NATALIE LIS

SUMMARY

Dr Natalie Lis completed her PhD at the University of Queensland. Her research explores how architecture influences bird and human relationships. She investigates how human-built structures such as chicken coops, cockfighting arenas, observation hides, sky burial sites and penguinariums act as an intermediary for material exchanges, cultural and social symbolism, and power relationships.

EDUCATION

2019 – 2025 | PhD Dissertation: “Bird’s Eye-View: How Architecture Changes What a Bird Means” University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning

2013 – 2016 | Master of Architecture Thesis: “Cabinets Cabinets Cabinets” State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning

2015 – 2016 | Master of Architecture Exchange at Aarhus Arkitekskolen

2005 – 2010 | Bachelor of Arts Linguistics Michigan State University

See below for my Publication History

MY ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-870X

GRANTS

The Scott Opler Graduate Scholar Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians, 8 December 2023, For Travel to SAH’s 77th Annual International Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Bayes, Chantelle, Natalie Lis, and Laura Jean McKay. 2023. AASA Activity Fund 2023, for ZINE Workshop with AKE at the AASA 2023 Conference: Animal Cultures, 1 September 2023.

The School Research Grant, The University of Queensland, 2 March 2022, Travel for Fieldwork at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Associate Lecturer and Course Coordinator at The University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning

Jan 2026 – Current | Undergraduate and Graduate: Design, History, and Theory

Associate Lecturer and Course Coordinator at The University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning

July – Nov 2024 | Undergraduate: The History of Global Architecture and the Western Tradition

July – Nov 2022 | Graduate: Architectural Research Theory and Criticism, Entangled Worlds

Casual Academic at The University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning

July 2019 – Dec 2025 | Undergraduate and Graduate: Design, History, and Theory

Graduate Architect

June 2017 – July 2018 | Ken Down Architects in Mooloolaba, QLD

Architecture Teaching Assistant at SUNY Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning

Aug 2013 – Dec 2016 | Undergraduate: Design, History, and Theory

English for Second Language Learners (ESL) Teacher

Feb 2011 – July 2013 · SPICUS, English for Koreans Students

May 2008 – Oct 2009 Language Development Systems, English for Korean and Chinese Students

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  

2026 – Present Parlour
2024 – Present European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (Eursafe) in Europe
2021– Present Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in the USA
2021– Present Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand (SAHANZ)
2020– Present Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) in Australia
2020– Present Animal History Group (AHG) in the UK