Professor Emeritus Susan R. Henderson taught advanced courses in the fields of Islamic and modern architectural history in the School of Architecture. She was also an affiliate faculty member of the Middle Eastern Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Center of European Studies hosted by the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs at the Maxwell School. She served as a core faculty member of the Renée Crown Honors Program and taught for SU global programs in China and Italy.
Professor Henderson’s research is concentrated in two areas: the Weimar housing and urban planning program called the “New Frankfurt,” and Northern European fin-de-siècle esotericism and its influence on the architecture of that time. Her work has appeared in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Architectural Review (AR), Planning Perspectives, the Journal of Architectural Education, the Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Design Issues, Architronic, Housing Studies, and the Journal of Garden History. Edited volumes including her essays include Architecture and Feminism, Housing and Dwelling, Religion and Modern Architecture, and The Heritage of Iconic Planned Communities. She is a former editorial board member and book review editor for the Journal of Architectural Education. Her book on the Frankfurt initiative Building Culture: Ernst May and the New Frankfurt, 1926-1932 was published in 2013. She is currently at work on a volume of essays on esoteric and symbolist influences on Northern European architecture and design between the years 1890 to 1914.
Professor Henderson has received fellowships and grants from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Wolfsonian Museum, the National Endowment for the Arts, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Graham Fund. She has been a visiting exchange faculty at the Phillipps University, Marburg, Germany and the University of York, Heslington, UK.
