Board of Directors — New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
2020-

Society of Architectural Historians
2016-

IASTE (International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments)
2014-2018       

LEED Accredited Professional
2008-

WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Adjunct Faculty

Fall 2019, 2020: “History/Theory 01, Architecture” (undergraduate)

• Co-instructor for a second-year lecture and seminar course on the history of architecture from prehistoric times to 1700.

Summer 2019, 2020: “History/Theory 02, Architecture” (undergraduate)

• Co-instructor for a second-year lecture and seminar course on the history of architecture from 1700 to the present.

Spring 2019, 2020: “Modernism Beyond the West” (undergraduate)

• Course creator and instructor for a fourth-year elective with a hybrid lecture/seminar format. This course encourages students to gain a more global perspective by studying what happened when modernism was translated by architects outside out of the West.

Fall 2018, 2019, 2020: “Thesis Prep 1: Methods of History, Theory & Criticism” (graduate)

• Section instructor for graduate seminar on the preparation of an M.Arch thesis proposal. Guiding students to write a thesis statement, find sources, produce a literature review.

BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE
Adjunct Faculty

Spring 2019: “Seminar in Urban History” (undergraduate)

• Instructor for course on the history of urban planning from 1800 to the present. Created all course materials, including syllabus, lectures, assignments. Shaped the course to put American urban history in dialogue with global urban history.

UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA
Instructor

Spring 2017: “Architecture and Modernity" (undergraduate)

• Instructor for undergraduate lecture and discussion course. Created the syllabus and all class materials; prepared and graded all assignments. Students developed their own stance on modern architecture for Rwanda in a final essay.

UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA
Guest Instructor

Spring 2017: "Theory of Architecture III" (undergraduate)

• (4 weeks) Delivered lectures, created assignments, graded assignments.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Teaching Assistant

Spring 2016: “Thinking Through Art and Design at Berkeley" (undergraduate)

• Section leader for undergraduate course based at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Guided discussions incorporating art, architecture, dance, music, and literature. Graded sketch journals and assignments.

Fall 2015: “History of Modern Architecture" (graduate)

• Responsible for running a weekly seminar, grading, holding review sessions, and office hours.

Spring 2015: “American Cultural Landscapes, 1900-Present” (undergraduate)

• Responsible for running a weekly section meeting, lesson planning, grading, review sessions, and office hours.

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Thesis Seminar Instructor

Fall 2010: "Thesis Seminar" (graduate)

• Co-founded and co-taught a weekly thesis peer review seminar. Provided a venue for discussion and feedback on concepts, writing, and design work for Master of Architecture thesis students.

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Teaching Assistant

Spring 2009: “History of Architecture: Ancient to Medieval” (undergraduate)

• Graded all exams and papers, proctored exams, and advised students who requested help with the course.

BLACK SPECTACLES
Proofreader
Dec. 2019 -

• Proofreader for ARE (Architect Registration Examination) study materials for the first NCARB-approved ARE test prep provider on the market.

BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
Architectural Tour Guide
2016

• Architectural tour guide for the museum designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS (IASTE)
Coordinator 
Nov. 2013 - May 2015

• Coordinator for interdisciplinary organization for cross-cultural study of traditional dwellings and settlements. Responsibilities include conference planning, journal management, and organization of membership database.

GOODY CLANCY & ASSOCIATES
Architectural Designer
March 2013 - August 2013

• Managed a historic preservation drawing set for the renovation of two buildings. Performed site documentation, construction detailing, coordination with consultants, code research, cost review, materials specifications.

MASS DESIGN GROUP
Design Fellow (Architecture)
August 2011 - August 2012

• Worked in Rwanda on hospital design, housing design, and construction administration of houses built with compressed earth blocks. Construction detailing, landscape and infrastructure work, documentation, budget.

GOODY CLANCY & ASSOCIATES
Job Captain in Architecture and Preservation
August 2005 - August 2009

• Responsibilities included managing drawing sets, coordinating with consultants, construction detailing, drafting, and 3D modeling. Projects included historic dormitories, mixed-use housing, and church renovation.

GAIL SULLIVAN ASSOCIATES
Intern
January 2005

• Internship included building a physical presentation model and drafting AutoCAD plans, sections, and elevations.

CHANGING PLACES/HOUSE_n, MIT DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Intern
Summer 2003

• Research assistant in a lab which investigates design strategies for the “home of the future.” CAD and 3D work.

RESEARCH IN AFRICA
August 2011 - August 2012

• Interviewed Rwandan construction crew; analyzed the economics of earth block production. Surveyed urban house types; documented vernacular buildings in Rwanda and Uganda.

TULANE CITY CENTER
January 2010 - January 2011

• Research assistant for analysis and design of new housing prototypes. Produced schematic drawings, researched master plans, mapped urban conditions, created presentation materials, managed a team of four students.

TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP
Summer 2010

• Awarded a fellowship to study the architecture of Joze Plecnik. Traveled to Prague, Vienna, and Ljubljana (Slovenia) for documentation and analysis. School-wide lecture presented at Tulane in November of 2010.

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
September 2009 - May 2011

• Research, editing, and image collection for a book examining the relationship of several architects and artists to German theology and philosophy.

DESIGN-BUILD STUDIO
Fall 2009

• Participated in a design-build studio which developed a new interior partition, shelving, and desk system as well as off-site manufacturing and transport logistics for The Neighborhood Story Project, a New Orleans nonprofit.

HOUSING BOOK
October 2008 - August 2009

• Project manager for second edition of Building Type Basics: Housing. Worked with Goody Clancy principals on researching trends in housing and advances in building technology, wrote selected chapters and case studies.

Gaugler, Jennifer. “The Kigali Convention Centre.” In Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide, edited by Philipp Meuser with Adil Dalbai and Ingrid Stegmann. Berlin: Dom Publishers (forthcoming).

Gaugler, Jennifer. “Rebuilding in Modern Materials: The Relationship between Durability and Permanence in Rwandan Housing.” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review 29 no. 2 (Spring 2018): 39-54.

Gaugler, Jennifer. “Cosmopolitan Architects and Discourses of Tradition and Modernity in Post-Independence Africa.” In Whose Tradition?: Discourses on the Built Environment, edited by Nezar AlSayyad, Mark Gillem, & David Moffat. NY: Routledge, 2017.

Sachs, Avigail and Jennifer Gaugler. “Researching Architectural Research.” Room One Thousand no. 4 (2016). Available at https://escholarship.org/uc/item/87b164db.

2019 Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative: Targeted Acquisition Grant

Awarded for the production of a teaching module on the architecture and urbanism of Belgium’s former African colonies: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi.

2016-2017 Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources

Council of Library and Information Resources, Washington D.C.Awarded annually to 16 doctoral candidates in the United States for dissertation research.

2013-2016 Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

Awarded to exceptional applicants to doctoral programs in the humanities and social sciences who are planning a career in university teaching and research.

2015 Student Opportunity Fund Grant, University of California, Berkeley

Awarded for travel to the Society of Architectural Historians Conference.

2010 Class of ‘73 Travel Fellowship, Tulane School of Architecture

Awarded for independent summer research and the production of a department lecture.