Rate My Professor Jim Stevens

Stevens holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Ferrara, Italy, with residency and research at Polis University, Tirana, Albania (2020; dissertation: "Post-Digital Craft, Defining Digital Risk"), a Master of Architecture from North Carolina State University (2007), a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design (1994), and an Associate of Applied Science in Architectural Technology from Coastal Carolina Community College (1992). His research centers on digital vernacular, digital fabrication, post-digital craft, and materialization of digital media. He co-authored the book Digital Vernacular: Architectural Principles, Tools and Processes (Routledge, 2015) with R.K. Nelson. Selected publications include "Post Human Craft: A Humble Attempt to Reorient Makers to the Inevitable" (Cubic Journal, 2020), "Post-Digital Craft" (MD Journal, 2019), "Digital Risk, Materialization of Digital Media" (Making Futures Vol. 5, 2018), and "The Digital Corbeled Wall: A Pedagogical Approach to Digital Infrastructure and Traditional Craft" (European Academy of Design Conference Proceedings, 2017). Stevens earned Fellow status in the American Institute of Architects (FAIA, 2025), Fulbright Specialist Award for Peru (2025), Fulbright Scholar Award for Albania (2016), AIA Henry Adams Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture (2008), and Mary E. and Richard E. Marburger University Faculty Member of the Year Award (2013). He serves on the South Carolina Board of Architecture Examiners, NCARB Education Committee, and as AXP/IDP Mentor for NCARB, and has led over 24 international workshops.