About Us
After years of individual endeavors on each campus to promote its modernist architecture, UMass Dartmouth and UMass Amherst joined forces to create UMassBrut. In 2019, this collaborative advocacy group of faculty members, staff, students, alumni, and interested parties dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and re-imagining our mid-century Brutalist public architecture was formed.
Our mission is to raise awareness of the relevance and international significance of Brutalist architectural heritage across the UMass System. To achieve this goal, UMassBrut sponsors a series public and scholarly activities and events that promotes the importance of these architectural icons and highlight the critical need to preserve them now and for future generations.
UMASS BRUT COMMITTEE
The UMassBRUT Executive Committee aims to hold regular meetings, maintain a social media presence, host annual tours, and plan engaging events, activities, and symposium. Most importantly, we continue to educate and raise appreciation for the architecture of these two landmark campuses along with our sister campuses in Lowell and Boston.
Executive Board
Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, PhD, Interior Architecture and Design, Associate Professor , UMass Dartmouth
Allison Cywin, Librarian, UMass Dartmouth
Anna Dempsey, PhD, Art History, Professor, UMass Dartmouth
Viera Levitt, Art Gallery Director, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Marla Miller, PhD, Public History, Professor, UMass Amherst
Stephanie McGoldrick, Interior Architecture and Design, Lecturer, UMass Dartmouth
Lincoln Nemetz-Carlson, PhD, Fulbright U.S. Scholar & UMass Amherst Alumnus
Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, Senior Campus Planner, UMass Amherst
Timothy Rohan, PhD, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, UMass Amherst
Shelby Schrank, Intern Architect/Project Designer, Mills + Schnoering Architects & UMass Amherst Alumna
Dennis Swinford, Director of Campus Master Planning, UMass Boston
Colleen Tully, Intern Architect and Graduate Sustainability Researcher, UMass Amherst
Richard Yeager, Director of Campus Planning, UMass Amherst
UMass Think Tank
Christina Bowen, Capital Projects Manager, UMass Dartmouth
Michelle Bowers, Art and Design, Associate Professor, UMass Dartmouth
Carl Fiocchi, Building Construction Technology Lecturer, UMass Amherst
Christopher Fruean, Director Business Development, UMass Amherst
Benjamin Jones, Director of Corporate Engagement & Institutional Partnerships, UMass Dartmouth
Lara Henderson, Art and Design, Lecturer, UMass Dartmouth
Stephen Henderson-Cadigan, Campus Planner, UMass Lowell
Margaret Vickery, History of Art and Architecture Lecturer, UMass Amherst
Eldra Dominique Walker, Architecture Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
Brian Whetstone, Teaching Officer, UMass Amherst
