nikki Waters for her paper “A Roadway Runs Through it: Two Miles, Two Neighborhoods, Two Wicked Chances for Better Community Engagement.”
Alumnae/i Prize: Zachary Burt for his paper “Modern Architecture in D.C. Becomes Historic: Embracing a New Integrity Standard.”
Distinguished Alumna/us Award: Shanon Miller, M.A.H.P ’05, for her significant contributions to historic preservation practice and policy, and whose accomplishments, affiliations, and career have honored the legacy of excellence at the program.

2020 M.A.H.P Assembly Speakers & Agenda:

10:00 a.m. – Welcome: Melanie Lytle, M.A.H.P. ’11, Goucher M.A.H.P. Academic Director

10:05 a.m. – Alumnae/i Prize Presentation and Q&A: Zachary Burt for his paper "Modern Architecture in DC Becomes Historic: Embracing a New Integrity Standard."

10:30 a.m. – Lee Prize Presentation and Q&A: Nikki Waters for her paper, "A Roadway Runs Through it: Two Miles, Two Neighborhoods, Two Wicked Chances for Better Community Engagement."

10:55 a.m. – 25th Anniversary and Distinguished Alumna/us Presentation and Q&A: Shanon Miller, M.A.H.P. '05, for her significant contributions to historic preservation practice and policy, and whose accomplishments, affiliations and career have honored the legacy of excellence at the program. Shanon will introduce the theme for the Goucher M.A.H.P. Program’s 25th Anniversary – Preserving Place in a Rapidly Changing World.

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Break

1 p.m. – Thesis treatise presentations: Facilitated by Dr. Betsy Bradley. Presenters: Elsa Haarstad regarding her thesis treatise The Utility of Value: Rectifying the Flaws of Significance and Integrity in American Public Housing. Kathleen Seay regarding her thesis treatise Making the Past Present: Historic Preservationists Shifting Practice to Engage Young Citizens as Stakeholders.

1:40 p.m. – McCullough Award Presentation and Q&A: Nancy LiPira for her thesis, Protecting Our History Underfoot: Filling in the Regulatory Gaps Through Local Archaeological Review, in which she identifies the regulatory gap created when federal and state cultural resource management laws do not apply to local or private development actions, resulting in the loss of significant archaeological resources in municipalities across the United States.

2:20 p.m. – Concluding remarks

2:30 p.m. – End of Assembly

Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.