Background
Appel, Susan Kay was born on July 7, 1946 in Toledo. Daughter of Paul Herbert and Lucille Marie (Siewert) Bigley.
educator architecture and art historian
Appel, Susan Kay was born on July 7, 1946 in Toledo. Daughter of Paul Herbert and Lucille Marie (Siewert) Bigley.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design, Bowling Green State University, 1968. Master of Arts in Art History, University Iowa, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1990.
Instructor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1974-1976;
assistant professor, Phillips U., Enid, Oklahoma, 1976-1979;
visiting lecturer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982-1983;
lecturer, instructor department art, Illinois State University, Normal, 1983-1989;
assistant professor department art, Illinois State University, Normal, 1989-1992;
associate professor department art, Illinois State University, Normal, since 1992;
tenured, 1993. Consultant architectural historian City of Muscatine, Iowa, 1974, Environmental Research.Ctr., Iowa City, 1974-1977, The Urbana (Illinois) Group, 1991-1992. Photographer, architectural surveyor Iowa State History Preservation Program, Iowa City, 1974.
Presenter in field; reader Education Testing Svc. Advanced Placement Exam in Art History, 1994, 95, 96, 97.
Member history preservation committee Des Moines County History Society, Burlington, Iowa, 1973-1974. Evaluator Oklahoma Humanities Committee, Oklahoma City, 1978-1979. Board directors Garfield County History Society, Enid, 1979-1980.
Vice president, secretary, board directors Preservation and Conservation Association Champaign (Illinois) county, 1991-1997, Illinois History Sites Advisory Council, 1993-1995, Champaign Historic Preservation Commission, since 1997. Member Society for Industrial Archeology (fellowship 1992-1993, nomination committee 1993-1996, chair 1995-1996, Norton prize committee since 1997). Member College Art Association, Landmark Preservation Council Illinois, Midwest Art History Society, National Trust for History Preservation, Society of Architectural Historians, Vernacular Architectural Forum, Women's Caucus for Art, Victorian Society in American.