Nathaniel Quincy Belcher
Nathaniel Quincy Belcher, is a Professor of Architecture and former director of the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Pennsylvania State University.
Belcher’s research and teaching specialization includes Brazilian architecture and modernism; avant-garde practices in diverse cultures; and African American architecture, urbanism, artifacts and culture. He has done field research and presented lectures throughout the United States and in Cuba, Brazil, Lisbon, London, Panama, France, China and other international locations.
Belcher Has worked with several communities concerning historic and cultural preservations in South Florida including Liberty City, Overtown neighborhoods and most recently serving as architectural advisor former board member for the Little Haiti Housing Association in Miami. He has also served on the American Institute of Architects’ Development Program Advisory Committee, as a former Director of the National Architectural Accrediting Board, as a former treasurer for the Association of Collegiate School of Architecture and as a former board member for Tigertail Productions, a presenting and producing arts organization in South Florida. He served as faculty advisor for Florida International University’s participation in the 2002 Solar Decathlon, an international competition to design and construct a completely solar powered home on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.