| Title: |
Professor Special Assistant for Cultural Partnerships Director, Center for Sacred Landmarks |
| Dept: | Urban Studies |
| Office: | UR 356 |
| Phone: | 216-875-9979 |
| Email: | M.TEVESZ@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. UR 356, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Yale
M.Phl, Yale B.A., Case Western Reserve University | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Michael J. Tevesz received his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. He is Special Assistant for Cultural Partnerships in the Department of Business Affairs and Finance, a Professor in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, and is the founding Director of CSU's Center for Sacred Landmarks. He is also a Research Associate of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. His research interests include the urban ecology of houses of worship, geology for urban planners and ecclesiastical stained glass.
Professor Tevesz has produced several videotaped documentaries for television on Lake Erie history, shoreline processes, and water resources as well as subjects such as historical preservation and ecclesiastical architecture. He has collaborated in the design and teaching of the courses "Sacred Landmarks" and "Cleveland Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Institutions" for the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Professor Tevesz currently serves as editor for The Sacred Landmarks Series, which is a collaborative book publishing project in partnership with Kent State University Press. | ||