Welcome to the website for SACRPH’s 40th anniversary conference!

The conference will feature a wealth of programming, including:

• Thursday: Inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium (invite only), optional Community Service Day, and evening keynote: “Colonial Urbanism and Racial Imagination.”
• Friday: Daytime tours in the Cincinnati region, an evening roundtable on the history of SACRPH to mark its 40th anniversary, and a Cincinnati Night reception at the American Sign Museum.
• Saturday: Paper panels, roundtables, workshops, and a poster session; a lunchtime presidential address; and an evening awards reception.
• Sunday: Paper panels, roundtables, and workshops, and a memorial event to honor Alison Isenberg.

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Draft Program of Panels & Roundtables

Four-Day Schedule	Lodging
Tours	Food & Drink
Guidelines for Panelists	Transportation
Graduate Student Opportunities	Other Things to Do
Accessibility	Community Service

Inquiries may be directed to sacrph2026@gmail.com.

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We are thankful to our sponsors for helping to make this conference possible!

Silver Sponsor
University of Cincinnati, Department of History & Center for the City

Bronze Sponsors
Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati
Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Additional Sponsors
McBride Dale Clarion
University of Cincinnati, College of Arts & Sciences
University of Cincinnati, Office of Research
University of Cincinnati, School of Planning
ZoneCo

If you are interested in sponsoring the conference in any way, or would like to purchase an advertisement or participate in the book exhibit, please see the Registration portal and, if needed, contact sacrph2026@gmail.com.

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Program Committee:

Co-Chair: Jennifer Hock, Maryland Institute College of Art 
Co-Chair: Rebecca Retzlaff, Auburn University
Michael R. Allen, National Building Arts Center
Julian Chambliss, Michigan State University
Rob Gioielli, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Mark S. Herwick, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning
Benjamin Holtzman, Lehman College, CUNY
Ella Howard, Wentworth Institute of Technology 
Andy Meyer, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments
Trude Renwick, University of Manchester
Damon Scott, Miami University
Angela Stiefbold, Roanoke Public Libraries
Rebecca Summer, Portland State University
John Tilghman, Tuskegee University

Local Arrangements Committee:

Co-Chair: Hayden Shelby, University of Cincinnati
Co-Chair: Anne Delano Steinert, University of Cincinnati
Daniella Beltran, CNU Cincinnati 
James Buckley, San Francisco Heritage
Leah Hollstein, University of Cincinnati
Casey Huegel, University of Cincinnati
Elizabeth Keslacy, Virginia Tech
May Khalife, Miami University
David Merkowitz, Ohio Humanities
David Stradling, University of Cincinnati

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