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Photo of Dr. Craig Zabel leading a Penn State alumni tour of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Oak Park Illinois.

Craig Zabel
Head of the Department of Art History
Associate Professor of Art History

223 Arts Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-4874
cxz3@psu.edu

Photo: Dr. Craig Zabel leading a Penn State alumni tour of
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Oak Park, Illinois.

Education
Ph.D. and A.M. in art history (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
B.A. in history (University of Wisconsin-River Falls)

Dr. Zabel teaches courses in modern architecture, with particular emphases on the architecture of the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia. Before coming to Penn State in 1985, he taught in the Department of Fine Arts at Dickinson College and the Schools of Architecture at the University of Virginia and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His publications are primarily in the areas of early twentieth-century architecture, bank architecture, Prairie School architects (particularly George G. Elmslie), American public architecture, and contemporary architects. He is co-editor of American Public Architecture: European Roots and Native Expressions (Vol. V., Papers in Art History from The Pennsylvania State University) and author of the first chapter of The Midwest in American Architecture, edited by John S. Garner (University of Illinois Press). His essay on Penn State's architecture was recently published in This is Penn State: An Insider's Guide to the University Park Campus (Penn State Press). He is a recipient of Penn State's Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award and the College of Arts and Architecture Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching. From July 2006 to January 2008, he served as Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach in the College of Arts & Architecture. In 1998, he was appointed head of the Department of Art History, after serving as interim head from 1996 to 1998.

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