Focus on Jennifer Martillie Bradley

After Maryville College I attended graduate school at the University of Tennessee, and graduated with a M.A. in Urban and Environmental History in 2003. After that, rather than finish a PhD in history, I chose to focus on Architecture, as more and more of my scholarly research had been with UT’s Urban Planning Department. I graduated with a M. Arch in 2008, and worked for a short while at UT’s Center of Clean Products doing research in conjunction with the EPA. I have been at McCarty Hosaple McCarty since the fall of 2008, am an adjunct lecturer with the University of Tennessee Architecture Department (teaching history & theory graduate-level seminars and a software course) since 2013, and also consult as a BIM Specialist with S2A Integration.

I live and work in downtown Knoxville, so my day starts with a 15-20 minute walk to a coffee shop and then to work. My day begins with going over email and checking in with the project manager on what our short-term project goals are. The rest of the day is typically spent with modeling and drawing, punctuated by the occasional meeting. I listen to a lot of music and audiobooks while I work. The pace of the day’s work, and the length of the work day, is dictated by what kind of deadlines the project team is facing. I do a lot of coordination across disciplines, so I go back and forth between the big picture and the minute detail.

One of the best projects I have been privileged to work on was the Clayton Center for the Arts at Maryville College. It was wonderful to spend so much time back on campus, and to work on such a great building — the college desperately needed better Fine Arts studios and classrooms, and has such a rich musical heritage but had outgrown its auditorium. It was also under construction at the time, so the work was incredibly varied and interesting, since I was solving problems in real time on site. Pearson’s Hall was also an exciting project to work on — it was wonderful to see/help shape the changes we made!

My MC experience taught me to go after what I love. My education also prepared me for the rigors of graduate school, and left me confident that I knew how to think and learn. I’ve had a very varied educational background, and see myself as a highly adaptable person; I feel MC shaped that adaptability.

• Be published in a scientific journal.
• Swim in the Great Barrier Reef.
• Adopt a Corgi and name him Buster.

I had some wonderful memories while at MC. However, I think hands down the best memories I ever had at MC happened when I got the opportunity to travel to Brazil during J Term. It was the first time I had ever been out of the country! Being immersed in such a welcoming, diverse, beautiful culture is an experience I will never forget and an opportunity for which I will be forever gratefuly.