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Jonathan Stitelman

Jonathan Stitelman teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs of architecture and urban design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. His research interests involve transportation planning, forced migration and refugee resettlement, urbanism as understood through the lens of cultural anthropology, and visual culture. He holds Master of Architecture and Master of Urban Design degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a Danforth Scholar, and a Bachelor of Arts in art history and psychology from the University of Vermont.

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Jonathan Stitelman
Teaching Professor
Academic programs
Master of Urban Design
Master of Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Email
jstitelman@wustl.edu
Office
Steinberg 200
Box
1079-131-105

Select Articles, Chapters, and Publications

  • “A New Coffee Drying House Typology for Guatemala,” in Proceedings of the AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Material Economies, 2023. Jonathan Stitelman.

  • “The Building is Enticing and was Licked,” in Il Quaderno, 2020. Jonathan Stitelman. Edited by Franco Pisani. Published by International Studies Institute, Florence, Italy.

Select Exhibitions and Presentations

  • “The Sweet Perspectives,” co-convened with Nathaniel B. Jones; hosted at Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School, 2024, St. Louis, Mo.

  • “An Attempt to Exhaust ____,” Jonathan Stitelman; presented at Urban Humanities (Un)Conference 01, 2023, Tucson, Az.

  • “Decoys & Depictions,” Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, Mo., 2019.

  • “Ports + Portals,” Arte Spazio Tempo Gallery, Ghetto Nuovo, Venice, Italy, 2018.

News

Oct 15, 2026

Chandler Ahrens, Pablo Moyano Fernández, Cody Heller, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Heidi Aronson Kolk, Jonathan Stitelman, Constance Vale, and several alumni and students are among this year's winners.

Aug 25, 2026

Jonathan Stitelman, together with Nathaniel Jones in art history and archaeology, published a peer-reviewed article in the International Journal for Digital Art History.

Apr 29, 2026

Josh Azzarella, Tiffany Calvert, and Jonathan Stitelman have been selected for the inaugural AI Curriculum Corps at WashU.

Apr 10, 2026

The promotions, which include a new rank of teaching professor, are effective July 1.

Mar 27, 2026

The grand opening for public art project "Everything Under the Sun," free and open to the public, scheduled for Friday, April 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Oct 3, 2025

Multiyear collaborative initiative pairs local design team and WashU faculty with community organizations to enrich neighborhood.