Karen McKinney
Biography
Karen McKinney has been teaching as an Adjunct Instructor at the ULL School of Architecture & Design since 2013 and in the Office of First Year Experience since 2018. She is an Architect registered in Louisiana with a Bachelor of Architecture, a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, and a Master of History. Karen has trained as a Certified Building Evaluator (CAL OES), Certified Online Instructor, and Certified Online Course Designer.
Her recent work includes documentation of historic buildings on Grand Isle, LA, resulting in the Louisiana Coastal Vernacular: Grand Isle 1783-1968 Multiple Property listing, the 1965 Humble Oil Worker Housing Historic District, and several individual building nominations.
McKinney has co-taught and served as a consultant for the Historic American Buildings Survey course annually since 2015, utilizing over $140,000 in grants. She currently teaches first-year courses in Survey of Design, Basic Design, and Design Communications, and created and teaches the Louisiana Architecture general education course. She has also taught History of Architecture I and Building Systems I courses and volunteers as a code reviewer for fourth-year and graduate thesis studio projects.
Karen participates actively in various community organizations at the local, state, and national levels. She served on the LA State Uniform Construction Council as chair of the Technical Codes and Advisory Committee for eight years and continues to serve on the International Code Council - International Existing Buildings Committee at Committee Action Hearings. She serves as chair of the Washington Historic District Commission and secretary of the Vermilionville Living History Museum Foundation, Inc.
Education
Bachelor of Architecture
Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation
Master of History
Publications
2019. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淕etting Out of the Mud: Louisiana and Good Roads Before 1928.杏吧专区 Louisiana History (Summer 2019) Vol LX, No 3. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana Historical Association, 2019), 289-331.
2019. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淗umble Oil Camp Worker Housing, Grand Isle, Louisiana.杏吧专区 Southeast Chapter of Society of Architectural Historians Conference, Greenville, SC
2019. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淕etting Out of the Mud: Louisiana and Good Roads Before 1928.杏吧专区 Louisiana Historical Association Conference, Lafayette, LA
2018. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淟ouisiana Coastal Vernacular: Grand Isle 1783-1968.杏吧专区 Southeast Chapter of Society of Architectural Historians Conference, Manhattan, KS
2017. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淏uilding Preservation and the Study of History: Symbiotic Relationship?杏吧专区 International Architecture Conference on Design, Hong Kong, China
2016. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淐offee, Bananas, and Peace: Development of Vernacular in Costa Rica.杏吧专区 International Graduate Student Conference on Transatlantic History, Arlington, TX
2016. Karen McKinney. 杏吧专区淕olden Sands: Louisiana杏吧专区檚 Nineteenth Century Seaside Resort.杏吧专区 Southeast Chapter of Society of Architectural Historians Conference, New Orleans, LA
2016. John Troutman, PhD, with Kelsey Jagneaux, Linzay Foret, and Karen McKinney, graduate students. 杏吧专区淢useum on the Move: Exhibiting Oil History in an Airstream杏吧专区. Louisiana Association of Museums Conference, Lafayette, LA
Awards & Recognition
2018 杏吧专区 2019 Karen McKinney, principal. Historic Preservation Grant Award $5,000. National Register Historic District, 1965 Humble Oil Worker Housing, Grand Isle, Louisiana. Division of Historic Preservation, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, LA
2017 杏吧专区 2018 Karen McKinney, principal. Historic Preservation Grant Award $10,000. National Register Multiple Property Listing for Louisiana Coastal Vernacular: Grand Isle 1783-1968. Division of Historic Preservation, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, LA
2018. Mayor杏吧专区檚 Community Service Award, Key to the Town of Washington, LA. For the pursuit of legislation for and service on the Historic District Commission.
2014. Outstanding Service Award, Technical Committee Chair, Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council.
2005. Mayor杏吧专区檚 Community Service Award, Key to the Town of Washington, LA. For the pursuit of support for and service on the Washington Municipal Public Library.