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Women in Modernism Colloquium at
The Museum of Modern Art
October 25, 2007
Main Speaker
 Gwendolyn Wright is professor of architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she has taught since 1983, with joint appointments in history and art history. Her recent book, USA, is part of a series on Modern Architectures in History published by Reaktion Press and the University Chicago Press. Wright received her M.Arch. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Since 2003 she has hosted the PBS television series, “History Detectives.”
Participant
 Toshiko Mori is principal of her firm, Toshiko Mori Architect, in New York City. She is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and has been Department Chair since 2002. Mori taught at the Cooper Union School of Architecture from 1983, until joining the Harvard GSD faculty with tenure in 1995. She earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Cooper Union and an Honorary Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University.
Participant
 Sarah Herda is the Executive Director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She is the first woman to hold this position. Herda was the Director/Curator of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non-profit exhibition space in New York City, from 1998-2006. While in that position she mounted over forty diverse exhibitions, working closely with architects, artists, and designers to present their work in a public forum.
Participant
 Karen Stein is a writer, editor, and architectural consultant. From 1998 until June 2007, she was Editorial Director of Phaidon Press, the preeminent publisher of books on the arts. She joined the London-based Phaidon to establish a New York office and editorial program, following 14 years at Architectural Record magazine, most recently as Senior Managing Editor.
Moderator
 Barry Bergdoll is the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art, and professor of architectural history at Columbia University. Holding a B.A. from Columbia, an M.A. and a B.A. with honors from King’s College, Cambridge, and a Ph.D. from Columbia, his broad interests center on modern architectural history, with a particular emphasis on France and Germany between 1750 and 1900.
Participant
 Beverly Willis, FAIA, is president of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, which she founded in 2002, following a 50-year in career in architectural and design practice. Among the award-winning projects in her extensive portfolio are the Union Street Stores (1965), the Margaret Hayward Park Building (1978), and the San Francisco Ballet Building (1983). She holds a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and an honorary doctorate from Mt. Holyoke College. She authored Invisible Images—The Silent Language of Architecture, published in 1997 by the National Building Museum.
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