Jeffrey Nesbit

Jeffrey S Nesbit is an architect, urbanist, and recently received his Doctor of Design degree (DDes) from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is a research fellow in the Office for Urbanization at Harvard and founding director of the research group Haecceitas Studio. His research focuses on processes of urbanization, infrastructure, and the evolution of “technical lands.” Currently, Nesbit’s research focuses on the 20th-century American spaceport complex at the intersection of architecture, infrastructure, and aerospace history. He has written several journal articles and book chapters on infrastructure, urbanization, and the history of technology, and is co-editor of Chasing the City: Models for Extra-Urban Investigations (Routledge, 2018), Rio de Janeiro: Urban Expansion and Environment (Routledge, 2019), and New Geographies 11 Extraterrestrial (Actar, 2019). Nesbit has taught architecture and urbanism, along with leading many design studios and theory seminars at Harvard University, Northeastern University, University of North Carolina Charlotte, and Texas Tech University. He also holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Texas Tech University.

Education

• Doctor of Design Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2017 — 2020)
• Master of Architecture - MArch University of Pennsylvania (2008 — 2009)
• Bachelor of Science Texas Tech University (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• H. Deane Pearce Endowed Chair Texas Tech University College of Architecture (TTU CoA) (2021)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2020)
• Director Grounding Design (2011)
• Visiting Associate Professor The University of New Mexico (2020 — 2021)
• Teaching & Research Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2017 — 2020)
• Visiting Lecturer College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University (2019 — 2019)
• Visiting Assistant Professor UNC Charlotte (2015 — 2017)
• Assistant Professor Texas Tech University (2012 — 2015)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Texas Tech University (2010 — 2012)